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Walt Disney’s “Spoonful of Sugar” sounds like John William’s “Imperial March”

by Adam Wagner

Spoonful of Sugar (1964): Melody composed by Richard Sherman. Remember the melody of that chorus from childhood?

The Imperial March (1980): Written by John Williams. Although in a minor key, listen at 22 seconds for the tell-tale three notes that used to mean “…medicine go down”



What do you think? Did Williams consciously mimick the cadence and intervals from Sherman’s “Spoonful of Sugar”, or is this one just a coincidence?

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6 Comments:
  1. Tim 14 Oct, 2009

    Haha, first post ever. This is a mean idea for a blog.

    Well, George Lucas borrowed a hell of a lot from history for the Star Wars series.

    The whole saga is based loosely on the plot of the ancient roman Emperor Augustus (originally called Octavius).

    You could draw comparisons between the image of Darth Vader and most Totalitarian Dictators in history.

    Wouldn’t surprise me at all if the score doesn’t borrow a few themes to help add some meat.

  2. Jonathan 14 Oct, 2009

    It wouldn’t surprise me at all.

    The original Star Wars music still sounds like Holst’s “The Planets”.

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  4. Garrett LaMarca 21 Oct, 2009

    I gotta admit, I was skeptical about this one, buy you’re right!! It’s undeniably similar.

  5. Adam Wagner 5 Nov, 2009

    @Jonathan can’t wait to look this one up! Thanks man!

  6. Sammy 26 Feb, 2010

    They both sound very similar to the 3rd strain in the trio section of John Phillip Sousa’s “El Capitan March” written in 1896.

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