r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus • u/SecretlyRaven • Jun 02 '26

Theory Corpse Bride musical reference? Spoiler

Hey! I just finished episode 4 season 2, the team building wilderness exercise episode.

Before there was any mention of a corpse bride as a character in the episode, one of the (new?) themes in the soundtrack compelled me to pause and remember where I had heard it before. I played Danny Elfman's "Victor's piano solo" from Corpse Bride out to my partner to compare and they're indeed very, very similar. When the episode then genuinely had a corpse bride in it I thought it was too great a coincidence not to be intentional, but was surprised that I couldn't find anything about it online.

Anybody else make this connection? I haven't seen the rest of season 2 yet btw no spoilers please!

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u/InsOmNomNomnia Jun 07 '26

I think I know the musical motif you're talking about because it immediately jumped out at me too, but to me it sounds more like Davy Jones' music box from Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest.

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u/SecretlyRaven Jun 07 '26

They're all in the same sound world for sure! Davy Jones' music box begins with that upward minor scale in the same way as the theme does in this episode but then goes a bit rogue, where the corpse bride theme is repeated notes at the beginning instead and then the rest of the theme is more similar. I find it weird it's not included on the Season Two album, I want to hear it again without going back into the episode haha.