Disclaimer: I do not own any of the music or footage in this video, and I am not profiting off of it either. The images included in this video are there to go with the music, which was composed by Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer. Enjoy!
This is the climactic music played in episode 83 of Ninjago, "True Potential". The first piece, "This Doesn't End Now", plays when Lloyd skydives and drives off to face his father, who was resurrected as Lord Garmadon. The second piece, "Garmadon's True Potential", plays when Lord Garmadon fights and brutally defeats Lloyd in Kryptarium Prison. Both tracks are reprised numerous times throughout season nine. I combined both tracks and dubbed it "Lloyd vs Garmadon Reborn" so it's easier for people to find. At over five minutes long, "Garmadon's True Potential" is one of the longest Ninjago tracks released so far. For copyright reasons, over half the video contains stills from the scene while the rest contains clips from it. I uploaded the music from the Serpentine War flashback last September, and it was taken down a week later for copyright reasons - so I had to change things up here. As always, I don't own the material featured in this video, and it's solely here for entertainment purposes.
Analysis: When I first saw this scene, its music stood out to me immediately! Jay and Michael brought in some great new themes, like the Sons of Garmadon theme (a sped-up version of the Lord Garmadon theme, which you can hear at 3:06). The SoG theme pops up numerous times, notably at 3:30 and 5:48. There are also references to the overture at 1:01 and 4:52, and some nice musical connections too - the drums at 5:49 played in "Cursing Chen's Army", before Garmadon is banished to the Cursed Realm. Most of all, there are some fantastic renditions of the Green Ninja theme (which you can hear at 0:31) and Garmadon's main theme, which is very prominent throughout this track; most notably at 0:44, 1:43, 3:39, 5:25 and 6:05. A stellar vocal rendition of his theme is heard at 7:14, and a shorter flute/strings rendition wraps up the piece at 7:58. It's an amazing track, and it was great to hear it again throughout season nine.
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I do not own the footage featured in this video. It is here solely for entertainment purposes and to go side-by-side with the original music, and it is owned by The LEGO Group and any of its original owners.
Music by Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer
