# ID the rockin' eerie song in this YouTube clip?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-rockin-eerie-song-in-this-youtube-clip/621283 "2012-05-08T15:31:01Z")\
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**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 8, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-rockin-eerie-song-in-this-youtube-clip/621283/1 "2012-05-08T15:31:01Z")

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(Well, technically it’s an instrumental piece, but…) [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTPiHS1g58) [Midomi.com](http://Midomi.com) didn’t have a clue, and contacting the video’s author got no response.

It sure sounds _familiar_, but I can’t quite place it. Can anyone help me out, or do I need to scoop out my temporal lobe with a melon baller to free myself of the lingering mystery?

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-rockin-eerie-song-in-this-youtube-clip/621283/2 "2012-05-08T15:55:02Z")

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Sounds like it was lifted from a Terminator or Terminator-like movie soundtrack…

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**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-rockin-eerie-song-in-this-youtube-clip/621283/3 "2012-05-08T16:57:25Z")

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> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> (Well, technically it’s an instrumental piece, but…) [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTPiHS1g58) [Midomi.com](http://Midomi.com) didn’t have a clue, and contacting the video’s author got no response.
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> It sure sounds _familiar_, but I can’t quite place it. Can anyone help me out, or do I need to scoop out my temporal lobe with a melon baller to free myself of the lingering mystery?

It sounds like stock music (the production seems too simple for a major film score) in which case good luck finding it - but I couldn’t help thinking of [the soundtrack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKo0d94_xE) to _Mechwarrior II_, the classic old PC game.