Tim and Violet recreated theme (9)
I believe the answer is:
leitmotiv
'theme' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tim and violet recreated' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'recreated' indicates an anagram.
'tim' after 'violet' is 'violettim'.
'violettim' anagrammed gives 'LEITMOTIV'.
(Other definitions for leitmotiv that I've seen before include "repetitive theme" , "Limit vote (anag.)" , "Recurrent theme" , "recurrent idea" , "Musical theme" .)