innoventionseast
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In my desperate attempts to identify some of the music played prior to the start of Reflections of Earth, I've decided to take a more analytical approach. The songs in particular are the first 2 played in this recording...
http://www.kurtmiller.net/Disney/sounds/preIlluminations.mp3
Or, 1 and 2 in this list...
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. "Flute Battle" -Cusco
5. ?
6. "Imeland" -Groupa
7. "Montezuma" -Cusco
8. ?
9. "Inca Dance" -Cusco
10. ?
The first song appears to feature:
Accordion (or similar instrument)
Elec. guitar
Percussion
The second song:
Accordion (or similar instrument)
Elec. Bass
Violin
Drum Set
Now, these songs sound pretty similar in style to Groupa's "Imeland", which is also heard during the pre-ROE loop. I've spent a lot of time at Amazon and CDNow listening to Groupa, and I'm pretty sure these 2 tracks in question are not theirs. I listened to clips of their albums, and it appears that Groupa doesn't have an accordion in their lineup (also confirmed at their website).
However, I do feel somewhat confident that these 2 songs are forms of Nordic folk music. I base this theory on the fact that Groupa is a Nordic folk group, and Imeland sounds similar to these 2 songs. I also spent some time (too much time) listening to clips of other Nordic folk groups (Nordic Roots series). I found 3 in particular that sound very similar to the songs in question...
Troka
Hoven Droven
Hedningarna
I listened to clips from most of these groups from albums pre-2000 and heard a lot of similarities, but no definite matches.
Now, I know very little about European folk music, although I know a lot more than I did 24 hours ago.
Is there anyone out there in the European folk music scene that could possibly shed some light on this musical enigma? It's possible Guest Relations might be able to dig this up, but like I mentioned in a previous post - the show manager didn?t seem to know what was on the CD - so I don't know who they could track down that would have the information. Any help is appreciated!
Sorry for the long post!
-innoventionseast
http://www.kurtmiller.net/Disney/sounds/preIlluminations.mp3
Or, 1 and 2 in this list...
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. "Flute Battle" -Cusco
5. ?
6. "Imeland" -Groupa
7. "Montezuma" -Cusco
8. ?
9. "Inca Dance" -Cusco
10. ?
The first song appears to feature:
Accordion (or similar instrument)
Elec. guitar
Percussion
The second song:
Accordion (or similar instrument)
Elec. Bass
Violin
Drum Set
Now, these songs sound pretty similar in style to Groupa's "Imeland", which is also heard during the pre-ROE loop. I've spent a lot of time at Amazon and CDNow listening to Groupa, and I'm pretty sure these 2 tracks in question are not theirs. I listened to clips of their albums, and it appears that Groupa doesn't have an accordion in their lineup (also confirmed at their website).
However, I do feel somewhat confident that these 2 songs are forms of Nordic folk music. I base this theory on the fact that Groupa is a Nordic folk group, and Imeland sounds similar to these 2 songs. I also spent some time (too much time) listening to clips of other Nordic folk groups (Nordic Roots series). I found 3 in particular that sound very similar to the songs in question...
Troka
Hoven Droven
Hedningarna
I listened to clips from most of these groups from albums pre-2000 and heard a lot of similarities, but no definite matches.
Now, I know very little about European folk music, although I know a lot more than I did 24 hours ago.
Is there anyone out there in the European folk music scene that could possibly shed some light on this musical enigma? It's possible Guest Relations might be able to dig this up, but like I mentioned in a previous post - the show manager didn?t seem to know what was on the CD - so I don't know who they could track down that would have the information. Any help is appreciated!Sorry for the long post!
-innoventionseast