Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-34633327-20180114050734

Quite the fitting end for her.....

This actually made me realize something. I've been hearing people say we haven't been getting many songs this volume during the fights, just generic battle music. But as we've seen, the songs tend to actually spell out big plot points.

Like Morning Follows Night practically Outlines Blake's entire Volume 4 arc with Sun.

Sacrifice, assuming it pertains to Raven, details just why she left.

Die is a message from Salem to Ozpin.

Boop is a love letter from Nora to Ren.

Red Like Roses is Ruby's feelings towards Summer.

I'm the One explains Mercury and Emerald's backstories before we even see them.

This Life is Mine outlines Weiss' struggle and eventual escape from Jacques.

Bad Luck Charm spells out Qrow's semblance.

Maybe thats why we haven't gotten them in the show. The lyrics are so spoilery, they can't risk putting anything from the songs in for risk of spoiling the plot. Note that Like Morning Follow Night only had its chorus put in during Volume 4 Episode 3. Bad Luck Charm is too garbled by the fight to truly make out the lyrics. This Life is Mine's rock part didn't even show up in show till Volume 5 despite being a Volume 4 song, as it was only then Weiss had become free. Smile's only lyrical apperance was after we learned Ilia's backstory. They only did this song here, because there were lyrics that wouldn't directly spoil the plot unless you analyzed them after the episode.

The generic battle music we've been getting? That's been instrumental sound bites of the songs. Lusus Naturae played when Cinder stabbed Vernal with her Grimm Arm, and that song alludes to the Grimm. So maybe we haven't been getting generic music. Maybe we've been getting new songs all along, just without the lyrics.