Thank you I really liked that one too... I was lucky to get in the first 10 votes!

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
You are correct! That melody at the end is quoting "Raggle Taggle Gypsy." I thought someone had sifted it already but it wasn't one here yet so here you go! http://videosift.com/video/Raggle-Taggle-Gypsy-Planxty-1973
In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Hi Fusionaut, see what you think of this one:

http://videosift.com/video/Carving-the-Mountains

Also, the music near the end sounds rather celtic to me, I think you could almost claim it

You are correct! That melody at the end is quoting "Raggle Taggle Gypsy." I thought someone had sifted it already but it wasn't one here yet so here you go! http://videosift.com/video/Raggle-Taggle-Gypsy-Planxty-1973
In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Hi Fusionaut, see what you think of this one:

http://videosift.com/video/Carving-the-Mountains

Also, the music near the end sounds rather celtic to me, I think you could almost claim it

This has some nice cohesion with the song from the last game. A cool tonality shift, with a nice melody. I can finally upvote this video now that I've finished the game!

yeah, so i couldnt find any good videos on hippo therapy. this was the only one i could find without some sentimental background music the whole way through.>> ^rottenseed:

I wish the only way I knew about this wasn't by means of "The World's WORST News Report"

>> ^TreacleMine:

The song is "The Gael", by Dougie MacLean.


Eh, it seems closer to the adaptation used in Last of the Mohicans.
Compare, "The Gael" by Dougie MacLean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8pM7cHrT8
Last of the Mohicans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNuRpwZqRU

Notably, at 2:30 in the Last of the Mohicans theme, a second melody is used on top of the repeating motif. In this video, the violinist also starts playing that part at 2:30. No such melody appears in "The Gael". But perhaps there are multiple versions of "The Gael".

"Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project - 1982
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum - 2009

Separated by 27 years. It's entirely possible it was a song from childhood that they re-created without realizing it.

But to be honest, I don't care either way. I like the Lady Antebellum just as much if not more. The lyrics and melody are different enough that they still feel like different songs, despite the obvious similarity when played together.

Not to defend this mediocre music, but there are only so many chord progressions and melodies in the world. Sometimes you play something you thought was original on the piano only to have someone say, "hey, I know that song." Often times, really catchy ideas inspire the "did I subconsciously rip this off from somewhere else" paranoia syndrome. It's also possible for two people who've never met each other to come up with the same exact idea.

The Rolling Stones did this a few years back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_Craving

I THOUGHT that sounded familiar!!
It's either a direct rip off or (this may be worse) -- they've too young to ever have heard of the Alan Parson's Project OR that song. It's not an earth-shatteringly original chord pattern or melody, after all.

I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
I saw boys, toys, electric irons, and TVs
My brain hurt like a warehouse
It had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things
To store everything in there

We got five years, stuck on my eyes
We got five years, what a surprise
We got five years, my brain hurts a lot
We got five years, that's all we've got

why is the girl in a straightjacket and all sad and stuff, the melody aint that sad.

i even looked up the lyrics
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Ophelia-lyrics-Natalie-Merchant/9C39433E9731E2D948256926002A4226

For the most part she is just doing some variations on the traditional melody and throwing a LOT of melismas for decoration. Unfortunately she started in a key that was too low for her voice which doesn't allow her to sing the lowest note of the tune and is forced to sing a higher note. (the third of the chord instead of the root) The opening notes are a good example of this and it makes it hard to recognize the melody since she's not singing the complete major triad that starts off the tune. That's the only thing really different in her version but since it's the very beginning of the piece, and it is so recognizable, people listen for it to establish the key and sing along. Other than that she's young and inexperienced and may not be formally trained so her teachers should encourage her to continue learning instead of discouraging her. It's very possible that some elderly person was really annoyed by the opening, then became even more annoyed by all of the variation, couldn't sing along, and was so upset by the end that s/he just had to complain. Older people complain about music ALL of the time for various reasons and the best thing to do is tell them you'll change it for next time. Anyways, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant.....

>> ^Sarzy:

THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS. Seriously, I was obsessed with this movie when it came out. I saw it theatrically eight times, which is still a record for me. I actually bought the soundtrack, which I almost never do. I even bought the music book so that I could attempt to play the theme on the piano, even though my piano playing skills were basic, putting it kindly. I haven't seen the movie in years, so I don't know how well it holds up (I'm almost afraid to revisit it, as I'm fairly sure I won't find it as mind-blowingly great as my 11-year-old counterpart). But I know the soundtrack holds up -- there's an sense of awe and a majesty to it that I just love, and I definitely think it's among Williams' best work.
>> ^shuac:
One of Williams' least inspired scores. Get back to me when they do Superman.
My favorite YT comment: The asian kid in the white shirt with guitar was the best!


Oh come on! It's far too simplistic for me. Boring changes with a weak narrative thread (melody). I don't think it fits with the film's subject matter very well either. I don't hear much awe. I hear something similar-sounding to awe: yawn.


Look at his wins (scores that matched up very well with the films): Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, JFK, Nixon. Nixon is especially good, so much so I bought the soundtrack. The main theme **IS** Nixon, it's that fucking good.

Anyway, it's a matter of taste and I happen to know you have excellent taste in films. You're just wrong about *this*.

Most soulful reditions don't change the melody as much as she did, but who cares; it sounded great and the crowd loved it. Throwing in a little soul into the SSB is more common than not anymore.

excerpts from the NPR radio interview linked above (I left in all the annoying "you knows"):

Mr. LANG LANG (Pianist): The truth is, I only know this piece because it's a beautiful melody. And, actually, I played many times as encore before because it's, artistically, it's a beautiful piece. I never thought about, you know, and I never knew about anything about, you know, the background.

BLOCK: Well, some people, as you know, on blogs in China, are seizing on this, saying that it was a moment for a world famous pianist to sort of drop a note of nationalism, of Chinese nationalism into the States here.

Mr. LANG LANG: You know, that's the last thing I want to do because, first of all, you know, I grew up as a teenager in America. I mean, I studied at Curtis. And I feel both China and America is my home. And, you know, I have a really wonderful emotions towards American people. And I have a lot of my great friends, my teachers, are all from here.

So for me, you know, to be invited to play at White House is a great honor....

BLOCK: The song that you played, in the movie, in the "Battle on Shangganling Mountain," which came out in 1956, it is a very nationalistic song and it...

Mr. LANG LANG: You know, I never know about that movie. I just learned it afterward. It's like, 1956. This is when my mother was two years old. I mean, this is 55 years ago. And when I grew up, I only hear this as a beautiful melody. That's it. And this piece is very popular as a traditional Chinese song.

BLOCK: I've been told that this song is a favorite at karaoke bars.

Mr. LANG LANG: Yeah. I mean, it's just, you know, it's a song that, like, everyone in the Chinese world knows about the melody. You know, I mean, that's the truth. I mean, I choose it because its beautiful melody....

BLOCK: Well, Lang Lang, what were your - how did you react when you heard that in China, on the Web, people were adding meaning to this choice...

Mr. LANG LANG: I feel very sad. You know, I very sad. And, you know, and I must say, disappointing.... And once, you know, people use it as a political issue, that makes me really sad because I am a musician. I'm not a politician.

hey, DillingerEscapePlan! I've seen them a halfdozen times. Jeez, probably ten years ago,... I'm getting soo old soo fast...

Anyhow, my musical taste kept going into weirder directions this year;

Sufjan Steven's made a tremendously interesting and personal album (Age of Adz) that took this consistently well done electronic turn, like it was produced by Reznor or something ('I Walked' is a highlight for me, with a weeeirdly cool, staggered melody that I'd never really heard done successfully before...). His vocals grow on you after a while... really the whole album gets a lot better with repeat listens (good night-driving album).

Yeasayer shared a (free) live album... I saw them twice in 2010, so might be biased, but they are just the right amount of experimental with a dash of pop so that people get down at their shows. 'Madder Red', 'Tight Rope', '2080', a lot of good stuff. Bit of an 80's throwback with the synth drums and such, but I like it as a child of the 80's.

Beach House (Teen Dream)... oooh beach house... listened to their album for all of Jan and Feb of 2010... great driving cd... love minimalism with build-ups, which is basically every song by them, and her distinct smoker's voice is just rad. Very different band doing its own thing. If you're into As I Lay Dying and all that business right now this cd might be a stretch... however I used to be way into The Locust, so, you never know! (ok, I still listen to The Locust from time to time...)

Local Natives cd was good. The ladies dug this shit a lot because of the vocal harmonies and whatnot; as a drummer, I thought it was pretty rocking at times, and had some nice minorkey guitar themes and buildups. Also caught them live, and they were excellent. 'Wide Eyes' is a good one.

Lastly, she didn't put out a cd, but I listened to a lot of Neko Case in 2010. 'Star Witness', 'The Pharaohs', 'Blacklisted','Deep Red Bells', 'Things that Scare Me',... all these darker, noir tracks really work for me, and I don't think anybody else is doing anything like this successfully. Plus Neko has the greatest voice possible.

Thanks for sharing your top 10; I'll check 'em out!