A potentially interesting segue into modern music is the 2006 Ring inspired nerdcore 'remix' of the Ring-cycle: Rhyme of the Nibelung by Baddd Spellah featuring

A potentially interesting segue into modern music is the 2006 Ring inspired nerdcore 'remix' of the Ring-cycle: Rhyme of the Nibelung by Baddd Spellah featuring MC Frontalot: https://soundcloud.com/badddspellah/rhyme-of-the-nibelung https://soundcloud.com/badddspellah/rhyme-of-the-nibelung A tongue-in-cheek adaptation of course, but I can't read about Leitmotifs in Wagner's Ring cycle without thinking of this song.