I’ve heard this term a few times now and from what I understand, Yasunori Mitsuda composed music for Chrono Trigger and the “Mitusuda Lick” seems to be a pattern of notes that gets included in music by other video game composers. I guess what I don’t quite understand is why this specific pattern is so cool and why its named after Yasunori Mitsuda specifically?
Maybe a dumb question but also how do different composers decide when to include this pattern? Is there a way this pattern of notes can be used…wrong/inappropriately…? I know next to nothing about music btw
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There are fun bits of comrodary in the industry. It was composed; other game designers liked it and included it in their games/songs
Google: Wilhelm scream for the most famous scream in movies: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNvZYzg7o68
Pop culture is filled with “nods” or respectful moments to the people who came before
You could be hoity toity and “intertextuality” or just a quote (which is especially common in jazz solos as a wink to others in the know) or a shout-out or nod to another composer or maybe just a trend that emerged (like the “millennial whoop”) or maybe just stealing, but one of the other labels is probably better. Either way, they all describe when one creation makes a reference to another creation. For this specific example, I don’t know exactly, but usually, the first to do it have their reasons and then other do it because the trend caught on.
Another example is the “amen break”. Used in many songs; but the original source always gets some credit among music lovers
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