What do you consider a great melody?

[3ternal]

Those are two that I consider to be. Notice both employ several techniques like letting notes ring out against choppy stuff, short runs that go back and forth. Like they're both perfectly interesting enough, not too much or too little.

 

[2GooD Productions]

that busta track god damn. I miss old busta and the whole flipmode.

a great melody starts with a great sound to make a melody out of.
its hard to explain but a good melody resolves itself. So that at the point of repetition its seamless.
Very slight variation can make a boring loop much more interesting.

 

[TWU]

 

[TWU]

the chord progression on this song...

 

[thedreampolice]

My favorite melody of all time is the Harry Potter theme. It’s just perfect, it FEELS like magic. Of course John Williams wrote it. Probably the greatest living composer.