What song is this? Classical, piano...

November 21, 2023 1:52 AM

Can you help me identify a piece of music (piano, classical, maybe contemporary) music that I heard on Australian public radio last week? Link inside.

What is the song that plays at 21:38 for about a minute (as an interlude in an interview with Aussie author Richard Flanagan).

I tried Shazam and SoundHound without luck.

posted by lulu68 to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Best answer: Given how recent this is, I would suggest contacting them to ask. It sounds vaguely Romantic, but it could be a modern royalty-free piece.
posted by confluency at 3:42 AM on November 21, 2023 [3 favorites]

Best answer: It doesn't sound like "classic" classical music to me; much more "contemporary instrumental". I would wager that it was composed within the last 20–30 years.
posted by Johnny Assay at 4:13 AM on November 21, 2023 [4 favorites]

Best answer: I agree it's modern, and it sounds a lot like the soundtrack to Amélie. I imagine there are lots of imitators of that style, so it's unlikely to be by Yann Tiersen, but perhaps that might help in the search.
posted by altolinguistic at 6:46 AM on November 21, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: This genre is something I listen to a lot. I don’t recognize it, but it is Tiersen-esque for sure.
posted by matildaben at 8:33 AM on November 21, 2023

Best answer: US Shazam gives the answer “ Emmène-moi (Chostakovitch: Jazz Suite No. 2) [Instrumental] by Morgane Raoux, Olga Vassivela & Jérome Seguin” but it’s only a 30-second clip and it’s not the same. I suspect it’s from a stock service.
posted by matildaben at 8:42 AM on November 21, 2023

Best answer: I'd agree that it sounds kind of like generic royalty-free music - when I worked in video production, we had stacks of CDs sitting around that we could pull from for mood setting music without any extra licensing that was very similar to this.

That said, it does remind me of Adrian Berenguer, specifically Little Things. If it's not a licensed variation, he'd have an excellent lawsuit against it.
posted by Candleman at 8:47 AM on November 21, 2023

Best answer: I would suggest contacting them to ask

Seconded. And make sure to sign your query "Gladys".
posted by flabdablet at 10:48 AM on November 21, 2023

Response by poster: Thanks all! I've contacted the ABC and will report back. It does sound like Little Things, Candleman. I'll try the Amelie soundtrack and Yann Tiersen, too - this music is so peaceful and soothing.
posted by lulu68 at 1:17 PM on November 21, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Update: I heard from the ABC. The song is called All will be fine and the artist is Aysendeniz Gokcin. Late Night Live (the radio show where I heard the song) has a paid subscription to a production music company called Audio Network.

Here's the song.
posted by lulu68 at 9:11 PM on November 23, 2023 [6 favorites]