The Music of The Simpsons EXPLAINED

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Pianist Henrik Kilhamn points out five things about this iconic theme song written by Danny Elfman.
▶ Performance video: • The Simpsons Theme // ...
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0:00 Intro
0:45 No. 1 Rhythm...
1:29 No. 2. Harmony...
2:37 No. 3. More harmony...
3:56 No. 4+5. Structure...
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Music: Danny Elfman: The Simpsons Theme (1989)
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Комментарии : 49

@arielwertlen6709 15 дней назад

“Hehehe it’s even sillier.” I couldn’t help but chuckle myself. :)

@denaro572 15 дней назад

Such a great analysis and arrangement!! I want a full Performance in a separate video please! 😍

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

Here you go! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_EOv6lholyk.html

@vengermanu9375 15 дней назад

I was also thinking I'm going to have to go to Vinheteiro's channel to see the full performance but will go and watch yours now 😊

@marshwetland3808 13 дней назад

Astounding. Thank you for making me smile at the darkest time of my life. I also appreciate the warning that it's difficult.

@joemcdonald1085 7 дней назад

Great arrangement! With the written score you can really see how it is influenced by “Sabre Dance” by Khatchaturian . Always sounded familiar and further when you delve into the music the more the rhythms/modulations/scales really match up

@tackontitan 15 дней назад

The Gracie Films outro was perfect

@GalenDeGraf 14 дней назад

I love that you're digging into media music!

@gonzalogarcia-atance5840 7 дней назад

You should analyse Por una Cabeza Tango. Most famous tango full of modulations.

@__DocRooZ 15 дней назад

Sonata Secrets doing Simpsons analysis was not on my bingo list! Great video.

@demopem 15 дней назад

I've been an Oingo Boingo fan since wayyyy back. You can find the same quirkiness there, although the genre is completely different. Danny Elfman is a genius. And a little crazy I think. 🙃

@pyjparte6510 15 дней назад

Wow so interesting and thankyou !

@bifeldman 11 дней назад

Very clever, very wise.

@timschulz9563 10 дней назад

Unser Sandmännchen is the longest running animated TV series.

@martymcdermott67 9 дней назад

Awesome!! ❤

@mattwallis1893 13 дней назад

Well done

@drdandan6128 15 дней назад

First of all great analysis I've always loved ur videos! Isn't it in lydian dominant?

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

I guess you're right to call it Lydian dominant (also the "acoustic scale" in another comment), it's just that I don't go that far into the details about it, and I still think you could call out the "lydian" features the way I do where it's applicable in the music.

@ByzantineCalvinist 6 дней назад

That’s what I was thinking too: Lydian dominant.

@Katylest 10 дней назад

Thanks!

@bikedawg 14 дней назад

OMG---that was sOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂 🤣 😃 😄 😅😂 🤣 😃 😄 😅😂 🤣 😃 😄 😅

@wolfymozart 15 дней назад

First! Thank you!!!❤

@Rikiko722 15 дней назад

This is fun as something different. I used to love this show. I almost view it as a kind of comedic version of a secular bible.

@isaacshaw1596 14 дней назад

There is a notational error. It’s written in 4/4,which is fine but when the main melody comes in , the first bar has a dotted crotchet or dotted quarter note followed by another crotchet. Well the dotted crotchet is correct but the following crotchet should be two 8th notes tied together to show the middle of the bar because it just looks wrong. It’s quite hard to see beats.

@SonataSecrets 14 дней назад

You're absolutely right. I looked at some other arrangements who had done the same mistake and didn't think enough about it myself. I have updated my arrangement with correct notation now, unfortunately can't change the video.

@isaacshaw1596 14 дней назад

@@SonataSecrets the video was still amazing! I loved hearing you play it! Didn’t ruin the video in anyway just my music theory brain had to say something

@isaacshaw1596 10 дней назад

Hi sonata Secrets, could you do Brahms Rhapsody in G minor please?

@SonataSecrets 9 дней назад

It's high up on the list for future repertoire, so maybe next year...

@hglundahl 10 дней назад

Yust a little Kvestion ... are you from Norvay or Sveden?

@weepingscorpion8739 15 дней назад

You know, I did not see this one coming. Not a fan of the Simpsons per se but I always found the theme interesting. So thank you for this. :) A quick question on your notation: So, I play the organ and in the books I use, you will always see G Mixolydian with no accidentals, C# Phrygian with 3 sharps, C Dorian with 2 flats etc., i.e. it is indication in the fixed accidentals what the key is. I see here not just on your notation but that of other RU-vidrs that you only use major/Ionian and minor/Aeolian for fixed accidentals, so C Lydian will have no accidentals while in stuff I usually use it will have one sharp. So, what gives? Why this difference? I mean, adding the extra sharp or removing the extra flat would negate the need to add the respective extra sharp or natural symbol on the sheet music. Just a question. Thanks. :)

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

I understand the question, it would make more sense theoretically to use one sharp for C lydian, I think it's just that we "default" back to the ionian/aeolian key signature so it's always clear where the root is. At least for me it makes more sense this way because I'm not at all used to playing in other modes in general, so the harmony even feels more like a temporary offset (so accidentals makes sense), even if it's for a whole piece! I suspect you'd learn to feel differently if you're used to playing in the modes more...

@weepingscorpion8739 15 дней назад

@@SonataSecrets Yeah, I think that is one difference between classical vs church music. Classical barely if ever touches the other modes from what I understand, while because some of the hymns are really really old, some of the modes still survive and when we get to the Romantic period some even went back to the Middle Ages and starting reusing the modes. Classical would then be more "modern" or rather contemporary and as a result be more conventional and stick with mainly major and minor. I dunno, this was a small hypothesis I put together with the small experiences I have. - But again thanks for the video and thank you for your answer. :)

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

Yeah, I think so too.

@DB-vt2ue 12 дней назад

haha unexpected video, I like

@hanaji7787 6 дней назад

I thought the part at 0:31 is supposed to be a B7 chord

@seancregomusic 15 дней назад

I might have to get the music and learn this myself now that I can play more again post-surgery! 🤔 The hardest part is that whole-tone fingering generally really sux. 😖 The nerd in me, though, wonders how you would secure copyright to make an arrangement of this and sell it. Did you just text Danny and ask? 😜 (I’m only half-joking because I’ve actually been able to talk to composers before for stuff like this instead of going through their “people”.)

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

It's a valid question, I've spent quite some time to check it out, and it works through the service/platform ArrangeMe.com which owns a lot of titles, including this one, and makes it available for third party arrangement. Only the deal is I get 10% of any revenue (I don't think the terms of service is a secret), the rest is shared between the platform and the original composers. I think it's actually a good deal, the music gets spread out and the composers get paid, as long as you realize it's not feasable to make a living off of only arranging it. It looks pretty similar on musicnotes.com marketplace (same % deal), however they don't have this title available for arranging so I cannot upload it there. Also, if you upload an arrangement to musicnotes marketplace (something they do have the rights to), it doesn't show in their general search which only seems reserved for their selected artists arrangements...

@seancregomusic 15 дней назад

@@SonataSecrets that’s great! I know other people who use ArrangeMe, but I didn’t know that Musicnotes does something similar.

@tr7938 8 дней назад

Forgot to mention how it rips off the Jetsons theme

@LL-bl8hd 6 дней назад

Would be interesting to do another video talking about the influences on the theme, from classical, other TV/movie themes, etc. Also talking about the orchestration.

@Arthursabbatinibuoro 15 дней назад

Quem nunca entendeu pra que ser um staccato tá aí! hehe

@PianoMan6302 15 дней назад

Is it not more accurately defined as the acoustic scale?

@SonataSecrets 15 дней назад

I hadn't heard of the acoustic scale before reading the wikipedia page for this video haha. Sure, technically it's correct that it uses the major #4 b7 scale, but the b7 part is less prominant than the #4 (lydian) which is why I talk about it the way I do. For example, the main version of the theme doesn't use the b7 at all. The start of the 16th runs (b.13) actually uses the leading note (M7) first before switching to the b7 when approaching the full whole tone part. However, it does come into play in later parts (b.16-17, also b.21), it's just that I didn't go into that much detail in this video. I would argue that it's still correct to call it lydian for those parts of it where it overlaps.