Music Progression: Flåklypa Theme- Reodors Ballade

The main theme from the 1975 Norwegian film "Flåklypa Grand Prix" (above) gave rise to "Not for the Dough" (below) when it was sampled by Norwegian hip-hop duo "Multicyde" in 1999...

Multicyde - Not For The Dough (1999)


The success of this then brought the tune to the attention to Blue's record producers where they altered the melody slightly and released the track as "All Rise" in 2001. It is arguablly the most famous incarnation of the theme.

Blue - All Rise (2001)


With Blue making it big with "All Rise", the formula was reworked by Chinese duo "Phoenix Legend" in 2005. I say formula, but that could be argued as being understatement.

Phoenix Legend - Above the moon (2005)


Finally, my investigation into all this was sparked off from listening to Israel's 2009 Eurovison Entry: "There Must Be Another Way". Parts of the melody seemed to ungulate in a similar fashion to Blue's "All Rise". While it really isn't that similar, not similar enough to warrant such investigation anyway, I still had to dig around initially to find the name of the song (All Rise) that was wrecking my head at the time. There you go.