What is this music reminding me of?

June 21, 2019 3:54 PM

This clip from the If Beale Street Could Talk score totally reminds me of...something, particularly 0:12 - 0:40ish. What is it reminding me of? Another film score from the past? Something out of classic rock? Something else? Help!
posted by BlahLaLa to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

If you are thinking of musical moments from recent movies, it could be this part of Someone in the Crowd from the movie La La Land.
posted by sideshow at 4:39 PM on June 21, 2019

It sort of reminds me of Debussy's Clair de Lune, but that's mostly because it makes me think of sunrise. Or maybe the end of the movie Frankie & Johnny.
posted by gideonfrog at 7:04 PM on June 21, 2019

The flute makes me think of some revelatory moment in a Disney soundtrack.
posted by scrubjay at 8:20 PM on June 21, 2019

If we stick with movie scores, this piece is reminiscent of some of the collaborations between Spike Lee and jazz trumpeter Terrence Blanchard.
posted by msali at 8:21 PM on June 21, 2019

Sounds somewhat like a Chuck Mangione song? A little like the intro to Feels So Good.
posted by jclarkin at 8:29 PM on June 21, 2019

BlahLaLa: "Something out of classic rock?"

Those horn arpeggios remind me of the ones in "How to Disappear Completely."
posted by Rhaomi at 10:14 PM on June 21, 2019

It reminded me of this part of Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, but also of bird conversations I hear on morning walks.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 8:03 AM on June 22, 2019

Response by poster: Love all these suggestions but alas none of them are it.
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:25 AM on June 22, 2019

the horns on Penny Lane?
posted by smugly rowan at 9:53 AM on June 24, 2019

"The Strong" section of the Good, Bad, and the Ugly soundtrack.
posted by Rich Smorgasbord at 1:34 PM on August 3, 2019