Why do you think the opening theme motif from The Good Place uses oboe specifically?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 13 May 01:28
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It plays right before the twinkle sound and the logo for the show

I dont know a ton about oboe but I feel like it has an otherworldly and ancient quality to it, I cant really pin it down much further than that

Very Orfeo et Euridice-like

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 13 May 02:15 collapse

Orchestras tune to a concert A played by the first oboe.[10] According to the League of American Orchestras, this is done because the pitch is secure and its penetrating sound makes it ideal for tuning.[11]