Comments on: The orchestral piece right after Obama's speech, what was it?

Question: The orchestral piece right after Obama's speech, what was it?

Brian Puccio — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:22:13 -0800

The orchestral piece right after Obama's acceptance speech while he was still on stage waving to the crowd, what was it? If it helps, I was watching CNN in case it was music they were playing and wasn't actually being played in the park.

By: unSane

unSane — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:57:35 -0800

Sounded like specially composed music to me. Once the dust settles I'm sure you could just call the campaign and they'd tell you.

By: k8lin

k8lin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:59 -0800

According to The New York Times at 12:54 AM EST, it's The Patriot, composed by John Williams.

By: k8lin

k8lin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:56:13 -0800

Sorry, the NYT moved the link. It's now here: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/live-blogging-election-night; scroll down until you see Name That Tune, right under the Wrapup section.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:45:22 -0800

So that would be this then?

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:21:32 -0800

I don't think that's completely right. The first part of it was "Titan's Spirit" from the Remember the Titans soundtrack. It's the same song they played after he accepted the Democratic nomination in Denver.

It only played the first part of it, though, before it cut out and picked up with a different tune -- most likely because the full song (which they played in Denver uninterrupted) had some pretty foreboding parts to it.

By: po

po — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:24:50 -0800

It's actually not The Patriot.

It is, in fact, the theme to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which I caught on my second guess (this is sort of a hobby for me... yes, I am a geek). I believe it is the Boston Pops' rendition of it, which is not identical to what's there on YT - it's more of an overture.

I found it hilarious that they chose it. :)

thanks for the mecha heads-up, danostuporstar!

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:32:45 -0800

>It is, in fact, the theme to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

I love that - a kind of hidden joke from whichever soundtrack geek was asked to choose the music to whichever soundtrack geeks are interested enough to be reading this thread.

By: po

po — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:05:28 -0800

Actually, I amend my answer - I wasn't completely correct. Immediately following the speech (at 19:30 in this video), what's played is the theme to Remember the Titans, a repeat of what was used for his DNC acceptance speech. It plays for only about a minute, though. At 19:39 it fades out, to be replaced by the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves cue. It's all a bit garbled, due to the echoing and interference of the cheering, but if you listen closely, it's definitely recognizable. Then at 23:12, it returns, jumping to the very beginning of Remember the Titans. Once again, 24:29, we go back to Robin Hood, which continues until 26:54.

Sorry about that. I knew the RTT theme was used later, but hadn't realized they'd inserted a 1-minute section of it before the Robin Hood cue.

By: Brian Puccio

Brian Puccio — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:34:15 -0800

Fantastic, thanks!