I had the same, initial feeling I had heard a familiarity in the segment and I believe that's all it might be. The riff is so simple and common a measure in so many film scores and especially in songs where a simple piano measure introduces an initial thematic vibe for the entire work...usually because the piano player is mediocre or honed their skills by ear on a synth used to broaden the sound of a standard rock ensemble.

You're obsessing man, all you can hope to net from this is that pressure between your eyes and ears that won't go away until you STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!!!!

Reminds me of something moby would do.

I don't think it's a sample. It's a piano arpeggiating a root 5th and octave, which is a common device sometimes referred to as a 'pedal point'. The static nature of a 'pedal' provides tension and a constant from which the rest of the music can draw contrast. The 28 Days Later soundtrack has a cue called "In A Heartbeat" that uses a similar intro. Plenty of Thomas Newman and Philip Glass cues start out similarly too.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I don't think it's a sample. It's a piano arpeggiating a root 5th and octave, which is a common device sometimes referred to as a 'pedal point'. The static nature of a 'pedal' provides tension and a constant from which the rest of the music can draw contrast. The 28 Days Later soundtrack has a cue called "In A Heartbeat" that uses a similar intro. Plenty of Thomas Newman and Philip Glass cues start out similarly too.


Thank you for this, I think my film-soundtrack-addled brain was mixing the 28 Days Later and Moon piano bits. I still get an eerie déjà-entendu everytime I listen to the Muse song...

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I don't think it's a sample. It's a piano arpeggiating a root 5th and octave, which is a common device sometimes referred to as a 'pedal point'. The static nature of a 'pedal' provides tension and a constant from which the rest of the music can draw contrast. The 28 Days Later soundtrack has a cue called "In A Heartbeat" that uses a similar intro. Plenty of Thomas Newman and Philip Glass cues start out similarly too.


Look at the big brain on Brett!

^And that's just the abridged addition.