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It's been twenty years :), but I could swear that the theme music to Shamus was the Alfred Hitchcock theme, not Mountain King. I had the Atari 8-bit version; the C64 version may have been different. -- EngineerScotty 05:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
This piece is in public domain everywhere. Can anyone secure a version that can be put on this page? Ace of Sevens 05:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Is the list of uses in different media (movies, TV and video games) really necessary? If completed, it'd probably be much much longer than the rest of the article. ~ Oni Lukos c t 19:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
this song was whistled in Total Drama All Stars. I am an unregistered user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.239.124.196 ( talk) 04:27, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
I've just rewritten the section describing the music and the sequences which it is meant to illustrate. I've also included some musical notation and a brief excerpt from a performance by the Berlin Philharmonic. (I also touched up the intro a little bit as well.) -- Todeswalzer| Talk 06:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
We might also consider compiling a list of solo arrangements for this piece; that is, if such arrangements exist for any instrument besides the piano (which, I believe, Grieg arranged himself). -- Todeswalzer| Talk 20:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I have a choral version done by the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra with Neeme Järvi and the Göta Ohlin Vocal Ensemble; According to the blurb with the CD, this was as Grieg originally scored it, for the theatre orchestra; the non vocal version was a later revision when he collected 8 of the original 23 pieces into the two suites we know today. Sasha 22:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Sasha, if you have a copy of the verses sung to this tune, it would be most excellent of you if you could include them with this article. (Or post them here on the talk page.) -- Todeswalzer| Talk 01:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay in replying. Alas, I don't have a copy of the lyrics and my knowledge of Norse laguages is limited in the extreme, so I can't transcribe it from my recording. I'll ask my Danish friends when I see them in Spring. There are several other choral pieces on this CD including a beautiful rendering of Solveig's song. Sasha 09:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
I just wondered why the score has been presented in the key of G when it starts in B? Drew 04:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Limewire has a tendency to mislabel songs and artists (ie; 'LoZ' is not by Soad, Rammstein did not cover 'Barbie Girl' as it is actually in Dutch, not german..)
Anyway 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' is available on Limewire as being part of Mozart's work. I believed it too until I checked Wikipedia, and realized the dates didn't add up, as well as the fact Mozart didn't write this song.
Is this Limewire-error worth a jot on this page? ie; Sometimes Mozart is mistaken as the composer of 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', instead of Edvard Grieg. JimmmyThePiep 09:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I am quite sure that some windows versions came with a midi recording of this pise, can someone incorporate it nicely in the article?-- 213.66.131.204 19:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I believe this tune was used in the game mentioned in subj. when I played it many, many years ago. Can anyone confirm or rebuke this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avlund ( talk • contribs) 16:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I recently added a new link (for now, it is the one and only link). More performances like this should be included so that the public can be exposed to different interpretations of the same piece. ~~MusicalConnoisseur~~ Got Classical? 06:02, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
There's actually a game based on the song for Commodore 64 and Atari 2600. You had to get a crown from the hall of the mountain king and get to the top of the mountain. 67.224.28.195 ( talk) 17:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
See also Grieg's music in popular culture.
What is this? Is there a better translation? -- Bxj ( talk) 12:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
I've removed this:
"The music was also used in the 1931
Fritz Lang's feature
M, being whistled by the serial killer"
It certainly doesn't belong in the introduction, which is supposed to give the most relevant facts only, and while I can see the reference is a bit more significant than most (it is a key feature in a pretty notable film), I'm reluctant to start a "Cultural References" section for fear of opening the flood-gates to every pop song, advertizing jingle or ring-tone that's ever used it.
What does anybody else think?
Moonraker12 (
talk) 12:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I was under the impression that there is no chasing going on whatsoever when this is being played; I am pretty sure that they are in the hall and the trolls are discussing what should be done about Peer, and they eventually start yelling, and whatnot. A few movements later, the track title is "Peer Gynt being chased by Trolls". I would think that is where the chasing happens. The booklet with the CD set with the complete music agrees with this, and having also read the play, this sounds more correct. Does anyone disagree with this, or should it be changed? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:39, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Found mixed into Justin Timberlake's The Trolls soundtrack. Ve3eap ( talk) 03:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
So where is actually any list of the covers? This article refers to "Grieg's music in popular culture", that one refers back here. Hmm? Slamazzar ( talk) 00:56, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
This instrumental song is used in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animated series theme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moviemagic2 ( talk • contribs) 23:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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It's been twenty years :), but I could swear that the theme music to Shamus was the Alfred Hitchcock theme, not Mountain King. I had the Atari 8-bit version; the C64 version may have been different. -- EngineerScotty 05:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
This piece is in public domain everywhere. Can anyone secure a version that can be put on this page? Ace of Sevens 05:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Is the list of uses in different media (movies, TV and video games) really necessary? If completed, it'd probably be much much longer than the rest of the article. ~ Oni Lukos c t 19:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
this song was whistled in Total Drama All Stars. I am an unregistered user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.239.124.196 ( talk) 04:27, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
I've just rewritten the section describing the music and the sequences which it is meant to illustrate. I've also included some musical notation and a brief excerpt from a performance by the Berlin Philharmonic. (I also touched up the intro a little bit as well.) -- Todeswalzer| Talk 06:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
We might also consider compiling a list of solo arrangements for this piece; that is, if such arrangements exist for any instrument besides the piano (which, I believe, Grieg arranged himself). -- Todeswalzer| Talk 20:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I have a choral version done by the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra with Neeme Järvi and the Göta Ohlin Vocal Ensemble; According to the blurb with the CD, this was as Grieg originally scored it, for the theatre orchestra; the non vocal version was a later revision when he collected 8 of the original 23 pieces into the two suites we know today. Sasha 22:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Sasha, if you have a copy of the verses sung to this tune, it would be most excellent of you if you could include them with this article. (Or post them here on the talk page.) -- Todeswalzer| Talk 01:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay in replying. Alas, I don't have a copy of the lyrics and my knowledge of Norse laguages is limited in the extreme, so I can't transcribe it from my recording. I'll ask my Danish friends when I see them in Spring. There are several other choral pieces on this CD including a beautiful rendering of Solveig's song. Sasha 09:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
I just wondered why the score has been presented in the key of G when it starts in B? Drew 04:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Limewire has a tendency to mislabel songs and artists (ie; 'LoZ' is not by Soad, Rammstein did not cover 'Barbie Girl' as it is actually in Dutch, not german..)
Anyway 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' is available on Limewire as being part of Mozart's work. I believed it too until I checked Wikipedia, and realized the dates didn't add up, as well as the fact Mozart didn't write this song.
Is this Limewire-error worth a jot on this page? ie; Sometimes Mozart is mistaken as the composer of 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', instead of Edvard Grieg. JimmmyThePiep 09:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I am quite sure that some windows versions came with a midi recording of this pise, can someone incorporate it nicely in the article?-- 213.66.131.204 19:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I believe this tune was used in the game mentioned in subj. when I played it many, many years ago. Can anyone confirm or rebuke this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avlund ( talk • contribs) 16:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I recently added a new link (for now, it is the one and only link). More performances like this should be included so that the public can be exposed to different interpretations of the same piece. ~~MusicalConnoisseur~~ Got Classical? 06:02, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
There's actually a game based on the song for Commodore 64 and Atari 2600. You had to get a crown from the hall of the mountain king and get to the top of the mountain. 67.224.28.195 ( talk) 17:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
See also Grieg's music in popular culture.
What is this? Is there a better translation? -- Bxj ( talk) 12:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
I've removed this:
"The music was also used in the 1931
Fritz Lang's feature
M, being whistled by the serial killer"
It certainly doesn't belong in the introduction, which is supposed to give the most relevant facts only, and while I can see the reference is a bit more significant than most (it is a key feature in a pretty notable film), I'm reluctant to start a "Cultural References" section for fear of opening the flood-gates to every pop song, advertizing jingle or ring-tone that's ever used it.
What does anybody else think?
Moonraker12 (
talk) 12:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I was under the impression that there is no chasing going on whatsoever when this is being played; I am pretty sure that they are in the hall and the trolls are discussing what should be done about Peer, and they eventually start yelling, and whatnot. A few movements later, the track title is "Peer Gynt being chased by Trolls". I would think that is where the chasing happens. The booklet with the CD set with the complete music agrees with this, and having also read the play, this sounds more correct. Does anyone disagree with this, or should it be changed? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:39, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Found mixed into Justin Timberlake's The Trolls soundtrack. Ve3eap ( talk) 03:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
So where is actually any list of the covers? This article refers to "Grieg's music in popular culture", that one refers back here. Hmm? Slamazzar ( talk) 00:56, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
This instrumental song is used in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animated series theme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moviemagic2 ( talk • contribs) 23:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)