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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Humour"
date = "2016-02-23T19:37:00-05:00"
lastmod = "2016-02-23T21:09:00-05:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1456274608191/2016-02-24---Darth-Vader.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2016-02-24T09:09:00-05:00"
related_articles = ["articles/so-about-that-stephen-hawkings-opera.md","articles/mildly-amusing-the-wiki-opera-game.md"]
short_description = "When we were still in university, my classmates and I would nerd out on playing things like &quot;Deh vieni, non tardar&quot; in F minor, or &quot;Mein Herr, Marquis&quot; in G minor, and it was hilarious to us for reasons I can&#039;t quite articulate. This reminds me of those times."
slug = "hilarious-darth-vaders-theme-in-a-major-key"
title = "Hilarious: Darth Vader&#039;s theme in a major key"

youtube_url ="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk"
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We stumbled across something great, and we had to share it with our readers. UK-based musician, writer, and amateur film-maker [Ian Gordon](http://iangordon.bandcamp.com/) has re-written John Williams' infamous *Imperial March* from *Star Wars*, in a major key.

When we were still in university, my classmates and I would nerd out on playing things like "Deh vieni, non tardar" in F minor, or "Mein Herr, Marquis" in G minor, and it was hilarious to us for reasons I can't quite articulate.

This reminds me of those times. From [Ian Gordon's YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/mutedvocal), there's [*Staying Dead (The Walking Dead in a Major Key)*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmCBzwzw2Cc), which is very John Adams, and [*The X-Files Theme in a Major Key*](https://youtu.be/qTRXOnbuJVM), which reminds me of Enya. 
