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Surely someone here can help
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:58 am
by 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
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:43 pm
by jeffbert
"accolade" wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:52 pm
by 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?
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:15 pm
by jeffbert
"stoogefreaky" wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:24 pm
by jeffbert
"jeffbert" wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:33 pm
by CommanderEVE
So the 1980's Astro boy has real classical music?
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:40 pm
by zeo
yeah,i noticed that while watching it.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:47 pm
by CommanderEVE
thats cool.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:16 pm
by stoogefreaky
So, Osamu had a thing for classical music?