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From: berman@stsci.EDU (Mike Berman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Boot Sound
Message-ID: <173@obi-wan>
Date: 30 Dec 87 21:53:25 GMT
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Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Summary: Wagnerian boot sound


Being the die-hard Wagner "Ring" fan that I am, I was real anxious to
check out the possibility that the Amiga boot sound was actually the
Seigfried leitmotif. My Amiga is hooked up through my boom box, so I
turned it up REAL LOUD and turned the puppy on.

Sure enough, the tune is an arhythmic version of Seigfried's horn
call. For those unfamiliar with this theme, it was used heavily in
the movie "Excalibur" (I haven't seen the film, but I have this on
good faith from people who have). The music is "Siegfried's Funeral
March" from "Gotterdamerung". "Gotterdamerung" is the fourth part
of the ~20-hour "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Siegfried's theme also
appears prominently in the third part, "Siegfried".

The most famous theme from this work is "The Flight of the Valkyries"
from "Die Walkure". It was used in Apocolypse Now as well as a memorable
Bugs Bunny cartoon ("What's Opera, Doc?"). As a matter of fact, I
believe that Siegfried's theme is also in the cartoon.

-- 
Mike Berman           Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218
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