Surely someone here can help

[G-Pug]

Hi,

New here, but a longtime astro fan from my childhood. Enjoying picking up bits of info from various threads, but I have a bit of info maybe someone can enlighten me on...

The Robot Vikings theme. I know its a piece of famous classical music.. but whats it called???? Anyone???

Cheers

[jeffbert]

If you're referring to the tune at the ep's beginning, it's called 'Hall Of The Mountain King', taken from the 'Suite Nr. 1, op. 46, composed by Edvard Grieg.

I might be wrong, but I think the musical piece played during Dog Astro's 'Matador'-scene featuring the vikings metamorphosed into a centipede originates from one of Gioacchino Rossini's works.

It is from Carmen, no I do not know who composed it.

BTW, there were quite a few other classical pieces that also were featured in the series.

[stoogefreaky]

So all the music we hear in the 80s series were nerver like altered, meaning like Osamu picked those classical pieces and those other songs? Or did America change the music?

[jeffbert]

So all the music we hear in the 80s series were nerver like altered, meaning like Osamu picked those classical pieces and those other songs? Or did America change the music?

I can recall only 1 change:

Episode 1 as our hero opens his eyes:

Japanese: R. Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

English: I cannot remember. I will research.

[jeffbert]

I can recall only 1 change:

Episode 1 as our hero opens his eyes:

Japanese: R. Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

English: I cannot remember. I will research.

Franz Liszt's "Le Prelude".

My competency in classical music has suffered over the past few years, as I have been listening to Doo Wopp.

[CommanderEVE]

So the 1980's Astro boy has real classical music?

[zeo]

yeah,i noticed that while watching it.

[CommanderEVE]

thats cool.

[stoogefreaky]

So, Osamu had a thing for classical music?