The Song Recognition Thread

[JDMEK5]

First of all, this thread begins with me but that does not mean that it is only to be used by me.
We just have a lot of songs that we of the NSM community recall but can't remember where they're from.

With each song, I will leave any other information regarding it that I know of to help out.
Thanks for your help!

[MaestroUGC]

Most of the soundtrack for Diddy Kong Racing is largely based off of other songs. I don't know whether it was intentional or not but it's still a great soundtrack. T.T.'s theme bears a stricking resemblance to "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang.

[JDMEK5]

Honestly I think they only sound similar because T.T.'s theme follows the chord progression of disco. (Whatever it is... I actually don't know)

[JDMEK5]

Remembered another one!

[Ricky]

I recognize the first one, the third one and the fourth (at least the part at 0:15 to 0:17). The fourth one is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas (I think). I can't find the rest right now.

[JDMEK5]

^It's not Good King Wenceslas.

[Ricky]

^It's not Good King Wenceslas.

Ah sorry then, I thought there was a slight resemblance there but whatever. There's a site called G Major Music Theory where the owner makes piano arrangements of things like folk music, children's songs, classical and sometimes other music genres. I've checked the Beginner Levels "1stPieces" and "Primer" to see if I could find anything that resembles the pieces you posted. No luck yet but maybe you want to check it out: http://gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies1.html (from level one onwards).

[JDMEK5]

Right. G Major music theory... I honestly forgot about that. I'll have a look there. Thanks!

[JDMEK5]

And Dahans is looking for a song too! I put in #1 on the list so nobody misses it.
Thanks for your support everyone!

[Yugi]

http://llfmercs4.pbworks.com/w/page/65350705/The%20League%20of%20Evil%20Exes

Go down to the section explaining Matt Patel, could someone tell me what song that is?

[Cobraroll]

I might be extremely late to the party here (having been absent from NSM for a while), but I think I can help you with Route 1:

It's the chorus. I stumbled upon it when I saw some classic Donald Duck comics. It's clearer to hear (for once) when Donald sings it:

From 1938, more than half a century before Pokémon Red/Green.

[K-NiGhT]

omg just thinking about it and that's actually kinda perfect.

on a separate note, welcome back cobraroll! you should totally stay a while.

[JDMEK5]

Anyone recognize this? I know it's a folk song of some kind. (Tempo is approximate)

[MaestroUGC]

The rhythm seems off, but isn't that the lullaby Hush, Little Baby?

[mikey]

The rhythm seems off, but isn't that the lullaby Hush, Little Baby?

no way jose