Overview
The following is a list of all the themes and soundtracks first introduced in the eighth season of Ninjago.
Sons of Garmadon theme
Sons of Garmadon theme[]
The Sons of Garmadon theme serves as the theme for the biker gang of the same name. Unlike many other Ninjago themes, the Sons of Garmadon theme was composed using elements from another theme—Lord Garmadon's. The theme is a fast-paced version of Lord Garmadon's sinister three-note theme, with some new notes and elements added to it. The theme is usually played with several electronic instruments. The tracks "Sons of Garmadon Heist" and "Garmadon's True Potential" exemplify the Sons of Garmadon theme.
The theme has also been reprised various times in Hunted, with part of the theme briefly appearing in the season's intro. A peaceful rendition of it is used in March of the Oni, after Garmadon's conversation with Vinny in "The Fall", and a flute rendition is used in the end of "Roots" when Garmadon replants Christofern and then leaves to help his son rebuild his monastery.
Harumi's theme
Harumi's theme[]
Harumi's theme was introduced in season eight. The theme is typically played with strings, brass instruments, and a piano. Harumi's theme was initially innocent and serene sounding, yet as her true intentions were unveiled and she became a villainess, the theme became much more dark and vicious. The track "Princess Harumi" best represents Harumi's theme.
The theme was reprised numerous times in Season Nine, though not as much as it was in the previous season.
Harumi's despair theme[]
The theme is typically played with strings, and applies to moments in season eight where a character "loses everything." The theme plays in "Game of Masks" after the Great Devourer kills Harumi's parents, and she sits in the back of a van with two paramedics. The theme is later reprised in "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago" when Lloyd watches the Colossus crush Destiny's Bounty and kill the Ninja. The melody of this rendition is played with piano. The theme has not been released up to this point.
The theme was later reprised several times in Hunted. It was heard in "Two Lies, One Truth," when Harumi offers to become Lord Garmadon's daughter of darkness. It was reprised again in "Saving Faith," when Harumi was killed by the apartment building's collapse. This offered a connection to when the theme appeared following her parents' deaths, and the original Ninjas' apparent deaths.
Harumi's theme is also reprised in Crystalized, in several episodes since "A Sinister Shadow", for example in "Darkness Within" when Harumi taunted Lloyd about letting him feel the grief she felt after losing her parents, in "The Coming of the King" when Harumi tries to convince Lloyd to join the Crystal Council, in "Dragon Form" when Lloyd tries one last time to convince Harumi to join him only to be denied and later when she betrays the Overlord, or in "Christofern" when Lord Garmadon tells Lloyd and Wu that she was like a daughter to him.
Who Said Anything About Sail?
Who Said Anything About Sail?[]
This soundtrack was composed for the first reappearance of the Destiny's Bounty in Season 8. This track has an exciting buildup using string instruments culminating in a beautiful rendition of the main Ninjago theme, and has been used in several occasions where a new vehicle or power is unveiled, or the ninja are preparing to undertake a new adventure. This includes the Destiny's Bounty leaving in "Game of Masks," heading off for the Dragon Armor in "The Gilded Path," Skylor using the Colossus to ascend Borg Tower in "Saving Faith," leaving Beohernie in "The Belly of the Beast," preparing to enter the Never-Realm in "A Cold Goodbye," Cole controlling Earth without being in contact with it in "The Real Fall", or when the ninja retrieved their impound vehicles (including the Bounty) in "Return to Primeval's Eye".
The latest uses of the soundtrack are in "Force From the East" when Cole and the Finders escape from the Land of Lost Things via a portal gate and in "Rising Ninja" when Euphrasia uses her Wind to stabilize the Cloud Kingdom.
Oni theme
Oni theme[]
The Oni theme typically played with strings, and has a mysterious and rather sinister vibe. It is first heard in "The Mask of Deception," when Zane explains who the Oni are. The theme is then heard in "Game of Masks" when Lloyd and Harumi examine the murals in the Oni Temple, which depict the origins of the Oni. The theme is reprised in "True Potential" when Harumi tells Lord Garmadon that he has the blood of both dragon and Oni in his body. No tracks containing the theme have been released up to this point.
The theme was later reprised several times in Hunted, occasionally being heard when the Oni are mentioned. A sinister version of it plays during the credits of "Green Destiny."
