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

By: Stevens R. Miller

Stevens R. Miller — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:50:00 +0000

Since I found this by Googling “Star Wars” and “Spoonful of Sugar” to see if I was the only one who thought they were similar, I have to say I think they’re similar.

As for Holst’s “Mars,” just spend some time listening to the “Cinemagic” channel on Sirius/XM (movie soundtracks) and you’ll discover that it is the primary energy source of maybe half the soundtracks of the last 50 years. (The other thing you’ll discover is how lazy soundtrack composers can be. I can’t tell the difference between Horner’s work for “Aliens” and “Star Trek II,” both of which are great stuff, but sound, at most, like two movements of the same opera, as it were.)

By: Gill

Gill — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:51:29 +0000

I first noticed the similarity between The Imperial March and a Spoonful of Sugar about 4 years ago at a gig. A local band used the Imperial March as their intro before they walked on stage, haven’y been able to take them serious since!

By: Update: ‘Spoonful of Sugar’ and ‘Imperial March’ sound like ‘El Capitan’ by John Phillip Sousa | Sounds Just Like

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:41:36 +0000

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By: Juan Quintana

Juan Quintana — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:44:13 +0000

Imperial March being in a minor key most definetly sounds liks Sousa’s El Capitan

By: Sammy

Sammy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:08:48 +0000

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

By: Adam Wagner

Adam Wagner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:28:53 +0000

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

By: Garrett LaMarca

Garrett LaMarca — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:24:57 +0000

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

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:53:32 +0000

It wouldn’t surprise me at all.

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

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:56:02 +0000

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.