artyjeffrey 20 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I was in my car, daydreaming, when I suddenly realized that the opening theme from Capricorn One is simply a bombastic take on Thus Spake Zarathustra. I'm sure everyone else has known this for many years. D'oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I was in my car, daydreaming, when I suddenly realized that the opening theme from Capricorn One is simply a bombastic take on Thus Spake Zarathustra. I'm sure everyone else has known this for many years. D'oh.You're a moron.Don't worry, that may be the single piece of classical music which has been ripped off more than any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeNewGuy 0 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14.WHAT???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I was in my car, daydreamingI hope you weren't driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Moron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14.I hope I don't turn your world upside-down by adding that the tune is also used in Baa-Baa Black Sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14.I hope I don't turn your world upside-down by adding that the tune is also used in Baa-Baa Black Sheep.Ok, this is for real. WHHAAAT???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14.Actually, you know, I can't say that I've ever contemplated this before. I did know that the tune was written by Mozart though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 No it wasn't. That is misinformation that just keeps on spreading around. Mozart did not write it, but he did write variations on the theme.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 just like James Horner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Don't worry, I didn't recognize Yoda's Theme in ET's Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Then I am in good company. That didn't dawn on me till I saw the film for the 6th or 7th time and had listened to the score 100 times or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 The funny thing is, ET's Halloween has always been my favorite cue of ET (especially the beginning). Yoda's Theme is so well integrated that I didn' t notice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I never had the opportunity to discover it for myself. I'd already read about it in the ESB liner notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 In Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saens quotes Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, rips off Offenbach's Can-Can, Rossini's Barber of Seville, and even the composer's own Danse Macabre. And I didn't notice any of these when I was younger and it was one of my favorite pieces. Years later I remember popping in a CD of it and recognizing all of these parodies at the same time and I was overwhelmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Just like James Horner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Don't worry, I didn't recognize Yoda's Theme in ET's Halloween.Wow, the first time I listened to the album I picked it up, couldn't understand why it was there until I saw the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 In Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saens quotes Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, rips off Offenbach's Can-Can, Rossini's Barber of Seville, and even the composer's own Danse Macabre.I know about the Offenbach bit and recognise it, and I think I've heard about Danse Macabre (in the fossils, right?), although I don't think I ever consciously noticed it. But where would I find the other two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 That's nothing. I figured out that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the Alphabet song were the same tune when I was 14....My world has shattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 a friend of mine didn't realize that "Bah Bah Black Sheep" was the same melody as "Twinkle Twinkle" and "ABCD" until the other day when I was singing it to him and he laughed and I asked what happened.He said "I was like 'why are you singing 'bah bah black sheep' to twinkle twinkle and I realized,they're the same!" lolThen agian, he isn't very musical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 just like James Horner!!!Just like James Horner!Steef, you're repeating yourself. Wait for it... just like James Horner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 I was in my car, daydreamingI hope you weren't driving. Believe me, where I live, it's so boring and desolate that a.) I can daydream while I drive BECAUSE I MUST, and b.) I wouldn't hit anything anyways! Well, not anything of importance.That Twinkle Twinkle Little Star connection is hilarious. So I guess I'm not alone in having sudden, obvious epiphanies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 just like James Horner!!!Just like James Horner!Steef, you're repeating yourself. Wait for it... just like James Horner!Words are the same, yes, but notice that he only used one exclamation point when he repeated himself. He was clearly less excited the second time. This, I say, is forgivable.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Steef is always usin' them exclamation marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 No i don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_Tubist 6 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 In Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saens quotes Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, rips off Offenbach's Can-Can, Rossini's Barber of Seville, and even the composer's own Danse Macabre.I know about the Offenbach bit and recognise it, and I think I've heard about Danse Macabre (in the fossils, right?), although I don't think I ever consciously noticed it. But where would I find the other two?The other two are also both in Fossils. Twinkle Twinkle occurs about 25 seconds in, and should be fairly easy to spot, as the orchestra stops and it is played by one of the pianos! The Rossini reference is not from the Overture to the Barber of Seville, but from Rosina's Act One aria, Una voce poco fa. In Fossils it happens about 8 bars or so into the clarinet bit towards the end of the Fossils movement. The part of the aria quoted is the "Ma se mi toccano dov'e il mio debole" phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Thanks, I'll check it out.Words are the same, yes, but notice that he only used one exclamation point when he repeated himself. He was clearly less exited the second time.Just like James Horner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Steef is always usin' them exclamation marks.That's his equivalent of the danger motif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Is there an Ultimate Rip-Off thread? I'd like to learn more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I do not wish to be made fun of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Words are the same, yes, but notice that he only used one exclamation point when he repeated himself. He was clearly less exited the second time.Just like James Horner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I do not wish to be made fun of.That much is certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I demand to be feared and respected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Oh, God, this is getting too easy and I know it's abusing the joke, so I promise this is the last one... I do not wish to be made fun of....just like James Horner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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