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a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect
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Gone were the light acoustic drums and Fender Rhodes, in were catchy choruses and edgy melodies, songs rooted in soul yet equally indebted to rap.
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Marcus J. Moore, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
This week, Miley Cyrus takes on the calamitous state of the world with Eighties synths and bold proclamations, Ed Sheeran incorporates Persian melodies into his first single of 2025, and Haim deliver an acoustic plea for freedom.
—Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Its journey to the top of Elton’s stratospheric catalogue was sealed on the first day of recording Honky Chateau, one of three songs for which John banged out new melodies in quick succession.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
While popular memory of retro sound tends to fixate on the chiptune melodies of the NES era, Williams was pioneering environmental sound design years earlier.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
However methodical, strict or manufactured the rhythms, the group balanced the mechanization with irresistible melodies and danceable grooves.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Musicians and sound designers are using AI tools to come up with new sounds, mix tracks and even generate melodies.
—Harshal Shah, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
After releasing the album Oriente in 2017 — a sumptuous collage of dream pop melodies and art-rock moods — the Buenos Aires quartet played SXSW in 2019, recorded a 2021 live session for KEXP, and even placed a song in an Oreo commercial.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
Mansell’s score blended myriad genres — hip-hop, electronic, conventional classical — to establish a memorable and overwhelming theme repeating descending melodies as the characters submit to their drug addictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Marcus J. Moore, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
This week, Miley Cyrus takes on the calamitous state of the world with Eighties synths and bold proclamations, Ed Sheeran incorporates Persian melodies into his first single of 2025, and Haim deliver an acoustic plea for freedom.
—Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Its journey to the top of Elton’s stratospheric catalogue was sealed on the first day of recording Honky Chateau, one of three songs for which John banged out new melodies in quick succession.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
While popular memory of retro sound tends to fixate on the chiptune melodies of the NES era, Williams was pioneering environmental sound design years earlier.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
However methodical, strict or manufactured the rhythms, the group balanced the mechanization with irresistible melodies and danceable grooves.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Musicians and sound designers are using AI tools to come up with new sounds, mix tracks and even generate melodies.
—Harshal Shah, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
After releasing the album Oriente in 2017 — a sumptuous collage of dream pop melodies and art-rock moods — the Buenos Aires quartet played SXSW in 2019, recorded a 2021 live session for KEXP, and even placed a song in an Oreo commercial.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
Mansell’s score blended myriad genres — hip-hop, electronic, conventional classical — to establish a memorable and overwhelming theme repeating descending melodies as the characters submit to their drug addictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Melodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodies. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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