Unknown Early American Song-Please Help identify!

[cwcwful]

I don't get it. A song that is that old ( As you say 150 years old, or more.) should played to it time period, Why the electronic Mumble jumble, fumbles. It would be easier to research the song, also if it were played to it's time period. which you did ask people to do.

[o13starsnstripes]

Well I don't know the name of the song but if you look up Captain America and the Avengers for Super Nintendo they use this very song in it so if you check that out it could lead you directly to it! Best of Luck to you!

[MusicProjectX]

@o13starsnstripes

Thanks. There are actually several pieces of music in that game inspired by music from various periods in American history, 1900, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, etc. This is the only one where I think I have a chance of identifying the original song.

[rembrandt1941]

sounds like an early attempt at dance music....hahahaha

[rembrandt1941]

stupid fucking twats!

[MusicProjectX]

@rembrandt1941

I'm very sorry you don't like the music. 

[ridovem]

It's based on a pattern that fits a lot of celtic jigs... which were mostly fiddle tunes. It's been 'extrapolated' with other musical scraps (much less artfully than, say, a jazz soloist might do)... and the opening 5 or 6 bars don't really 'ring a bell', except (like i said) they fit a 'pattern'.

Listen to some of the O'Carolan tune collection. You'll see... ^..^

[MusicProjectX]

@ridovem

Thanks for the insight. It is possible this is based on style rather that a *direct* rendition, but it nonetheless fits the pattern of music sometime around the end of the 1700s.

[MusicProjectX]

@ridovem I Still think it is a song in it's own right, however.

[MusicProjectX]

@Otzmatron

It the mid-level music. I think this piece of music may be a much older piece of music that was adapted for the video game because it sounded appropriate. Please don't say what the game was because I'm trying to get someone to identify the original theme, if it exists. I'll send you a message to your account.

[jkcrusher18]

i don't think instruments sounded like this back in the 1700's....

[MusicProjectX]

@jkcrusher18

LOL.

You're really only hearing two instruments: drums and singing. THe high pitched sounds are singing and the lower pitched are drums. There is drum set playing the 2nd octave that sounds like one of those heavy drums that used to be carried by drummers during the American revolution, and then there is another playing which sounds like a more modern drum set. So it could have been music from back then. This music was done with a midi player so it won't sound completely real.

[TheGB1950]

@TheGB1950 Ive heard it some where Steeleye Span is a good place to start. They rocked out traditional music, most American traditional music had its roots in the UK.

[MusicProjectX]

@TheGB1950

Thanks for you awesome help-I believe that about this being half US/half UK. If you see the map of where this video is getting hits it gets them in northern and western Europe and then that trend stops in southern and eastern Europe. In the US it's more northern states and less southern states. Thanks again And I will definitely check that out.

[zacklerjdog49]

actually i think it sounds scottish in orgin or maybe it could be irish, thats i can tell you in my opinion

[zacklerjdog49]

ok that sounds good

[zacklerjdog49]

no this is just video game music, im in a fife and drum corps, we never played this just to tell you

[MusicProjectX]

@zacklerjdog49 That doesn't mean it isn't something you haven't heard of. I still think it's an old piece of music.