# Spooky instrumental music ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204 "2019-01-22T16:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/1 "2019-01-22T16:27:47Z")
You all know the piece. The problem is me, a non-musician, trying to describe it in text. In my head, it’s: ♫ _Do Re Me So Faaaaaaaa Fa Me Re Do Do Re Me So Faaaaaaaa Fa Me Re Do_ ♫ What’s it called, and who wrote it? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/2 "2019-01-22T16:29:56Z")
In major or minor? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/3 "2019-01-22T16:46:22Z")
[Theme from Phantom of the Opera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JaeBxYCI9k) by Andrew Lloyd Weber? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/4 "2019-01-22T16:47:17Z")
You can record yourself humming it and share it with the rest of us [here.](https://vocaroo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/5 "2019-01-22T17:02:31Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [Theme from Phantom of the Opera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JaeBxYCI9k) by Andrew Lloyd Weber? No, it’s a classic used in cartoons and old movies for like 80 years. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/6 "2019-01-22T17:24:55Z")
I think I know the bit you’re talking about. If I’m right, it’s ion a minor key, and is more like… \*La Ti Do Fa Miiiii Mi Re Do Ti… La Ti Do… \*etc. I’m trying to find it in a cartoon right now. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/7 "2019-01-22T17:27:39Z")
> [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > I think I know the bit you’re talking about. If I’m right, it’s ion a minor key, and is more like… > > \*La Ti Do Fa Miiiii > Mi Re Do Ti… > La Ti Do… \*etc. > > I’m trying to find it in a cartoon right now. Or are you thinking \*La Do Mi La(up an octave) Faaaaaa Mi Re Do Ti… \* ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/8 "2019-01-22T17:48:16Z")
It doesn’t correspond to your solfege, but it does somewhat follow the contour. Could it be [Mystrioso pizzicato](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwfUGrPiy0)? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/9 "2019-01-22T17:50:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It doesn’t correspond to your solfege, but it does somewhat follow the contour. Could it be [Mystrioso pizzicato](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwfUGrPiy0)? That’s it! Thanks. . ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/10 "2019-01-22T17:59:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Or are you thinking > > \*La Do Mi La(up an octave) Faaaaaa > Mi Re Do Ti… > \* Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204/11 "2019-01-22T18:21:42Z")
Never mind. Left the thread open too long.