Skool tunes

SkoolKid · July 2010

As you may or may not know, the theme tune to Skool Daze is a raspy rendition of the old nursery rhyme "Girls and boys come out to play". But what about the other Skool tunes?

When you open the safe in Skool Daze
Back to Skool theme tune
When you open the safe in Back to Skool

The tunes sound familiar, but that's probably because I've heard them about 7 billion times now. Do they come from nursery rhymes too?

Bethan · July 2010

Back to Skool (safe);
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning.

SkoolKid · July 2010

Good work. So we have:

Skool Daze theme: Girls and boys come out to play
Skool Daze safe: ???
Back to Skool theme: ???
Back to Skool safe: Here we go round the mulberry bush

2 down, 2 to go.

bcass · July 2010

If you look/listen to the AY file for Skool Daze there appear to be 3 tunes, not 2 (although the 2nd tune seems to be a segment from the 3rd tune). Presumably there are 3 different events at which each tune is played.

SkoolKid · July 2010

IIRC, Skool Daze has 2 tunes (call them Tune A and Tune B) to mark 4 different events:

1. Before a game or demo mode starts: Tune A.
2. On flashing the final shield: Tune B.
3. On opening the safe: Tune B.
4. On unflashing the final shield (going up a year): Tune A.

gasman · July 2010

Perhaps it'd be worth putting up some MP3s, for the benefit of people who are better at recognising tunes than completing Skool Daze? :-)

Zaph0dd · July 2010

Bak 2 skool start theme always reminded me of "Yellow rose of texas"

SkoolKid · July 2010

gasman wrote: »

Perhaps it'd be worth putting up some MP3s, for the benefit of people who are better at recognising tunes than completing Skool Daze? :-)

Good point! :)

all-shields.ogg (tune played when you open the safe in Skool Daze)
bts-tune.ogg (Back to Skool opening tune)

(These audio files are taken from the 'sounds' directory in Pyskool. Audio files for the other skool tunes can be found there too.)

gasman · July 2010

Aha! The first one of those is Au Clair De La Lune.

yomlogs · July 2010

I believe the Skool Daze tune is a very quick rendition of Au Clair de la Lune.

Edit: bah, beaten to it...

SkoolKid · July 2010

Well done that gasman (and yomlogs). So we have:

Skool Daze theme: Girls and boys come out to play
Skool Daze safe: Au clair de la lune
Back to Skool theme: ???
Back to Skool safe: Here we go round the mulberry bush

3 down, 1 to go.

(Zaph0dd: I'm not hearing "Yellow Rose of Texas" in the Back to Skool theme, no matter how hard I try. But perhaps I'm not trying hard enough.)

urbanupstart · July 2010

My brother's a musician and I mailed him the link. This was his reply (I can't take the credit for this:razz:)

I'm pretty sure that's a very, VERY fast version of an old negro spiritual called "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen", covered by loads of people over the years but I think most well-known by old "Satchmo" himself, Louis Armstrong.

Compare the link and see if you agree!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKKRzemX_w

Bethan · July 2010

I've always thoughts so too. Since Princess Vespa sings it gaol in SpaceBalls.

SkoolKid · July 2010

urbanupstart wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKKRzemX_w

Yes, that's very similar to the Back to Skool opening tune.

So, I wonder why Dave Reidy chose three children's songs and then an old negro spiritual? Perhaps there is also a children's song that uses the same tune as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen?

Anyway:

Skool Daze theme: Girls and boys come out to play (video)
Skool Daze safe: Au clair de la lune (video)
Back to Skool theme: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (video)
Back to Skool safe: Here we go round the mulberry bush (video)

Thanks to all who listened and researched. Now I have two new trivia entries for the next version of the Skool Disassemblies. :)

Skool tunes

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