Popcorn (instrumental)

Popcorn is a famous instrumental piece of music from the early synth - pop era. The name is derived from the short staccato sound which is used for the melody.

Composer Gershon Kingsley took it for the first time in 1969 for his album Music To Moog By. 1971 took the keyboardist Stan Free, under the pseudonym " Hot Butter " on again. The plate was one of the rapidly released music publications, on the Moog synthesizer, characteristic of the " synth-pop " were based in the 1960s and 1970s.

Popcorn was the passage of time by numerous artists such as Marsheaux, Aphex Twin, Jean Michel Jarre, Ricky King, Denki Groove, Gigi D' Agostino, Guru Josh, Crazy Frog, E- Rotic, Edward Simoni, Fiddler's Green, Muse or the GlasBlasSing Quintet gecovert.

In the Museum of Transport in Lucerne Switzerland popcorn was for decades ( 1970s to 1990s ), the title music for the performances of the model railway of the Gotthard massif.

Use in computer games

  • Background music in the original CGA version of the computer game classic Digger.
  • In the arcade and Sega Gamegear version of the game Pengo. What is missing in the version for Atari 2600, Atari wanted to avoid because of the royalties.
  • Together with several pieces Equinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre in the game Trollie Wallie for Commodore 64 and Schneider / Amstrad CPC.
  • In the C -64 Tigershark 911 games, Eskimo Eddie, Pengo, Petch, Trollie Wallie.
  • Sounds in Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX under the title " VOL.4 ".
  • Background music in the first level of a published in the 1990s Pacman clone for PC, Pako 2

Use in films

Use in television

  • Intro to the scientific programs of Tele College
  • Guide melody in television lottery draw of the Michigan State Lottery in the 1970s
  • Spanish commercial for the Renault Clio
  • Background music in a Pampers commercial in the U.S. ( 2001)
  • Leitmotif of the educational children's program snipets in the early 70s
  • Background music of Nippon candy bar commercials in Germany (2006)
  • Commercial for the dietary supplement vitamin spiritually Gerin (2002)
  • Background music at RBB - news programs (2008)
  • Interpretation of the play by the Danish chef in the Muppet Show (2010)
  • In some episodes of the anime series K -On!
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