So, I've been watching episodes of the BBC's History of Africa, thanks to a tip from TG on the Black History Month thread (thanks TG!). And one thing that has struck me is the hauntingly beautiful melancholic theme music. But it struck me not just for its quality, but also for its apparent familiarity. Specifically, the main refrain in it reminds me very strongly indeed of the tune in Amadou and Mariam's "Je pense a toi". So I was really confused to see that the music is credited solely to some film music composer called Didier Recloux, with no mention of Amadou and Mariam. I'm not suggesting that there is actual plagiarism, partly because I don't know the crediting conventions where one person's work is incorporated into another's, but mainly because my musical ear is so hopeless that I could easily be confusing two totally different tunes that only sound the same to a tone deaf muppet like me.
See what you think. Here's the BBC History of Africa theme music, just try the first 20 seconds of this video:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...6&&FORM=VRDGAR
and here is Amadou and Mariam's hit (in the francophone zone),song. Try, for example, from 0:25 to 1:05 in the video:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE
It's just me being a musically illiterate idiot I expect.
See what you think. Here's the BBC History of Africa theme music, just try the first 20 seconds of this video:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...6&&FORM=VRDGAR
and here is Amadou and Mariam's hit (in the francophone zone),song. Try, for example, from 0:25 to 1:05 in the video:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE
It's just me being a musically illiterate idiot I expect.
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