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Eccentric dude puts lyrics to famous film scores (like Batman!)

Posted by Xeni Jardin, July 17, 2008 10:34 AM | permalink

David Markland, the Captain/Author of LA Metblogs (formerly Metroblogging LA) says:

This dude, Andrew Goldenberg, has a bunch of music videos he's made putting lyrics to every note of some of the best known film themes of our times. Absolutely brilliant. Take note of Batman and Back to the Future especially!

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#1 posted by Orchestra Spy , July 17, 2008 10:47 AM

Holy bat-nipples Batman!

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#2 posted by dderidex , July 17, 2008 10:48 AM

The videos...oh, gods, the eyes...what has been seen...cannot be unseen!

Still, the audio is amusing. Good candidate for 'click play, alt-tab'.

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#3 posted by El_Cid , July 17, 2008 10:51 AM

Ouch. Ouch. That's, that's just, well, I mean... We all have impulses. Sometimes you just gotta follow them. Other times...

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#4 posted by Zarniwoop , July 17, 2008 10:58 AM

ADAM WEEEEEST!

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#5 posted by Orchestra Spy , July 17, 2008 10:59 AM

lol @ #2 DDERIDEX
my eyes came out clear, but not my ears. Great Scott!

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#6 posted by Peter Swimm

, July 17, 2008 11:04 AM

Can I cancel my Internet?

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#7 posted by seyo , July 17, 2008 11:05 AM

"Absolutely brilliant."

Am I missing some sort of hipster / nerd culture sarcasm here?

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#8 posted by IWood , July 17, 2008 11:10 AM

I'll come out when they're all gone.

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#9 posted by SuperDoop , July 17, 2008 11:28 AM

Who knew that all superhero theme songs were really arias?

Thanks for turning all of those theme songs into some new tracks that will soon be labeled with those "this song used in torture" stickers.

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#10 posted by Doran

, July 17, 2008 11:29 AM

Did Sean Bonner get demoted?

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#11 posted by thisisagoodthing , July 17, 2008 11:31 AM

excellent, barking mad but excellent!

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#12 posted by xopl

, July 17, 2008 11:32 AM

ha! I don't know if I'd record it and put it on the internet, but I love doing this.

I used to do it for videogame themes all the time. Like Final Fantasy 1 (US) for the NES... overworld music... "We are the Light Warrior we KICK some ass!" etc.

Lets not forget that this has a fine history, going back at least to Bill Murray and the Star Wars theme:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=53DQgbj2mIc

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#13 posted by Anonymous , July 17, 2008 11:33 AM

Bravo, these are hilarious.
Batman is the weakest one, though, so click through and watch one of the other ones.

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#14 posted by Skep , July 17, 2008 11:34 AM

He's got a couple of those notes down pat!

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#15 posted by Anonymous , July 17, 2008 11:35 AM

The Hallowe'en video is the best, I think.

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#16 posted by phillamb168 , July 17, 2008 11:39 AM

It's Sondheim, just a little off-key.

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#17 posted by Brian "DoctaBu" Moore

, July 17, 2008 12:05 PM

Oh my God. These are hilarious. Check out the Bond one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc17zmeMlSI

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#18 posted by mr.skeleton , July 17, 2008 12:14 PM

Ditto on the Halloween theme. It's surprisingly... catchy and eloquent, somehow.

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#19 posted by Lea Hernandez , July 17, 2008 12:19 PM

I started doing this because of the Bill Myrray lounge lizard Star Wars one.

I completely ruined the Harry Potter theme for a friend. Didn't mean to, but dangit, the words fit!

I love this Andrew guy.

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#20 posted by Satan Ate My Ears , July 17, 2008 12:26 PM

This guy must have taken a dip in Crispin Glover's gene pool.

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#21 posted by GregLondon

, July 17, 2008 1:29 PM

OK, that was hilarious.

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#22 posted by jonathan_v , July 17, 2008 1:55 PM

Wow, that sucks.

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#23 posted by The_Epicarrion , July 17, 2008 1:59 PM

Well, I don't know about everyone else but now I don't have to see this new Batman flick at all. Let the Oscar buzz begin!

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#24 posted by joelf , July 17, 2008 2:03 PM

This one is my all time favorite:

Dr Quincy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRltZc416m0

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#25 posted by Bender , July 17, 2008 2:40 PM

I agree with Joelf, the Quincy one is pretty funny.

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#26 posted by justONEguy , July 17, 2008 3:02 PM

Fuh... Kin... Genius!

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#27 posted by dderidex , July 17, 2008 3:43 PM

Let's face it...even the lamest, tackiest lyrics this guy came up with...

...blow away Roddenberry's lyrics to the Original Series Trek theme. A tune so awful that all recordings of it have been scorched off the internets (at least, I can't find one).

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#28 posted by Goldentusk , July 17, 2008 3:49 PM

Thanks for the shout out guys!

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#29 posted by claud9999 , July 17, 2008 7:20 PM

amazing! colossal! ASTOUNDING!

When can I buy the DVD collection of these masterpieces? (Sorry, if you're not into the kitch/WFMU.org scene, you just won't get the fabtabulousness of it all.)

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#30 posted by Torley , July 17, 2008 8:16 PM

One of my Goldentusk faves is the Indiana Jones rendition:

» http://youtube.com/watch?v=fTrK4VQG93Y

Especially the part where he dramatically intones, "Kill all the snaaaakes..."

It's not just the parodied music that's funny, it's the fitting visuals that add an extra dimension to the whole song-and-dance. :)

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#31 posted by Rob O.

, July 17, 2008 9:02 PM

Haha, doesn't hurt that the vocals make the whole thing sound more like a Danny Elfman musical piece. I never used to think that the Batman score stuff sounded like Elfman, but, man, throw some lyrics on and it sounds like it could be from Sweeny Todd or Corpse Bride.

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#32 posted by Thinkerer , July 17, 2008 10:09 PM

I think that Weird Al Yankovic has just been one-upped. Well, maybe "up" is just a little generous...

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#33 posted by palindromic , July 17, 2008 11:06 PM

There was a brilliant precursor to this, I wonder if its the same guy, but on ytmnd.com this guy did this hilarious rendition of the Jurassic Park dinosaur theme. First link that popped was youtube, so without further ado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il85E-ms-44

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#34 posted by palindromic , July 17, 2008 11:11 PM

And the ytmnd link: http://jurassicparkwtf.ytmnd.com/

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#35 posted by crenelle , July 17, 2008 11:14 PM

I've just seen the one for Batman, and I am very impressed with it, it kept my interest. The idea is excellent, this piece would seem to be at home in a Batman play or musical if that's possible. I appreciate the singer being able to hit the notes well. I think it is smart, it hints at the story, it provides insight to the character, with an appreciable musical choreography. Nicely done.

A lot of stuff on the net deserves to be gonged, but for this I wouldn't even threaten to pull out the hammer, I'd want to hear the whole thing.

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#36 posted by dderidex , July 17, 2008 11:58 PM

"And the ytmnd link: http://jurassicparkwtf.ytmnd.com/"

There are a few - VERY few - ytmnds that manage to redeem the site for all the other...ummm...stuff on there.

This is one of them.

That is all.

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#37 posted by rasz , July 18, 2008 12:58 AM

surprisingly more than decent, I for one would go into a Musical Theatre to watch a show made by this guy.

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#38 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , July 18, 2008 5:08 AM

Musical theater - could this be a job for Brent Rinehart??

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#39 posted by HPHovercraft , July 18, 2008 6:17 AM

If he didn't play it so deadpan, the video wouldn't have been half as funny. Great stuff.

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#40 posted by xopl

, July 18, 2008 7:17 AM

#31 Rob O

I always thought it sounded like classic Elfman. (You do know that he did compose the Batman theme right? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/combined)

You can tell almost instantly from the Beetlejuice theme, or the Simpsons, or Tales from the Crypt, or Batman that it is Elfman just by the music. No singing required.

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#41 posted by GuabaMan

, July 18, 2008 7:43 AM

Awesome!! LOL! BBtv should make an episode about him!!!

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