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My Sweet Whoops
So there's this famous case of litigation where a guy sued George Harrison (one of the Beatles, a famous pop band from the 1960s, for you young people) for a song called "My Sweet Lord" because he said George plagiarized the tune from his song "He's So Fine". The guy won some portion of the suit... I don't know what the settlement was... but the point is, you have to be careful about ripping off other people's work.
The thing is, there are only 12... well, 11 notes in a Western scale. I think it is pretty darn amazing we've got such a variety of tunes that we do! And in pop music there are a limited number of chord changes that are generally used, (which is good for the Mash-Up artists) but all the songs are starting to sound the same to me. (Ya rotten kids! Now get off my lawn!)
Today Spyton was playing Oblivion, and is it just me, or is the main title music for Oblivion the exact same music as the main theme from Pirates of the Carribean, give or take a few eighth note rhythms here and there?
Ah well. It is a great tune, so who cares? I mean, other than whoever was the first guy/gal to write the tune? *cringe*
At least that is better than Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which p***es me off... (to digress for a moment) because if you listen to the opening music from that, there is no actual tune. It sounds like whoever was the composer for the score to that game just bought a library of "Cinematic Orchestral Hooks" and strung them together randomly. It is really annoying because in a few places it ALMOST sounds like there might be a tune.. but no. It is such a tease. Gah.
The music is what drew me to Halo originally... we'd leave it on Demo mode and pump it through the stereo and play it while I did housework, lol. Also, the soundtrack to Xena is what got me into that show. I guess I'm a sucker for good soundtrack. Huh.
I hope game developers make an effort to get some decent composers for their games in the future.
Okay. i'm done. And I assume you skipped down anyway to the comic. This took me a while because I had to resize the screens for EH and Chuck. Please note that I have the most evil possible music I could think of in Higgins's iTunes. He is so black-hearted!!!
Now, Halo Action Figure Theater: The Steve n' Lois Chronicles Presents
Episode 36 On Demand ("Au contraire, mon frère")
Today's Vocabulary Words
plagiarized
The Beatles <--I was horrified the first time my baby sister asked who they were. Last week Spyton asked who Mick Jagger was. I am so friggin' old.
Sir Mick Jagger <--Not a Beatle. He is in a different old group called the Rolling Stones. And strangely, a knight. Weird.
The Rolling Stones <---Also a book by Robert Heinlein
George had the best last name of the four.
I'm biased, of course.
espithaca
I've fallen in love with the Love album... The Martins did a fantastic job with the Cirqu de Soleil people!
Post edited 11/30/06 8:38AM
Lukie
The answer is to make more sounds!!! Let's steal from the whales!
Kiarushka
Wow, I did not know that Mick Jagger was a knight.
And I just noticed that Oblivion does have a similar note to Pirates of the Caribbean. Actually, they do have some pirates in that game too...
DigitalDren
I know what you mean about songs sounding the same. In fact I made a small video using Keynote, to illustrate.
Copy or not a copy
Chicken13
haha, "Can't u see I'm gloating?"-----> Noob! great comic :)
+1 Funny!
jtbrown
We used to use the soundtrack from Diablo for Halloween... good, well done, creepy music.
DeviousHK
I think your right about the whole Oblivion music thing. I noticed that as soon as I played the game
SamAreEye
I dunno. To me music isn't a big factor in games or anything like that. I mean it's awesome when I hear something that I like, but usually I don't even pay any attention.
CuteyKitty
What he doesnt know what his demands are , not a very good villian there
auzrius
When I confuse the Oblivion theme with Pirates, I stop myself and force myself to hum the Morrowind theme (predecessor to Oblivion) which takse the "chorus" of Oblivion and goes a lot slower. And when I say slow, I mean s l o w. Bum-bum-bum-duh duh-duh duh-bum bum bum! -duh duh- duh duh-- Ah, well I can't explain it in a series of duh's and bum's but you get the picture. Kinda. Maybe. No, neither did I.
And btw, I'm lvl 25! Hah! Beat that! ...Ah well, he probably has already anyway.
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Wait, so Barry Manilow was right? He wrote the songs?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh!
armyman09
wow oblivion actually sounds like pirates. Now that you say it and when I stick it in the 360 it sounds like it a lot. Thats funny. But yah marvel has to get some better music for that game. But what spyton asked who Mick Jagger was. Something is wrong with this world.
StrixAlpha
I noticed that with the Oblivion theme and Pirates, too. I'd be humming one tune and mix them up in the middle and end with the other song. I'm not sure how that is of any interest, really.
I read something on a paper coffee cup a while back that's similar to what you were saying about people not knowing the Beatles or the Stones. It said something about overhearing two younger people talking, one asking the other if they'd ever heard the song Strawberry Fields Forever and the other answering "No" and the eavesdropper/comment-writer person feeling the effects of the so-called "generation gap." Again, not very interesting, but I've managed to waste a second or two of your life that you'll never get back now! Waha!
halo_freaker
I bet a Spartan would be hard to move for a jackel.
Of course I never saw a Jackel move a Spartan yet.
Yeah, I love Jespers Kyd music too.
VertigoX
A good soundtrack can make a horrible movie .... well, still horrible.... but at least the music is good. There are some songs from the Red Hot Chili Peppers that have some guitar rift tie-ins with Sweet Home Alabama... And Mic Jagger is a Knight? ... wow
Stonesword
I still don't hear a similarity between those two songs,
Now between "Ghostbusters" and "I want a new Drug"...
[Just because you're invisible, doesn't mean no one knows you're there.]
vampireslaye
awsome comic, keep them coming.
OboeCrazy FIRST Member Star(s) Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold Freelancer
Oh Lord...I can't really see who's on Higgin's iPod...is it Kenny G?! PLEASE TELL ME IT'S NOT KENNY G! NO ONE IS THAT EVIL!!!
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
hinomatazori
i totally agree with you. alot of this new music souds the same. in fact greenday, my chemical romance, and fallout boy all sound the same to me. when my sister listens to lindsey lohan, hillary duff, some other chick whose name i cant remember, and ditto they all sound the same to me. There are millions and millions of things that can be done they should get creative and innovative.
dzing
Video game music inspires me. They make me sleep soundly.
The thing is, there are only 12... well, 11 notes in a Western scale. I think it is pretty darn amazing we've got such a variety of tunes that we do!
It's this very thing that has always kept me from writing music. I'll pick up the guitar and just kinda let my hands do whatever they feel like, get into a riff a like, and before long I'm thinking "naw, that sounds too much like [insert song title here].
Xx_Thorn_xX
oh snap someone's gonna get owned