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Don't forget also the "circus" song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators the "campi
by colanderman 12y ago
Don't forget also the "circus" song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators
the "camping" song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_Banjos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_Banjos
the "end of the world" song: "O Fortuna" from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff)
the "nautical" song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sailor's_Hornpipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sailor's_Hornpipe
the "Italian" song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantella_Napoletana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantella_Napoletana
the "morning" song: "Ranz des Vaches" from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_Overture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_Overture
Just the first couple seconds of any of those songs are universally recognizable and commonly used to set scenes.
I wonder, is there a stereotypical "American" riff used in Chinese media? The beginning of "Yankee Doodle" or something?
- genericuser 12y ago"Hail to the Chief" comes to mind as used for setting scenes in America in many movies. Usually scenes having to do with the character playing the president, but in a lot movies that is the main time they need to say 'hey this america people'
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- acheron 12y agohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardSnippet http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardSnippet has a long list.
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- thisjepisje 12y agoI think it was a joke.
- shaurz 12y agoThe X Factor really spoiled O Fortuna for me.
- afafsd 12y agoMost things have spoiled O Fortuna for me (though I've never watched the X Factor). When I listen to Carmina Burana I usually skip to track 2.
- davidw 12y agoFortune rota volvitur; descendo minoratus; alter in altum tollitur; nimis exaltatus rex sedet in vertice caveat ruinam! nam sub axe legimus Hecubam reginam.
- typpo 12y agoAnother good example is the "love" riff, from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jKeYuPvjM#t=9m2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jKeYuPvjM#t=9m2s And Chopin's Funeral March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEX1dYyvmig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEX1dYyvmig
- rspeer 12y agoI was thinking that the most stereotypical "morning" riff would be "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Mood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Mood But then I listened through the William Tell Overture enough to get to "Ranz des Vaches", and -- you're right, that's the big one. I just hadn't realized that "Ranz des Vaches" and "Morning Mood" were different tunes until now!