Levincia – Pokémon Scarlet/Violet

About game/music

This is “Levincia” from RPG “Pokémon Scarlet/Violet”(2022 NS), developed by Game Freak, published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.
This is composed by Hitomi Sato.

“Pokémon Scarlet/Violet” is the second mainstream Pokémon game released on the Nintendo Switch, following “Pokémon Sword and Shield“(2019 NS).
This title features an open world, allowing players to choose any storyline they want to follow.
Also, a new feature “Terastal”, which allows the player to change the type of Pokémon during the battle, has been introduced to complicate the tactics.

This song is used in the area of the city same name as song title.

Analyzing

bar 4

• isus4
  • 3rd changes to 4th, less dark and floating feeling.

bar 17~18

• Smooth chord progression ascending by 4th.

bar 17~20

• The main melody is in the 3rd or 7th, giving it an emotional and delicate feeling.

bar 20~21

• I-I7 or i-I7 (other TABs include this)
  • After resolving to the tonic, it leads smoothly to the following IV (or iv)
  • I7 is sometimes replaced by a diminished 7th chord (#Io7 or other)
  • examples;
    • Boat Buds – A Short Hike
    • Thrash Machine – DELTARUNE Chapter 1
    • Dogcheck – DELTARUNE Chapter 1
    • Xeno Arcadia – Hylics 2
    • Costumes & Colors – Kirby’s Dream Buffet
    • SNES Donut Plains 3 – Mario Kart 8
    • Actor’s Anteroom – MELTY BLOOD Actress Again Current Code
    • Ideal and the Real – Persona 5 Royal
    • Raise the Hoof – Pocket Card Jockey
    • Jazz Racing Jam – Pocket Card Jockey
    • Rustboro City – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Valor Lakefront – Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
    • Canalave City – Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
    • Cianwood City – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Pewter City – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Floccesy Town – Pokémon Black2/White2
    • Castelia City – Pokémon Black2/White2
    • Iki Town (Day) – Pokémon Sun/Moon
    • Route 10 on Ula’ula Island – Pokémon Sun/Moon
    • Battle! (Bede) – Pokémon Sword/Shield
    • Levincia – Pokémon Scarlet/Violet
    • Guest Book – Tomodachi Life

bar 25~32

• blues scale (1,b3,4,b5,5,b7)
• I think it has similar feel to “Driftveil City” from “Pokémon Black and White”.
  • although b5 appears only for a moment, like a passing note.

bar 26,30

• IV or IV7 in minor key (other TABs include this chord progression)
  • 6th of the minor scale is raised a semitone. This means it’s temporarily in Dorian mode.
  • It would be like drying out a damp darkness.
  • examples;
    • Lost Paintings – Castlevania Symphony of the Night
    • Lancer – DELTARUNE Chapter 1
    • Mother – Outro – ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
    • Battlefield – Death’s Crossroad – Etrian Odyssey NEXUS
    • Tumult – Twilight of All Life – Etrian Odyssey NEXUS
    • Tearing Through Heaven (Rain) – Fire Emblem: Three Houses
    • Dragon Valley – Freedom Planet 2
    • Sight of silence – GURUMIN
    • Rustblood – HIVESWAP: Act 1
    • Fatal Blooms in Moonlight – Kirby: Triple Deluxe
    • Combat Evaluation Program – Kirby: Planet Robobot
    • Northeast Frost Street – Kirby and the Forgotten Land
    • Angela Boss– Library Of Ruina
    • Theme1 – Limbus Company
    • Gravity Beetbood stage – Mega Man X3
    • Boss Battle – Miitopia
    • Sootopolis City – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Seafolk Village – Pokémon Sun/Moon
    • Sonia’s Theme – Pokémon Sword/Shield
    • Aquarium Park Act 1 – SONIC COLORS
    • Bowser’s Lava Lake Keep – Super Mario 3D World
    • Tomboyish Girl in Love – 東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
    • Shanghai Scarlet Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea – 東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
    • Diao Ye Zong (withered leaf) – 東方妖々夢 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom.
    • Phantom Ensemble – 東方妖々夢 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom.
    • Mysterious Mountain – 東方風神録 ~ Mountain of Faith.
    • Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion – 東方地霊殿 ~ Subterranean Animism.
    • Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Kilometers – 東方紺珠伝 ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.

bar 37~

• Transposed to a parallel key.

bar 39~40

• iv in major key (other Tabs include this)
  • one of the subdominant minor chords, which include b6th of main key.
  • It’s nostalgic or romantic.
  • Typically used following IV.
  • It’s borrowed mostly from parallel minor, but also from Mixolydian b6 or Harmonic Major (in this case, ivM7)
  • examples;
    • Continent (Sakura) – Crystarise
    • Bloom – Outro – ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
    • The King Lost in Time – Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
    • Lonely Rolling Star – Katamari Damacy
    • Candy Constellation – Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
    • Big-Bean Vine – Kirby’s Epic Yarn
    • Costumes & Colors – Kirby’s Dream Buffet
    • Super Bell Subway – Mario Kart 8
    • Shopping in Wakeport – Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
    • Badges – Pikmin Bloom
    • Dewford Town – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Rustboro City – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Fortree City – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Abandoned Ship – Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
    • Valor Lakefront – Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
    • Hearthome City – Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
    • Canalave City – Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
    • National Park – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Cianwood City – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Route 26 – Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Pewter City – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
    • Castelia City – Pokémon Black2/White2
    • Marine Tube – Pokémon Black2/White2
    • Iki Town (Day) – Pokémon Sun/Moon
    • Cobalt Coastlands – Pokémon Legends: Arceus
    • Levincia – Pokémon Scarlet/Violet
    • Clear Breeze – Skullgirls
    • Wave Ocean – Sonic the Hedgehog(2006)
    • Magical Snow Day – Sonic Runners
    • Oh! One True Love – Undertale
    • Temmie Village – Undertale