On a strange, flat world that's supported by four giant elephants who
themselves are standing on the back of an enormous turtle slowly
swimming through the endless space, strange things are happening...
Imp y Celyn, a young musician, sets out to seek his fortune in
Ankh-Morpork, the biggest city on the Discworld. He forms a band with
two new friends, Lias the troll and Glod the dwarf. At an old music
shop they find a guitar that seems somehow magical, and as soon as Imp
starts playing it, a new kind of music is born and it drives the city
wild. But the Guild of Musicians doesn't take kindly to non-guild
members playing music for free...
Meanwhile, a young orphan girl, Susan Sto Helit, gets a visit from two
very unusual creatures - a talking raven and the Death of Rats, a
skeletal rat that has a scythe and wears a cloak. They remind her of a
past she'd long since forgotten, of a grandfather she hasn't seen in
ages and who she hardly remembers even exists. She finds out that her
grandfather is in fact Death himself, who is suffering from a bout of
depression and has now gone missing. The dead can't wait, somebody has
to collect them, so Susan has to take up Death's duty and try to locate
him. And in the process, try to save Imp's life, which has been taken
over by the "music with rocks in".
Soul Music is the second of two animated Discworld adaptations
produced by Cosgrove Hall. The series, just like the book it is based
on, is filled with references and jokes about the music business,
popular bands of the past and present and the history of rock 'n' roll.
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Main Characters:
Imp y Celyn/Buddy. VA Andy Hockley.
Imp y Celyn, a young bard, leaves his home because he feels the people
there don't appreciate music enough. He swears to become the greatest
musician in the world one day. After he obtains a magical guitar and
the music takes him over, he changes his name to Buddy, a name he feels
better fit for the music.
Death. VA Christopher Lee.
The Death of the Discworld (who in the books speaks in ALL CAPS) is
saddened by the inevitable death of his adopted daughter, Ysabell, and
her husband Mort. He sets out to try to forget everything, but soon has
to come to terms with the fact that for Death forgetting is impossible
and the Duty always has to come first.
Susan Sto Helit. VA Debra Gillet.
The daughter of Death's adopted daughter, and thus his granddaughter.
She has some strange powers, such as the ability to sometimes turn
invisible at will. After Death disappears, Susan has to take over his
duty of collecting the souls of the dead. However, she refuses to take
Imp's life when his time comes, which results in trouble.
Lias Bluestone/Cliff. VA ???
Lias the troll is the drummer in The Band With Rocks In. Thanks to him
accidentally sitting on Imp's original instrument (his harp) the band
discovers a mysterious music shop and there the guitar that would
change the world. After they form the band, he changes his name to
Cliff.
Glod Glodsson. VA Rob Rackstraw.
Glod the dwarf mainly plays the sax in The Band With Rocks In, though
according to his own words he can blow anything. Glod is always full of
wisecracks and sarcastic comments.
Mr Clete. VA David Holt.
The head of the Musicians' Guild who makes sure that no-one gets to
play music unless they're a member of the guild. When Buddy and his
friends become a hit as non-guild members, he decides to make an
example of them, using whatever means necessary.
Other Characters:
Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully. VA Graham Crowden.
The Archchancellor of Unseen University, the school of wizardry in
Ankh-Morpork. Ridcully is one of the only people not affected by the
new, untamed music, and fearing that there's something unnatural and
possibly threatening about it, he sets out to get rid of it.
The Death of Rats. VA ???
Just as his name suggests, the Grim Squeaker of all small rodents. As
one of Death's loyal companions, he persuades Susan to take over
Death's Duty and to look for him while he's missing.
Quoth the Raven. VA ???
Quoth the Raven (who, according to the book, was named by the kind of
person who often pride themselves on their non-existent sense of
humour) is the personal interpreter of the Death of Rats (who speaks
only in squeaks).
Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. VA ???
A cunning businessman with a knack for spotting money-making
opportunities. He offers the band to act as their personal manager, and
as a little side business, run the merchandising, ticket sales, etc...
Asphalt. VA ???
A "roadie" hired by Dibbler to drive the band around from place to
place on their big tour. Asphalt is a troll, and flat because he once
got sat on by an elephant.
Albert. VA Bryan Pringle.
Death's mortal man-servant. He only has a limited number of days left
up in the world of the living, but when Death disappears, he takes the
risk and tries to track him down.
The Librarian. VA ???
The Librarian of the Unseen University isn't actually human but an
orangutan (owing to a magical accident). He briefly joins the band as a
piano player, until he comes up with a more interesting project of his
own...
Ponder Stibbons. VA David Holt.
One of the younger wizards of Unseen University, keen on science and
experimenting. He helps Ridcully in his quest to examine and destroy
the new music.
The Wizards of UU. VAs ???
The wizarding faculty of the Unseen University, along with nearly
everyone else, gets excited about the music with rocks in. They get an
urge to break the rules and act young again, particularly the Dean
who's the most susceptible to new trends.
Mort. VA Neil Morrissey.
The father of Susan who got killed in an accident. In his youth, Mort
served as Death's apprentice for a while and through him met his future
wife, Death's daughter Ysabell.
Ysabell. VA ???
Susan's mother who died with Mort in an accident. She was Death's
adopted daughter who fell in love with his young mortal apprentice and
later married him.
Chrysophase. VA Andy Holt.
The troll king of the criminal underworld. He makes a deal with Dibbler
to share the profit he makes with the band, but things get a little
tricky when the band insists on playing for free.
The beggars. VAs ???
For a while, Death tries to escape his duties by hanging out with a
group of beggars who live under the bridge. People with no past and no
real future either, but a relatively welcoming and friendly bunch
nevertheless.
The Klatchian Foreign Legion. VAs ???
Death thinks the ideal place to forget everything must be the Klatchian
Foreign Legion, who are so good at making people forget their past that
they hardly remember anything about the present, either.
Favorite quotes:
Imp: *looking at Lias holding two rocks* "What do you do with them?"
Lias: "I bang them together."
Imp: "And then what?"
Lias: "What do you mean 'and then what'?"
Imp: "What do you do after you've banged them together?"
Lias: "I bang them together again. Is that a problem?"
Death: EXCUSE ME.
Guru: "Yes, my son?"
Death: I'm TOLD YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
Guru: "Are you seeking the secret of existence?"
Death: THAT WILL DO, FOR A START.
Guru: "The secret of existence is to disdain earthly ties, shun the
illusion of material worth, and seek one-ness with the Infinite."
Death: OH, I'VE SEEN THE INFINITE. IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL.
Guru: "Don't be daft. You can't see the Infinite, it's....Infinite."
Death: I HAVE.
Guru: "All right, then. What did it look like?"
Death: IT'S BLUE.
Guru: "It's black."
Death: IT'S BLUE.
Guru: "It's black."
Death: FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S BLUE. BELIEVE ME.
Death: THEN I WILL ASK YOU A SIMPLER QUESTION: HOW DO HUMANS FORGET?
Guru: "Forget what?"
Death: ANYTHING. I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
Guru: "Well...traditionally the ways of forgetting include drinking the
waters of some magical river or other, joining the Klatchian Foreign
Legion or imbiding vast amounts of alcohol."
Death: AH, YES.
Guru: "But alcohol debilitates the body and is a poison to the soul."
Death: SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
Lias: "I think I'll change my name. I mean....Lias. Not a good name for the music business."
Glod: "What'll you change it to?"
Lias: "I thought, uh....Cliff."
Glod: "Cliff?"
Lias: "Good troll name, very, uh....stony."
Glod: " 'Cliff'? I can't see anyone lasting long in this business with a name like Cliff!"
The Dean: "Your problem, Archchancellor, is that you don't understand people of our age."
Ridcully: "Ye gods, man! You're seven months older than me!"
Death: TELL ME, WAS I...WILL I BE....AM I A GOOD GRANDFATHER?
Susan: "If I tell you, won't that be a paradox?"
Death: NOT FOR US.
Susan: "Well...you've got bony knees."
Dibbler: "Calm down. I hired another band to warm 'em up for ya. If
there's any trouble, they're the ones who get it in the teeth!"
Cliff: "Where are they?"
Asphalt: "Well, put it like this: you know your dressing room is next to the privy?"
Cliff: "Now, that's funny. I could've sworn that old music shop was here."
Glod: "Hey, Cliff! It's like the old stories. There's a mysterious old
music shop no-one's ever seen before, and someone goes in and buys a
rusty old curio, and it turns out to be..."
Cliff: "Glod..."
Glod: "...some kind of magical thing, and then when there's trouble, they go back, but the shop..."
Cliff: "Glod!"
Glod: "...has mysteriously disappeared and gone back to whatever magical dimension it came from...."
Cliff: "Glod!"
Glod: "Huh? What is it?"
Cliff: "You're on the wrong side of the road. It's over here!"
Mr Clete: "You want people playing for free, do you?"
Satchelmouth: "Well, no...."
Mr Clete: "I don't remember you talking like this when you jumped up and down on that street violinist's fingers last month."
Satchelmouth: "Well, it wasn't like assassination, I mean, he could
walk away. Well, crawl away. And he could still earn a living. Well,
not one that required the use of his hands, for sure, but..."
Mayor: "Well, I must say that even I, the mayor of Quirm, quite enjoyed your little 'gig' last night."
Glod: "Thank you."
Mayor: "You certainly brought a little, heh heh, 'sparkle' to the city.
Really, all we know about is making cheeses. And some rather popular
cheeses, at that."
Buddy: "We're more popular than cheeses."
Glod: "Will it play? You know I said you have to have spent a fortnight
wrapped in a bullock hide behind a waterfall before you should touch
one of these things."
Shopkeeper: "Listen, mister. For this kind of money it had me in the shower for five minutes with a chamois leather on me head."
Ridcully: "Prepare yourself for anything, Stibbons."
Ponder Stibbons: "Why, Archchancellor?"
Ridcully: "I'm expecting an outbreak of demons from the Dungeon Dimensions any minute."
Ponder Stibbons: "Oh, dear."
Ridcully: "Not to worry. A pocket full of decent spells and a well charged staff will get you out of trouble 9 times out of 10."
Big Mad Drongo: "How many times have you had to rely on them, sir?"
Ridcully: "Well, 9 times so far."
~JessKat
Favorite images:
Quote from the book: "Then
the oil from the coach-lamps ignites and there is a second explosion,
out of which rolls - because there are certain conventions, even in
tragedy - a burning wheel."
Glod: "But Mr Dibbler! These suits, they're all the same!"
Cliff: "Yeah! How's anyone gonna tell us apart?"
Buddy's band's rivalries have trouble deciding what to call themselves
Susan travels to the past and watches her parents fighting Death
"Live Fats, Die Yo Gnu" - The Dean doesn't really get the hang of memorable slogans...
Assassins hired to kill Buddy
Young Susan: "What is it?"
Death: IT'S A "MY LITTLE BINKY" SET. BE CAREFUL WITH THE SCYTHE, SUSAN, IT'S A BIT SHARP.
Ponder Stibbons trapping music
Blues Brothers, anyone?
Death's study
"I am the Music."
