# Please help identify this background music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288 "2016-06-02T07:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/1 "2016-06-02T07:20:46Z")
Here is the link: [https://youtu.be/edxvznzklCA](https://youtu.be/edxvznzklCA). The clip is from Werner Herzog’s 1998 documentary “Little Dieter wants to fly”. Annoyingly, IMDB doesn’t seem to carry details of the soundtrack, and the first few links I found by Googling mentioned the chanting music that occurs elsewhere in the film, but that’s not what I’m interested in. I haven’t run it through any of the apps that are supposed to do this for you, but I’m not sure that would work anyway due to the talking over the top of the music, and the fact it seems to be a fairly obscure classical piece. Any suggestions would be great! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/2 "2016-06-02T10:39:36Z")
Moving to Café Society from General Questions. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/3 "2016-06-02T11:24:59Z")
I used the Shazam app. No luck. Sorry. Nice piece of music. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/4 "2016-06-02T12:13:59Z")
One website claims that it’s a part of “The New World Symphony” by Dvorak called “Going Home”, but I can’t tell if that’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/5 "2016-06-02T12:36:48Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Moving to Café Society from General Questions. > > **samclem** , moderator Thanks, wasn’t sure whether to go there or here, I don’t visit the Cafe much but I should have checked. > [@leftfield6](#): > > I used the Shazam app. No luck. Sorry. Nice piece of music. Thanks for trying, and also reminding me of the name of the app. Not a big fan of it myself, it’s a bit modern - I tend to prefer things written before 1900 (loads of exceptions of course). > [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > One website claims that it’s a part of “The New World Symphony” by Dvorak called “Going Home”, but I can’t tell if that’s true. Thanks, I think I found the same source - it’s not that bit. “Going Home” by Dvorak is well-known to Brits as the theme music for the Hovis advert (a brand of bread). Search for “Going Home Dvorak” on Youtube and you’ll find it. It’s definitely not the piece I’m looking for here, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/6 "2016-06-02T12:52:52Z")
Bela Bartòk [Danze Rumene “Buciumeana”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ82fDmVl-s) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/7 "2016-06-03T07:16:44Z")
Thank you - sorry, I meant to check this yesterday while at home and forgot, but you seem pretty confident! Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-background-music/756288/8 "2016-06-03T11:06:02Z")
Just to confirm, this was indeed the one, so thanks again. I didn’t even take the credit for myself :). It’s all about who you know…