Talk:Leitmotifs/By Episode/@comment-29684190-20190616125832/@comment-24032889-20190707165542

While still "associated with a particular person, idea or situation" as is in the definition of leitmotif, songs are... not themes.

Songs are compositions of themes. They have themes come together and make them, along with the lyrics, greater than the sum of their parts. There's something in the "greater than" that makes it no longer qualify for being a leitmotif in my opinion. It serves a bigger purpose. It's doing too much else to be on the same basic level a theme is on.

Here's a more concise way to put it: A theme is a string of notes that when repeatedly put together with the images on screen, become associated with a particular person, idea or situation. A song has themes in it, but because a song is a different piece of art in its own right with its own purpose, it's not just a theme anymore. So I'd say we shouldn't have them as entries on the leitmotif page.