Yeah, lots of commonalities. One of my favorites was Chip's use of the FA II
theme in his arrangement of Classical Gas that he did for Mason Williams.

It's good to see you still out there, Deb. Get online and IM me sometime. It
would be nice to catch up on all your adventures.

Marcus

Debbie Hevia-collins <dcollins985@...> wrote:
Yes, I've noticed the "musical signature" from FRESH AIRE II used a
bit, you might also notice the use of extended final cadences at the
ends of pieces using a major flat 6 chord moving to major flat 7
then resolving to the (major) I or tonic final chord. Also used in
the middle of one of the Disney pieces.

I remember it was used at the End of "WHITE CHRISTMAS", if I"m not
mistaken.

Deb
--- In freshaire5@yahoogroups.com, Liam <dawiltro@y...> wrote:
> Kind of a silly topic, maybe, but it's a change from
> rating songs.
> I was wondering what commonalities you've noticed
> across several Steamroller songs. For instance,
> there's a relationship between:
>
> 1. Goodwill Games Theme
> 2. Chakra III
> 3 Joy To The World
>
> in that all three compositions use the same chord
> progression.
>
> Another obvious example would be all the songs that
> use the "Going To Another Place" theme. (obviously
> it's used a lot on Fresh Aire II, but it also creeps
> into "Go The Distance," "Rudolph," and in an inverted
> form in "Return To The Earth," to name just a few.
>
> Then there's "Sara's Band," from Fresh Aire 1, which
> reappears on Fresh Aire IV under the name "Embers,"
> only played a lot slower, but with an identical
> melody. And, of course, it then appears again at the
> end of the "Stille Nacht" arrangement on "Christmas."
>
> So, anyone notice any other recurring themes like
> this?
>
>
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