# What is this MIDI from?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842 "2005-05-14T17:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842/1 "2005-05-14T17:47:40Z")

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[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/invernesscruise/theme.midi](http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/invernesscruise/theme.midi)

friend of mine asked me to listen to it and tell me what it’s from, he doesn’t know and I don’t have any idea. Any guesses?

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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842/2 "2005-05-14T20:33:54Z")

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The midi states it’s The Tripod’s Theme.

[The Tripods](http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/Tripods.html) was a mid-80s BBC sc-fi drama that wasn’t very good.

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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842/3 "2005-05-14T20:38:31Z")

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> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> The midi states it’s The Tripod’s Theme.

Make that; The Tripods’ Theme. Zero Tolerance for misplaced apostrophes!

It was written by Ken Freeman, BTW.

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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 14, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842/4 "2005-05-14T23:53:18Z")

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> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> [The Tripods](http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/Tripods.html) was a mid-80s BBC sc-fi drama that wasn’t very good.

Just a quick note: the books by John Christopher that the “Tripods” movie was based on were pretty good, though.

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**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-midi-from/303842/5 "2005-05-15T12:19:08Z")

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Oooooh I like that MIDI. 🙂