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Title: Investigation of Song Composition Origin
Post by: Ribby on November 19, 2017, 23:47:36
For the hell of me, I can't figure out if there is a classical origin to this .midi file. It's frustrating. Maybe, somebody can figure it out?

https://archive.org/download/rv-007_misc_public_software_sharing/audio/games/doom/mods/schoold2/D_DM2TTL.mid (no more midi, okay, I get it, plus the host had midi on autoplay for some reason, sheesh).
Title: Re: Investigation of Song Composition Origin
Post by: Saga Musix on November 20, 2017, 00:07:14
First off, the song is available in more accessible formats here:
https://archive.org/download/rv-007_misc_public_software_sharing/audio/games/doom/mods/schoold2/
(this .midi file is not a Standard MIDI File but something that the DOOM engine can process).

Judging from the download link, the music is from this Doom mod (https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/themes/university/schoold2), and the readme files mentions several authors who did music for this mod, so it is unlikely that it is a "classical" piece.
Title: Re: Investigation of Song Composition Origin
Post by: Ribby on November 20, 2017, 03:16:30
God dog it! So it isn't a classic masterpiece? Maybe folk masterpiece? Well, oh well. I swear I hear the similar iterations in some old films before. What the hell I know?
Title: Re: Investigation of Song Composition Origin
Post by: Saga Musix on November 20, 2017, 10:47:19
Of course it can be heavily inspired by something else. But just because something sounds classical or folk, it absolutely doesn't need to be - there are many patterns in music that are repeated throughout hundreds of songs and make them sound similar.
Title: Re: Investigation of Song Composition Origin
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