# ID this song from its melody **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376 "2004-05-10T01:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/1 "2004-05-10T01:13:05Z")
[Here’s the sheet music](http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img7&image=mysterysong.gif), quite possibly in the wrong key. I have no idea where this is from or who it’s by. I was just playing around with different chords on the piano, and this kind of bubbled up from within my subconcious. I swear I’ve heard it somewhere. Anyone know of a place I can host small midi or mp3 files for free? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/2 "2004-05-10T02:09:47Z")
Played it on a mini-synth. No idea; sorry. 😕 Do you have absolutely no idea at all of where you heard it? Classical v. pop; movie or tv sndtrk. v. radio, etc.? It’s really an inocuous bit. Depending on the instrumentation, something like it probably occurs in a great many soundtracks, however momentarily and incidental. Or was it the main theme from something? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/3 "2004-05-11T00:13:19Z")
I have no idea. I’m somewhat inclined to say radio. BTW, I’m 16, so this probably isn’t a song that came out long before the 80’s or 90’s, but it certainly could be. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/4 "2004-05-11T22:55:59Z")
Now with ability to read music **not required**!!! [http://gotdoof.com/files/mystery%20song.mid](http://gotdoof.com/files/mystery%20song.mid) (Hosted by my friend [doofsmack](http://www.livejournal.com/users/doofsmack/)) ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/5 "2004-05-13T23:16:47Z")
It’s very similar to a passage from _The Sorcerer_, by Gilbert and Sullivan, during the betrothal scene. To almost those exact notes, the tenor sings > [@](#): > > I deliver it–I deliver it > As my Act and Deed!. Soprano repeats. Then chorus. Best I can do. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-its-melody/244376/6 "2004-05-14T05:29:17Z")
A little googling finds this: [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/sorcerer/sor10.mid](http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/sorcerer/sor10.mid) I think the part you’re referring to is at about 41 seconds in. However, I’ve definitely never heard of The Sorcerer, and I’m quite certain that I’ve heard the melody in the OP before, somewhere. Plus, it’s not quite the right rhythm. But I am very impressed that someone had so close a match. Any other ideas?