i have absolutely no firm knowledge, but i would suggest not. the chord changes just dont sound classical to me. but i could very easily be wrong

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No it's not based on a classical track. The credits on the vinyl say:

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Written, composed & arranged by Benno de Goeij

So all credits are for Benno from Rank 1

Thanks for the info!

Does anybody know why he named that track "Opus 17"?

Opus means work, so it might just mean "work no.17". The plural form of opus means opera, dunno if it's got anything to do with that. Beethoven has a couple of works called Opus #.

Taken from Wikipedia.com: In music, pieces of music by composers are given opus numbers, which generally run in order of publication. Unpublished compositions often are given WoO numbers (Werke ohne Opus, German for works without opus).

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I know what "opus" means, I was just wondering why he named that track "opus 17". What is the "17" referring to? I don't think it's Rank 1's 17th release as I think they released a bit more tracks if you look on there website and count there releases so what does the "17" refer to then?!

Maybe it's just a random number...

It's possible it's their 17th original project (so not including remixes), not sure.

But yeah, 'opus means' "work" as in a piece of music etc, "opera" derives from the same word but I'm sure "Opus 17" wasn't chosen because of the word "opera".

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The melody is based on another piece of music i think, because it's the same as Cygnus X - The Orange Theme. My best guess is that both are from a piece of classic music.

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- Armin van Buuren - Control Freak (Sander van Doorn Remix)
- M.I.K.E. - For Always In My Heart
- Nic Chagall - Monday Bar

PM Benno de Goeij and find out.

tchaikovsky symphony.....opus 17

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Originally posted by WojiePoj tchaikovsky symphony.....opus 17

Hi,

Which movement of Tchaikovsky's Opus 17 did they use? I did listen to some audio fragments op Tchaikovsky's Opus 17 at Amazon.com but couldn't find that fragment used by Rank 1.

Could anybody PLEASE post an audio or midi file of the original classical music fragment by Tchaikovsky that Rank 1 used. I would love to hear the original fragment as it is such a beautiful melody! Thanks!

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Last edited by Dance123 on Sep-11-2005 at 06:32

Sounds heaps like Orange Theme to me too...
Which is based on the theme music from A Clockwork Orange I believe. After a quick googling, looks like it was written by Wendy Carlos (originally named Walter Carlos, WTF?!). Couldn't find a decent sample though, so I'm not entirely sure if it's what you're after.