Classical Music/Piano piece name

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Expert: - 11/7/2010


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Hi, I was wondering if you could help me at all please. I heard a piano piece on one of my friend's CDs but it was a mixtape, so I couldn't find the name from there. Its theme is a driving melody with ascending major chords before descending with triplets, so it sounds like: DOO DOO DOO DOO/ DOO DOO DOO/dododo, the capitalised sections showing (not very well) that the chords are accented, longer and louder than the triplet notes. It sounded like film music almost, with a small section of instruments behind for support. I'll try and ask for the piece's name, but I wonder if you can help at all? I'm sorry if what I've written makes no sense whatsoever, I find it so hard to describe pieces that I've heard since I've got next to no knowledge of teh piano and there's no way of adding a pitch or idea of the pitch when writing the notes here!

Thanks sooo much

xxx

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(Grapefruit, huh?!)

What else was on the mix?  Maybe this piece is related in some way.

Does your friend still have any of the original CDs so you can check these against the mix pieces?  

Are the mix pieces mostly movie themes?  If so, the piece you seek is likely to be something newly-composed just for a film.

If you can get me any more info, I'll see what I can do with it.  Without any more info that you have been able to dig up, I'm afraid this is all the help I can give you!  Do write back if you turn up anything new!
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