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[SCULLIBUNDO]

For those of you that love film music, I have a game.

I can't play a lick of piano. I can't read sheet music to save my life because I can't remember which key is which. But I sure as shit know which key is which on my computer keyboard. And with that, I give you Virtual Piano.

You can find a few bits of sheet music online for virtual piano, such as The Godfather theme:

osDdsDsds OPo
iOad
iOas
tYPO oPOO oort
ssaP dsOo
oPoi
iOio
PosDdsDsds OPo
osDdsDsds oli
ssaPdsOo
tYPO oPOO oort

I've found most of them to be completely garbage or wrong. Plus they didn't have any of the melodies I was looking for. So in my downtime (read: procrastination), I started sounding out certain film motifs and melodies and writing them down. Because while I don't know how to read sheet music or play the piano, I've always thought I had a pretty good memory for scores.

The Game
So the game I propose is recreating melodies from film or TV or whatever by ear, and having GAF guess which film it's from. You might not get it exactly right, but it might be close enough for somebody to recognize. And people might even suggest where they think it could be improved.

The quick 'How to Play/Write melodies' key:

NOTE: Capital letters represent the sharp notes

To get the ball rolling, here are some I put together. They're only snippets, but hopefully they're enough to clue in which film they're from.

Film One
This is an easy one. There's sheet music out there for this one, but like the rest, I did this one by ear.

Note: 'l' is a lowercase L, not a capital 'i'

sdfh fdfds | sfh j l k h f gfd

sdfh f ddsfs | f h j | hfd

Film Two

Another one there is sheet music out there for, but the sheet music's tune is wrong godammit. So I made my own.

dfg gfsi o | dfg dfs j h

dfg gfsi | i yiu | y

Film Three

Whoever guesses this film is a cool bro in my book. (lowercase L's, not uppercase i's)

g f g l Jj f | g f l J j f

i u i s Ppu | i u s P p o

Film Four

Whoever guesses this has a soul. (lowercase L's)

H g H g JHhHg | Hg Jg lJHJg


Film five (uppcase i, not lowercase L)

979797979797 r y | ot | trtyuuIuuuyw

Film six

ruaa p oporyu opad ps pa appor
ruaa p oporyu | dp sdp sdortyu

Film seven (capital i's)

app aoIu IIopIrI | u Iopopaf | f a | f a

Film eight (capital i's)

paS p u | paS p u | padS pas poIu

Film nine
(This is one I don't expect people to get, simply because I'm not good enough to do it justice, so it's very short)

o sad[sp] | o fdg[fs] | o jhgs[fs][ds] [sp][ou][tu][t1]

A theme is from television

e tiopp | sio pp | etio p P p | dso pp
p Psd s | f s | etoi ui


Have at it, GAF. Quote the person you're guessing and try not to use sheet music you've found as that would rob the challenge and fun from the game.

 

[Inferno313]

Film is Lord of The Rings, no?

 

[Karl2177]

I got Lord of the Rings and that was it.

 

[Orrichio]

nice me too!

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Film is Lord of The Rings, no?

I got Lord of the Rings and that was it.

That is indeed one of the films.

 

[shira]

How do you keep getting unbanned?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

How do you keep getting unbanned?

The time I request to be banned for expires.

 

[Black Mamba]

#2 is terminator. I already new a Cameron was gonna be in there.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

#2 is terminator. I already new a Cameron was gonna be in there.

Indeed it is.

 

[MikeDown]

shire theme from LOTR?

Not from a movie, see if you recognize it though, added a little variation to it from the actual piece

0ru 0ey 9ry yu

apas dsa apa

opa a fkfd fkfs fkfd

fGhjd fGhf Ghjd f G h f

jh h h GG fdf fkf

fffff GGGGG ddddd GGGGGf

aff afkj afGdddkkjj aff afkj

fffff GGGGG ddddd GGGGGfkj

fgGhHjJklLzZx

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

#4 is Hook?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

#4 is Hook?

My bro. You are correct.

 

[Chichikov]

The TV show is Band of Brothers, film six is on the tip of whatever organ control my theme music memories, it drives me NUTS.

Edit: if you can give tempo hints, that would help, like, immensely (though might ruin the fun).

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

The TV show is Band of Brothers, film six is on the tip of whatever organ control my theme music memories, it drives me NUTS.

Edit: if you can give tempo hints, that would help, like, immensely (though might ruin the fun).

Yeah I might in the future. You got the TV show correct. A hint for film six:

Spoiler

It's animated.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Film nine is Once Upon A Time in America?

btw, I always play to "guess the score" with a good friend of mine. We use Voocaro, tho.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Film nine is Once Upon A Time in America?

btw, I always play to "guess the score" with a good friend of mine. We use Voocaro, tho.

My man! Great job. I didn't think anybody would get that.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

My man! Great job. I didn't think anybody would get that.

Yay! By the way, Ennio is coming in november to my country. Can't wait.

 

[Rezbit]

This is a pretty cool idea Sculli! Is number 5 AI?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

This is a pretty cool idea Sculli! Is number 5 AI?

Thanks!

Film 5 is indeed A.I!

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Film 7 is Munich. I had an orgasm playing it because holy fuck, I love that film.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Film 7 is Munich. I had an orgasm playing it because holy fuck, I love that film.

Well done again. You also have excellent taste in film.

 

[rinker]

I'm sure its fuck awful but I've tried one as well:

[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEPEP[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEpEp[2E]

(equal tempo throughout and entire sequence repeats once more)

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I'm sure its fuck awful but I've tried one as well:

[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEPEP[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEpEp[2E]

(equal tempo throughout and entire sequence repeats once more)

Can't pefrom [2E] on the computer keyboard, because shift turns 2 in @.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Brilliant idea for a thread; and its about films scores? even better.

 

[rinker]

Can't pefrom [2E] on the computer keyboard, because shift turns 2 in @.

=( poo, it works for me - well its supposed to be D#4 + A#23 if there is another way to do it.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

=( poo, it works for me - well its supposed to be D#4 + A#23 if there is another way to do it.

Yeah, the one drawback of virtual piano is that you can't perform sharp notes at the same time as numbers, so some missing chords I suppose.

 

[Rezbit]

Film Six sounds so familiar but I can't put my finger on it. Ffffff

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

shire theme from LOTR?

Not from a movie, see if you recognize it though, added a little variation to it from the actual piece

0ru 0ey 9ry yu

apas dsa apa

opa a fkfd fkfs fkfd

fGhjd fGhf Ghjd f G h f

jh h h GG fdf fkf

fffff GGGGG ddddd GGGGGf

aff afkj afGdddkkjj aff afkj

fffff GGGGG ddddd GGGGGfkj

fgGhHjJklLzZx

Sounds kind of familiar. Can't place it though.

Film Six sounds so familiar but I can't put my finger on it. Ffffff

A hint for film six:

Spoiler

It's animated.

 

[Baggatoast]

[sf] [dg] [fh] [gj] [hk] [jl] [hk] [fh] [gj] [fh] [dg]
[sf] [dg] [fh] [gj] [hk] [jl] [kz] [hk] [jl] [hk] [gj]

(should be right, if so it's instantly recognizable, it's all two note chords)

 

[Rezbit]

Lol is that Rugrats?

 

[watkinzez]

For those still trying to get six, I'll spoiler it:

Spoiler

Princess Mononoke

And three is a pretty cool film too!

Spoiler

Empire of the Sun

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

[sf] [dg] [fh] [gj] [hk] [jl] [hk] [fh] [gj] [fh] [dg]
[sf] [dg] [fh] [gj] [hk] [jl] [kz] [hk] [jl] [hk] [gj]

(should be right, if so it's instantly recognizable, it's all two note chords)

I bursted into laugh half the way through, instantly recognizable indeed.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

For those still trying to get six, I'll spoiler it:

Spoiler

Princess Mononoke

And three is a pretty cool film too!

Spoiler

Empire of the Sun

Good work on both.

Film 8 is the only one unguessed.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Ok, so I did this one just by ear because I have no clue how to read a sheet music and I'm kinda tired lol.

( "I" is Capital "i" / "-" for long pause)

S H G - gDSaS Ig DSaS I O P - POI SP OI SP OIPSGg DgD S D

 

[Rezbit]

Should be easy from note 3 lol.

o t Yio t Yiy E y
i E yYi E Yyt

 

[rinker]

Should be easy from note 3 lol.

o t Yio t Yiy E y
i E yYi E Yyt

Spoiler

Game Of Thrones

very nicely done

 

[Ostinatto]

Should be easy from note 3 lol.

o t Yio t Yiy E y
i E yYi E Yyt

Spoiler

game of thrones?

 

[rinker]

Ok, so I did this one just by ear because I have no clue how to read a sheet music and I'm kinda tired lol.

( "I" is Capital "i" / "-" for long pause)

The OIPSGg part sounds like Somewhere Out There but i'm pretty sure I'm wrong

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I'm sure its fuck awful but I've tried one as well:

[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEPEP[2E]PEPEPEP[4E]PEPEpEp[2E]

(equal tempo throughout and entire sequence repeats once more)

MOON?

edit: Dream by Akira Kurosawa, the part with Van Gogh. The TV spot for Halo 3 too.

edit2: Ok, it was actually moon?

 

[rinker]

MOON?

Yeah! Bless you, made my night lol

edit: haha yeah you were right the first time

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Knowing Sculli I was sure this would be there:

jdjd JjgP gPghj

jdjd lJjh Ssfh Jjhg

hPhP jhgh j

P hPhP jhgf d

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Nope, is not Somewhere Out There.

zvzLlclkJZJHh

TV Series theme. Is really easy to recognize, but I can't do the theme complete.

 

[rinker]

Knowing Sculli I was sure this would be there:

jdjd JjgP gPghj

jdjd lJjh Ssfh Jjhg

hPhP jhgh j

P hPhP jhgf d

Well lets see ... What other spielberg movies are left? lol - Schindler's list?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Knowing Sculli I was sure this would be there:

jdjd JjgP gPghj

jdjd lJjh Ssfh Jjhg

hPhP jhgh j

P hPhP jhgf d

Ah! I had been thinking about doing Schindler's List. Nice one!

Salander - I'm pretty sure I recognize yours, but can't place it.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

This was easier than I thought.

o o t oo s o t

o o t oo [of] [od][od]

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Nope, is not Somewhere Out There.



TV Series theme. Is really easy to recognize, but I can't do the theme complete.

I know this. I KNOW THIS. Goddammit.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

This was easier that I thought.

o o t oo s o t

o o t oo [of] [od][od]

SUPARMANG!

 

[Chichikov]

For those still trying to get six, I'll spoiler it:

Spoiler

Princess Mononoke

Heh, I wasn't actually close, I can't even remember the theme from that film.

Anyway, was trying to get something else, got frustrated (i'm getting musically retarded or something) and went with something super easy -

Edit: That's a capital I

oooYPoYPo dddDPIYPo

I might be a bit off there, but for real, I'll be shocked if people don't pick it up immediately.

 

[Drazgul]

^ Imperial March, of course.

Keyboard sucks for this, can't do chords with the shift key, but oh well.

t Y | yYyE i Yi o i Y t | YytE 
t Y | yYyE i Yi o i P s |
d D dsP s o sd D DDdsP s |
d D dsP s o sdD dDg h g J |
g D d D d P s

bonus:
rte t tr0 | 0rte t tr
rte u u y r t e 
euyrte

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Ah! I had been thinking about doing Schindler's List. Nice one!

Salander - I'm pretty sure I recognize yours, but can't place it.

Which one? TV Series or the long one?

I thought everyone was going to get the TV one easily. The other one? I can understand, but is a very popular theme. Song, actually.