The Leitmotifs of Cobra Kai - Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson

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Yesterday marked the end of Netflix's hit show Cobra Kai, a legacy sequel to the beloved Karate Kid franchise, which has earned wide success. I've only recently gotten into it, but I found it constantly captivating and exciting, with many memorable characters, and a great development of them.

Another big highlight was the score, composed by duo Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson, and they did an amazing job of crafting a vast thematic tapestry of many different themes and ideas for all the main characters of the show, and the best thing about it is how they're constantly playing around with them, developing them and clashing them into each other to great effect.

In this video I tried to showcase most of the main, recurring themes from all over the 6 seasons of the show, but if you want to learn more, be sure to check out my blog, where I went through each of the albums analyzing the way these themes are used:
https://onenoteatatime815.wordpress.com/tag/cobra-kai/

And here's the list of themes that appear in this video:
0:00 Cobra Kai
1:01 Johnny Lawrence
2:22 Daniel LaRusso
3:30 Miyagi-Do
4:28 Miguel Diaz
6:14 Johnny and Miguel
6:46 Sam LaRusso
7:53 Kreese's Legacy
8:18 John Kreese
8:40 Miyagi-Do Techniques
9:00 Johnny's Past
10:03 Sam vs Story
10:46 Tory Nichols
11:35 Okinawa (Chozen / Kumiko)
12:17 Terry Silver
13:11 Karate / All-Valley Tournament
14:09 Kim Sun-Yung
15:02 Kim Da-Eun
15:26 Sekai Taikai
16:16 Kwon Jae-Sung
17:11 Iron Dragons
18:29 Miyagi's Past
19:45 Tory & Robby
20:25 Leadership & Victory