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"Anonymous 2" by Focus - based on something?

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Topic: "Anonymous 2" by Focus - based on something?
Posted By: commodorejohn
Subject: "Anonymous 2" by Focus - based on something?
Date Posted: September 02 2011 at 15:56
This has been bugging me for a while, and I can't seem to track down an answer. I'm pretty sure the main theme in "Anonymous 2" is based on a Middle Ages folk dance, but I only have a passing acquaintance with that period in music, not enough to have any idea what it is, and any attempts to find out via Google just turn up general information on Focus III. Anybody have any idea if I'm right on this, and what the song in question is?

(The tune also makes an appearance in Final Fantasy VII at the start of the play in Gold Saucer, but given Nobuo Uematsu's musical tendencies and inspirations, I'm giving even odds on it sharing a common source with or simply being based directly on "Anonymous 2" ;D)

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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: September 02 2011 at 16:35
Good question. I don't know but it's a fantastic instrumental.

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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 17:40
I rather think that the main theme of "Anonymous Two" is based on the main theme of "Anonymous" off In and out of Focus. Wink

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Posted By: laurading
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 19:52
It is a good question and I do not know about it.

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Posted By: Theennus
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 14:24
I found the CD "Jeanne d'Arc: Batailles et Prisons" by Jordi Savall, and voilá there appears the Anonymous theme in several tracks.


Posted By: commodorejohn
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 15:40
Interesting, I'll have to take a look at that.

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