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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** In "Father's Day Off", WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} stays at home and listens to a soap opera on the radio, which has an organ music score.
** In "Father's Day Off", WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} stays at home and listens to a soap opera on the radio, which has an organ music score.
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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
**WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In "Father's Day Off", WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} stays at home and listens to a soap opera on the radio, which has an organ music score.
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* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' was the last soap opera to (earnestly) use live organ music in its soundtrack; it ended in 1975.
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* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' was the last soap opera to (earnestly) use live organ music in its soundtrack; soundtrack, finally dropping it ended in 1975.
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* The LongRunner Evangelical Christian RadioDrama {{Anthology}} series ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unshackled! Unshackled!]]'' debuted in 1950, and ''still'' uses this type of organ accompaniment today.
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In this [[ScoreAndMusicTropes soundtrack trope]], [[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] organ music (usually not a classical pipe organ but a tremolo-heavy Wurlitzer-type organ) is used to indicate a soap opera or soap-opera-type situation.
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In this [[ScoreAndMusicTropes soundtrack trope]], [[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] organ music (usually not a classical pipe organ but a tremolo-heavy Wurlitzer-type organ) is used to indicate a soap opera {{soap opera}} or soap-opera-type situation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': During [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E2TheLostMattressKrabsVsPlankton The Lost Mattress]] episode, Mr. Krabs is placed in a "[[AngstComa Cash Coma]]" when his mattress (containing ''all his money'') is thrown away. Several scenes of him in the hospital have this soundtrack, with the staff [[MundaneMadeAwesome urgently whispering about buying candy from a vending machine as though it were open heart surgery]].
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Not all soap opera parodies use organ music; some will use other [[SentimentalMusicCue Sentimental Music Cues]] such as PlayingTheHeartStrings and [[LonelyPianoPiece Lonely Piano Pieces]], including [[StandardSnippet Standard Snippets]] such as "Hearts and Flowers." While these convey the general idea of overwrought sentimentality, they don't specifically allude to ''soap operas,'' the genre itself, as organ music does.
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* Creator/RalphBakshi's 1967 short ''The Mini-Squirts'' is a soap-opera parody played out by little kids PlayingHouse, complete with organ accompaniment.
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* Creator/RalphBakshi's 1967 short ''The Mini-Squirts'' is a soap-opera parody played out by little kids PlayingHouse, complete with organ accompaniment.accompaniment.
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* When Al Lohman and Roger Barkley had a comedy radio series in the 1970s, one of their regular segments was a soap-opera spoof titled "Light Of My Life," with a comically maudlin organ score.
* When Al Lohman and Roger Barkley had a comedy radio series in the 1970s, one of their regular segments was a soap-opera spoof titled "Light Of My Life," with a comically maudlin organ score.
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* Creator/EllenDegeneres used the pipe organ in "As the Tide Turns," a soap opera spoof featured on her talk show ''Ellen''.
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* Creator/EllenDegeneres Creator/EllenDeGeneres used the pipe organ in "As the Tide Turns," a soap opera spoof featured on her talk show ''Ellen''.
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In this [[ScoreAndMusicTropes soundtrack trope]], [[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] organ music (usually not a classical pipe organ but a tremolo-heavy Wurlitzer-type organ) is used to indicate a soap opera or soap-opera-type situation.
These days, this is almost always [[DeadHorseTrope played as a parody,]] indicating SoapWithinAShow-type situations. However, this type of music was indeed nearly universal in soap operas in the early decades of television and, [[OlderThanTV earlier, on the radio]].
While Wurlitzer and other organs had been a mainstay of the musical accompaniment of silent films, and were later used in other radio drama genres, their use in soap operas specifically originated in the radio drama ''The Guiding Light'' (ancestor of the TV series ''Series/GuidingLight''), where it was more thematic: the story focused on a pastor and his family.
Influenced by ''The Guiding Light,'' organ music soon became standard for soap operas as they moved to television. In the early days, these were not pre-recorded shows but live-broadcasted plays, and the organ provided a dramatic soundtrack that could be played live. An organist would play in the background throughout a scene to set the mood, then deliver a {{Sting}} to punctuate a dramatic climax.
As soap opera producers transitioned to colour TV in the 1960s, the accompanying change to pre-recorded shows with higher production values put an end to the traditional use of the organ; the last soap opera to use the organ traditionally ended in 1975. However, decades later, it remains in all its overly melodramatic and sentimental glory as a parodic signifier of the soap opera genre.
Not all soap opera parodies use organ music; some will use other [[SentimentalMusicCue Sentimental Music Cues]] such as PlayingTheHeartStrings and [[LonelyPianoPiece Lonely Piano Pieces]], including [[StandardSnippet Standard Snippets]] such as "Hearts and Flowers." While these convey the general idea of overwrought sentimentality, they don't specifically allude to ''soap operas,'' the genre itself, as organ music does.
Sister trope of OminousPipeOrgan and HolyPipeOrgan, although these usually use the more sonorous classical organ instead of the Wurlitzer variety.
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* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' was the last soap opera to (earnestly) use live organ music in its soundtrack; it ended in 1975.
* ''Series/GuidingLight'' is the TropeMaker, or rather its original incarnation as a radio soap opera (''The Guiding Light'') was, in 1937. It was in fact originally diegetic music: Reverend Ruthledge's daughter Mary [[HolyPipeOrgan practising the church organ]].
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!!Parodies:
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} produced ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVAumup8x8 As Our School Bus Turns]]'' as an interstitial series parodying the soap opera ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns''. It featured dramatic organ music, particularly at the end of segments when the announcer would ask lingering questions about the story arcs.
* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'': The recurring sketch ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du09FfHdVJE As the Stomach Turns]]'' parodied old soap operas and featured an organ soundtrack that would sometimes play so loudly it would drown out characters' dialogue.
* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' has a soap opera-like skit called "Love of Chair," about a morose fellow sitting in a chair, rarely doing much, while the unseen announcer tries to drum up drama. The organ accompaniment is heard during the intro, the outro, and when the announcer concludes by asking in every episode, "What about Naomi?"
* Creator/EllenDegeneres used the pipe organ in "As the Tide Turns," a soap opera spoof featured on her talk show ''Ellen''.
* ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'': Although the show, a satirical soap opera itself, did not generally feature an organ score, other InUniverse soap operas that the title character would watch would feature an organ. This is especially noticeable in the first scene of the first episode.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': The "Veterinarians Hospital" sketches, which started out as a soap opera parody (specifically of ''Series/GeneralHospital''), always started and ended with organ music.
* In ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'', used at the beginning and climax of ''Cul-de-Sac'', Jess and Kerry's entry in the "[[SoapWithinAShow most suspenseful soap opera cliffhanger]]" task in "A Coquettish Fascinator."
* ''Series/That70sShow'': While unemployed, Red watches too many soap operas. This culminates in an ImagineSpot where he pictures his life as a soap opera, complete with an organ score after every sentence.
[[AC:Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy]]
* Creator/StanFreberg's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnRePOf708 soap opera spoof "John and Marsha"]] has the [[SayMyName minimalistic dialogue]] accompanied throughout by a treacly score that combines Wurlitzer organ and PlayingTheHeartStrings.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* In the original production of ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', Catherine's reminiscence of life with her late husband was backed by a soap opera-style electric organ arrangement of her entrance song. (Some revivals use different instrumentation for this cue.)
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': In between nights, the protagonist is shown watching a soap opera called ''The Immortal and the Restless'' (a parody of ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'') about a vampire denying that the baby of his human girlfriend is his son. The show's only music is sad and slightly eerie organ music that is fitting not just because it's a soap opera, but also because of its vampire character. In the game's normal ending, [[spoiler:this ends up PlayedForDrama: the organ music is [[DarkReprise reprised]] for {{ominous|pipeorgan}} effect as the protagonist has his insides removed by the Scooper, allowing Ennard to crawl into and take control of his body]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** In "Father's Day Off", WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} stays at home and listens to a soap opera on the radio, which has an organ music score.
* Creator/RalphBakshi's 1967 short ''The Mini-Squirts'' is a soap-opera parody played out by little kids PlayingHouse, complete with organ accompaniment.
These days, this is almost always [[DeadHorseTrope played as a parody,]] indicating SoapWithinAShow-type situations. However, this type of music was indeed nearly universal in soap operas in the early decades of television and, [[OlderThanTV earlier, on the radio]].
While Wurlitzer and other organs had been a mainstay of the musical accompaniment of silent films, and were later used in other radio drama genres, their use in soap operas specifically originated in the radio drama ''The Guiding Light'' (ancestor of the TV series ''Series/GuidingLight''), where it was more thematic: the story focused on a pastor and his family.
Influenced by ''The Guiding Light,'' organ music soon became standard for soap operas as they moved to television. In the early days, these were not pre-recorded shows but live-broadcasted plays, and the organ provided a dramatic soundtrack that could be played live. An organist would play in the background throughout a scene to set the mood, then deliver a {{Sting}} to punctuate a dramatic climax.
As soap opera producers transitioned to colour TV in the 1960s, the accompanying change to pre-recorded shows with higher production values put an end to the traditional use of the organ; the last soap opera to use the organ traditionally ended in 1975. However, decades later, it remains in all its overly melodramatic and sentimental glory as a parodic signifier of the soap opera genre.
Not all soap opera parodies use organ music; some will use other [[SentimentalMusicCue Sentimental Music Cues]] such as PlayingTheHeartStrings and [[LonelyPianoPiece Lonely Piano Pieces]], including [[StandardSnippet Standard Snippets]] such as "Hearts and Flowers." While these convey the general idea of overwrought sentimentality, they don't specifically allude to ''soap operas,'' the genre itself, as organ music does.
Sister trope of OminousPipeOrgan and HolyPipeOrgan, although these usually use the more sonorous classical organ instead of the Wurlitzer variety.
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!!Played straight:
* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' was the last soap opera to (earnestly) use live organ music in its soundtrack; it ended in 1975.
* ''Series/GuidingLight'' is the TropeMaker, or rather its original incarnation as a radio soap opera (''The Guiding Light'') was, in 1937. It was in fact originally diegetic music: Reverend Ruthledge's daughter Mary [[HolyPipeOrgan practising the church organ]].
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!!Parodies:
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} produced ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVAumup8x8 As Our School Bus Turns]]'' as an interstitial series parodying the soap opera ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns''. It featured dramatic organ music, particularly at the end of segments when the announcer would ask lingering questions about the story arcs.
* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'': The recurring sketch ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du09FfHdVJE As the Stomach Turns]]'' parodied old soap operas and featured an organ soundtrack that would sometimes play so loudly it would drown out characters' dialogue.
* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' has a soap opera-like skit called "Love of Chair," about a morose fellow sitting in a chair, rarely doing much, while the unseen announcer tries to drum up drama. The organ accompaniment is heard during the intro, the outro, and when the announcer concludes by asking in every episode, "What about Naomi?"
* Creator/EllenDegeneres used the pipe organ in "As the Tide Turns," a soap opera spoof featured on her talk show ''Ellen''.
* ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'': Although the show, a satirical soap opera itself, did not generally feature an organ score, other InUniverse soap operas that the title character would watch would feature an organ. This is especially noticeable in the first scene of the first episode.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': The "Veterinarians Hospital" sketches, which started out as a soap opera parody (specifically of ''Series/GeneralHospital''), always started and ended with organ music.
* In ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'', used at the beginning and climax of ''Cul-de-Sac'', Jess and Kerry's entry in the "[[SoapWithinAShow most suspenseful soap opera cliffhanger]]" task in "A Coquettish Fascinator."
* ''Series/That70sShow'': While unemployed, Red watches too many soap operas. This culminates in an ImagineSpot where he pictures his life as a soap opera, complete with an organ score after every sentence.
[[AC:Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy]]
* Creator/StanFreberg's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnRePOf708 soap opera spoof "John and Marsha"]] has the [[SayMyName minimalistic dialogue]] accompanied throughout by a treacly score that combines Wurlitzer organ and PlayingTheHeartStrings.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* In the original production of ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', Catherine's reminiscence of life with her late husband was backed by a soap opera-style electric organ arrangement of her entrance song. (Some revivals use different instrumentation for this cue.)
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': In between nights, the protagonist is shown watching a soap opera called ''The Immortal and the Restless'' (a parody of ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'') about a vampire denying that the baby of his human girlfriend is his son. The show's only music is sad and slightly eerie organ music that is fitting not just because it's a soap opera, but also because of its vampire character. In the game's normal ending, [[spoiler:this ends up PlayedForDrama: the organ music is [[DarkReprise reprised]] for {{ominous|pipeorgan}} effect as the protagonist has his insides removed by the Scooper, allowing Ennard to crawl into and take control of his body]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** In "Father's Day Off", WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} stays at home and listens to a soap opera on the radio, which has an organ music score.
* Creator/RalphBakshi's 1967 short ''The Mini-Squirts'' is a soap-opera parody played out by little kids PlayingHouse, complete with organ accompaniment.
