80s Instrumental Synth Song

sugasnaps · 01-30-2016, 11:02 AM

I have been trying to track down a piece of 80s instrumental music and I can only recall the melody.

It was a synth piece, rather soft. Here are the notes for the melody, though I'm not 100% sure I have it in the same key...

A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A

A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A

C D E E G C D

C D E E G C D

D C B C

C B A B

B A G (A or F)

A C B A

(and then repeat many times as the foundation of the song)

Stephen · 01-30-2016, 03:40 PM

You don't mean Ultravox?

sugasnaps · 01-30-2016, 03:53 PM

No, it was a pure instrumental. Ultravox is in the right ballpark, but it sounded like something more along the lines of Jean Michel Jarre.

It was the kind of thing that would be used for an interpretive dance routine in the late 80s...

Stephen · 01-30-2016, 06:39 PM

Hmm have you tried Tangerine Dream?

sugasnaps · 01-30-2016, 06:53 PM

I have, and it's nothing of theirs that I know. And I've listened to most or all of their songs at one point. But a good suggestion.

I gave Jean Michel Jarre as my example of who this song sounds like because, while it's something Tangerine Dream could have done, the song sounds a little more "stripped down" and minimal like JMJ.

Stephen · 01-30-2016, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sugasnaps

A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A

With this bit what sort of tempo are we talking? Are they all equal 1/4 or 1/8 notes?

sugasnaps · 01-30-2016, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen

With this bit what sort of tempo are we talking? Are they all equal 1/4 or 1/8 notes?

I think:

A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A

A(1/8) B(1/8) C(1/8) D(1/8) E(1/8) D(1/8) C(1/8) B(1/16) A(1/16) B(1/2) C(1/16) B(1/16) A(1/2) (maybe then rest a half note and repeat)

sugasnaps · 01-31-2016, 08:33 AM

On second thought, the very first A is probably a 1/16.

Stephen · 10-24-2017, 11:39 PM

You probably gave up on this thread a long time ago but would it be David Bowie's Subterraneans?

01-30-2016, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
sugasnaps Groupie Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 8	80s Instrumental Synth Song I have been trying to track down a piece of 80s instrumental music and I can only recall the melody. It was a synth piece, rather soft. Here are the notes for the melody, though I'm not 100% sure I have it in the same key... A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A A B C D E D C B A B (hold longer) C B A C D E E G C D C D E E G C D D C B C C B A B B A G (A or F) A C B A (and then repeat many times as the foundation of the song)

01-30-2016, 03:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
sugasnaps Groupie Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 8	No, it was a pure instrumental. Ultravox is in the right ballpark, but it sounded like something more along the lines of Jean Michel Jarre. It was the kind of thing that would be used for an interpretive dance routine in the late 80s... Last edited by sugasnaps; 01-30-2016 at 04:15 PM.

01-30-2016, 03:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	You don't mean Ultravox?

01-30-2016, 06:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Hmm have you tried Tangerine Dream?

01-30-2016, 06:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
sugasnaps Groupie Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 8	I have, and it's nothing of theirs that I know. And I've listened to most or all of their songs at one point. But a good suggestion. I gave Jean Michel Jarre as my example of who this song sounds like because, while it's something Tangerine Dream could have done, the song sounds a little more "stripped down" and minimal like JMJ.

01-31-2016, 08:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
sugasnaps Groupie Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 8	On second thought, the very first A is probably a 1/16.

10-24-2017, 11:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	You probably gave up on this thread a long time ago but would it be David Bowie's Subterraneans?