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This was today’s big find. The video was uploaded on 2016/1/25, and in 5 days it has been viewed nearly 150,000 times 1. It is a work by Ensemble Mega Ne.

Using the FamilyMart entrance chime and the slightly unusual instrumentation of woodwind quartet plus piano, it depicts the evolution of Western musical styles over the past 300 years in about 20 minutes 2. At first you may just think, “Hmm,” but it suddenly becomes fascinating around “4. Baroque-era Sonata.” Please give it a listen. Incidentally, some portions of the score are apparently left blank for improvisation, so there are no plans to publish it.

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Published on 2016/01/25
We turned the “FamilyMart entrance chime” into 21 variations for a slightly unusual piano quintet consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano.

1. Theme
2. Monophony
3. Counterpoint
4. Baroque-era Sonata
5. Mozart
6. Beethoven
7. Haydn
8. Classical Recitative
9. Weber
10. Schubert
11. Chopin
12. Dvořák
13. Brahms
14. Mussorgsky
15. Debussy
16. Ravel
17. Satie
18. Rachmaninoff
19. Stravinsky
20. TV Drama Ending
21. Movie Trailer

The following day, they also released a contrapuntal piece using the Yamanote Line theme. It is for woodwind quartet. On YouTube this one has only been viewed 1500 times, but as a piece of music, I think I prefer this one. After all, the FamilyMart variations ultimately amount to a medley of famous pieces….
Please enjoy.

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Footnotes

  1. combined total for NicoVideo and YouTube
  2. At the same time, it also demonstrates how small a proportion of music is occupied by the “main melody,” doesn’t it? It shows the futility of arguing about copyright over a melody.

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