Nice to know I'm not the only one who over analyses
Steamroller's music!
As for the endings of songs, I've noticed Chip
sometimes has a tendency not to resolve chords at all,
kind of leaving the listener hanging at the end of a
song. I guess he thinks it accomplishes something,
but I often wish he'd put the final chord in there
(sorry, I can't think of a specific example right
now.)

One other melody which occurs in more than one song--
"Come Home To The Sea," pops up in "Eagles" from
"Saving The Wildlife."


--- 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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