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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 05:27 Edited at: 17th Aug 2005 05:28
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Hey,
Ok i'm not being totally crazy here.. cus sombody did actually know which song i meant but didn't know the title to it either

Ok.. It's an operah song which i don't know the name of
Very "evil" sounding.. very "saitanic"
often used at firework displays.. once used for alton towers background music.
Extreemly famous. I gaurentee you've all heard it.

main catch is
"DUN DUN DUN DUN (boom boom)
"DUN DUN DUN DUN (boom boom)
"DUN DUN DUN DUUUU DUUUU DUN DUN! .... (boom boom)

anyone know the song i'm talking about...
Benjamin on irc knew the song i meant... so it's not that daft a
question

and for those of you who are remotly musical try playing Eb Eb D D to each of the duns followed by a 2 beat rest

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 05:47 Edited at: 17th Aug 2005 05:48
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If its the music in the link then its called Guint Suite and was composed by Grieg Peer.

http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/downloads/at.mp3

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 06:02 Edited at: 17th Aug 2005 06:02
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nope but very similar in style towards the end.


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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 09:35
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Probably Beethoven's 5th symphony. It's not an opera*, and the notes you supplied are way off. For shame.

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 10:11
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I agree with QuothTheRaven.

http://www.mikeez.com/kickassclassical/beethoven_5th.mp3
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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 11:21
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Try http://www.musipedia.org/

It will name your tune by either singing or whistling in a microphone, selecting keywords, playing it on a piano, or using something called 'Parsons Code' which I find is quite reliable.

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 11:35 Edited at: 17th Aug 2005 15:17
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or it could be Orf`s Carmina Burana, or Mussagorskys Night on a bare Mountain. both of them would fit the description (sortof)

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 11:57
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Definately Beethoven, although if you want similar stuff you could try Phantom of the Opera (anybody se that film on sky?).

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come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 14:36 Edited at: 17th Aug 2005 14:40
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Looks Like O Fortuna, the First movement of Carmina Burana. Of course my favourate movement it the one with the dying swan, now THAT's awesome.

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 15:25
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try

http://www.music.neu.edu/sounds/CarminaBurana.mp3

I assume thats what you mean because of the choir, making you think it was opera, if not then I have no idea.

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 15:39
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Dum DAAAAAA DAAAA DAAAA DAAAA

Dum DAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAA

Dum DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I once saw that performed using a piano for the chords. Ouch.

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come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Night On Bare Mountain perhaps by Modest Moussorgsky

http://www.musicstore.jp/%7Etohru/mp3/baldmountain.hi-fi.mp3

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Alton Towers uses 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' by 'Edvard Grieg' in their ads;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Hall_of_the_Mountain_King

http://users1.ee.net/lstone/hallking.mid

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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 11:19
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That sounds uncannily like the song posted previously above: 'Guint Suite', which according to Alton Towers, is what they use as their theme:

http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/interact/music.htm

Although that song is distinctively different, they are very similar, perhaps the version Spooky posted is one of the 're-styled' versions they mention on that site?


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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 11:28
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I think In HOTMK is from the Peer Guint suite

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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 11:52 Edited at: 18th Aug 2005 11:54
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cry of the valkyries (i think) or flight of the valkyries. was it wagner?

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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 12:00 Edited at: 18th Aug 2005 12:39
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I'm gonna have to agree with "Oh Fortuna". It's a very well known piece whose main hook pivots around two chords. And even though it does sound very "evil" I'm not quite sure the original intent of the song is evil. Let's face it - it's eerie because it's in Latin.


--- edit: read the translation here. If it's possible, the song becomes even more creepy.

If you want "dramatic scene in slow motion" music, then I've always thought that Albinoni's Adagio in G minor was pretty emotive.


--- another edit: Last edit, I promise Of course, we're all forgetting the best classical tune of all time. Walter Murphy's efforts at playing Beethoven's 5th (Windows Media Player only :S)

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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 15:52
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THATS Beethovens 5th....yeaaargh!, I thought I had been put on hold....then I realised I wasn`t on the phone , this guy Walter Murphy, is he due to appear at the Hague soon?.

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Posted: 18th Aug 2005 18:24 Edited at: 18th Aug 2005 18:28
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yeah
anyone who said beethovens fith were way off with their notation.
for a start its an operah and beethoven only wrote one opera . which sounds nothing like that one ^_^
but thanks

it was infact CarminaBurana

thanks to all who helped.. i can now do my hl2 video ^_^

ps. blinkok its ride of the valkyries
and spooky AWESOME LINK

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Quote: "anyone who said beethovens fith were way off with their notation."


Going to an opera has never even began to cross my mind.
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Quote: "Definately Beethoven, although if you want similar stuff you could try Phantom of the Opera (anybody se that film on sky?)."


On sky? I saw the film, pretty good stuff, not opera but wonderful stuff.


Carmina Burana's what they used for BigAd right?


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Posted: 19th Aug 2005 07:21
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Yes.


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Quote: "called Guint Suite and was composed by Grieg Peer."


ROTFLMAO

I think you mean ... Peer Gynt Suit by Edvard Grieg

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