Did you learn the name of Moonlight Sonata from Resident Evil?

[AndrewDean84]

It seems like whenever I hear that song, I'm instantly transported to the 90's playing Resident Evil.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Yes.

 

[c0Zm1c]

No. I first learnt to play it back in the 1980's.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

No

 

[RedSparrows]

No, because I am so damn cultured*


*for the longest time I thought Chopsticks was by Mozart cos someone told me so

 

[Deleted member 17210]

I knew the name in the '80s but I didn't remember what tune it referred to until RE.

 

[adj_noun]

Because at least one person out there is going, "What's Moonlight Sonata?"

 

[super-famicom]

Nah, I learned about it from school or a CD.

 

[Poltergust]

I think I first learned about it from Detective Conan (well, Case Closed when I watched it at the time).

 

[John Harker]

100%. Love that you made a thread. I have these things intrinsically linked in my mind.

 

[Hikari]

Nope

 

[Kwyjibo]

Nope.

Used to play it in school on keyboard.

 

[sixteen-bit]

No I learned about it from Phantom Dust

 

[Pulp]

Nah, I had heard it before. Quite the famous piece

 

[Border]

I remember someone on this forum thinking that Greensleeves was a song from Xenosaga.

I don't even remember when or how Moonlight Sonata occurs in Resident Evil 1.

 

[SofNascimento]

Yes.

 

[Kyari]

Oh man, Beethoven did a cover of the piano theme from Resident Evil??

 

[Jimnymebob]

The name for sure, but I knew the music itself.

 

[Alark]

Yes

 

[HaremKing]

No. Pretty sure it was Detective Conan. One of the earliest cases deals with the Moonlight Sonata.

 

[Revolver Oshawott]

Yes.

 

[Nanashrew]

Nope. I was already listening to some classical music thanks to Looney Tunes introducing me to some, especially Franz Liszt's works like Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

 

[manustany]

Yes! Ahaha

 

[PhotogDoug]

Yes I did.

And I bought one of those budget CDs with the track on it also to listen outside the game.

 

[JohnnyToonami]

No but I learned to play it because of it.

 

[Chopper]

Nope. Shadowman

 

[MaxAugust]

No, it is one of the most famous pieces of music in history.

 

[King Dodongo]

And this one?

 

[Bill S. Preston Esq.]

YEP!

 

[Papercuts]

Saw it in Case Closed first iirc.

 

[Pascal]

Yes. Hearing Rebecca play that song in an adjacent room while a zombie crept up on me is an image that definitely stuck with me.

And I absolutely cannot wait for someone in this thread to accuse me of being an uncultured gamer even though I first played REmake when I was pretty young.

 

[Deleted member 16136]

Yes

 

[Kuyth]

Shadow Man.

 

[entremet]

No, it was Earthworm Jim lol.

 

[TeHi & BuSp]

No ...from Dr Franken on GB

 

[TransEuropaExpress]

I just want to say yes because it's much cooler than having had a music teacher force you to listen to it ten times until you manage to somehow hate such a beautiful piece of music.

 

[Deleted member 14080]

Yes.

 

[Phil's Empty Chair]

 

[EloKa]

No. It's one of those art pieces that you should know beforehand.
Can't wait for the inevitable "OMG the Mona Lisa is a real picture?!" thread once that image gets featured in a AAA game (or Fortnite).

 

[Het_Nkik]

I MAY have learned the name of the song from RE but the song itself for me will always be linked to the Earthworm Jim 2 level "Jim is Now a Blind Cave Salamander."

 

[PassiveObserver]

Yep

 

[CSX]

 

[Heynongman!]

No, it's a very popular arrangement.

 

[Jakenbakin]

Maybe? I really don't know.

 

[mindsale]

Earthworm Jim 2 I think. Blind Cave Sally level. Or an episode of Garfield and Friends from around the same time.

 

[AndrewDean84]

Those that say you learned the song from other games, did the games tell you the name like RE does, or did you have to wait for the credits or something?

 

[Sinatar]

I learned it from playing Thexder.

 

[Mona]

i thought this thread was about Eternal Sonata for a second

 

[Siresly]

Yes. I was like twelve. Never heard it or its name before, but Resident Evil made it stick in my head.

 

[Crimsonskies]

I was 11 and somehow convinced my dad to play the game so yes ... I did.

However since I would become obsessed with music and play guitar I did learn it on piano since the piano is a wonderful instrument when it comes to music theory.