# ID for a Swashbuckler-movie-style music riff? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804 "2013-05-20T10:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804/1 "2013-05-20T10:45:40Z")
From a rough approximation, [whistled here?](http://home.comcast.net/~Ranchoth/MysteryTrailerMusicwhistled.mp3) The tune just kind of popped into my head this evening, and I know I’ve heard it in movie trailers before, with a lot of brass—but I can’t happen to find any them at the moment. It feels a lot like something [Erich Korngold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold) might have written for an Errol Flynn movie, but none of the samples I’ve heard online (like from _Captain Blood_ or _The Sea Hawk_) seem to match up. It might be a more recent composer like John Williams, or even just be from a stock music library, but I’m at a loss for anything beyond a guess. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804/2 "2013-05-21T02:48:48Z")
Sounds a bit like the [theme from _Willow_](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xj0qv9_willow-theme-james-horner_shortfilms#.UZrgU6Ld6FU) (skip to about 22 seconds in). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804/3 "2013-05-21T03:41:17Z")
The best I’ve come up with is the [Robin Hood Prince of Thieves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Edkb2Qo9c) main theme, which has become Disney’s theme for its [opening Sleeping Beauty Castle logo animation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tMJdtXC-j8). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804/4 "2013-05-23T03:27:18Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The best I’ve come up with is the [Robin Hood Prince of Thieves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Edkb2Qo9c) main theme, which has become Disney’s theme for its [opening Sleeping Beauty Castle logo animation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tMJdtXC-j8). Heh—would you believe that was my first thought, too? But, as it happens, I _just_ found a clean-ish sample of the tune! [Here.](http://home.comcast.net/~Ranchoth/mysterytrailer2.mp3) And it _may_ have come from “[MusicLoops.com](http://MusicLoops.com)” or “Proscores,” but I haven’t had any success in searching either of those. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-for-a-swashbuckler-movie-style-music-riff/658804/5 "2013-05-23T07:45:29Z")
Holy cow that sounds really familiar. But if it’s a soundloop/royalty-free stock theme, it _would_, because they’re made to sound almost-like stuff. My first thought was [Galaxy Quest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY), but nope, that’s not it. Similar but not it. And BTW I’m very much doubting it’s of the Erich Korngold era. It’s more late '70s - '90s sci-fi / adventure theme, faux John Williams, as you mention.