HW: cover songs

[Karl Hiller]

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, William Duffy wrote:

> I was just wondering whether "The Iron Dream" may be a cover?
> I remember watching A children's puppet show from Japan called "Star
> Fleet." There was a scene in one episode featuring a battle with "The
> Iron Dream" being performed by someone else in the background.
>
> The series was made after "Quark..." came out, however, I was thinking
> that it could be a reworking of an old classical piece (ala ELP,
> Rainbow, etc..)

>From my admittedly limited experience watching Japanese animation (I had
a friend years ago who was really into it), Japanese producers are not at
all shy about "lifting" music from American/European sources, with or
without permission.  Maybe the puppet show just borrowed the tune.

Karl