# Monty Python-Lancelot's theme song?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931 "2003-03-17T04:28:33Z")\
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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:** [March 17, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931/1 "2003-03-17T04:28:33Z")

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Pardon my posting, but I was wondering if anyone here can I.D. the rather bombastic music that plays in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” when Lancelot attacks the wedding? I might have thought it had been written up just for the movie, if not for the fact that I heard it used in a commercial for a _Wings of the Luftwaffe_ video collection-And I’ll admit, it DID seem oddly appropriate alongside stock footage of dive-bombing Stukas.

Well, thanks for your time,  
Ranchoth

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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:** [March 17, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931/2 "2003-03-17T21:14:52Z")

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…No, eh?

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**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:** [March 17, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931/3 "2003-03-17T21:42:31Z")

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All the music in Holy Grail was royalty free stock music, apparently.

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931/4 "2003-03-17T22:18:30Z")

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Except for the songs, some of which were written by Neil Innes, who played Sir Robin’s troubador.

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**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:** [March 17, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-lancelots-theme-song/161931/5 "2003-03-17T23:44:22Z")

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[slight hijack]Was Innes’ minstrel the cannibalised one?[/hijack] :eek:

Note the British spelling of “cannibalized”. 😃

Seriously, though, I don’t know. And now that you’ve raised this question, I wish I did!