Imagination Lives
ⓘ This lostwave is classified as partially (un)solved. | |
| Imagination Lives | |
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| Genre | Mashup |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:00 |
| Year | 2003 |
| Status | Partially solved; Full version available. 1/3 of sampled songs identified |
| Original poster | KatePevensie |
| Search started | 2008 |
| File:ImaginationLives.mp3 | |
Imagination Lives is an unidentified instrumental-mashup song, likely created for the Sci-Fi Channel's 2003 advertising campaign of the same name.
The song consists of various samples from other songs, one of which has been identified as Wezale by the Cameroonian musician Wes Madiko, with at least two other samples used in the mashup remaining unidentified so far.
Background
On January 26th, 2008, the song was first uploaded to YouTube with title Mystery Song... Can You Identify It? by user KatePevensie, who recorded it in 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel from an advertisement showcasing films scheduled to premiere in 2004.[1]
On December 2nd, 2008. the commercial featuring the song was first posted to YouTube in low quality by user Forevermore33.[2]
On December 12th, 2020, a high quality version of the commercial and song were included in a December 2003 Sci-Fi Channel commercial compilation uploaded by YouTube user Suprb6970.[3]
On January 27th, 2021, YouTube channel VCC uploaded a restored version of the song, which was extracted from the original video by Discord user Niski.[4]
Partial Discovery
On September 18th, 2021,[5] YouTube user asolollol1866 discovered that one of the song's samples was used in Wes Madiko's 1996 song Wezale.[6] This sample was also featured in the songs Kingdom by Mars Lasar (2003)[7] and Spirit Zen by Phobos (2005).[8] Two other samples used in the mashup remain unidentified so far.[9]
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnq7ArZIW8s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUTHMzaCEk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSQV015qh4M&t=56s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2_ZoNEEmg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2_ZoNEEmg&lc=UgyipS_OX8Y0KdkHGhJ4AaABAg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp48JU21B7g
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRlZAJLTI8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYH615bXZgw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2_ZoNEEmg&lc=UgxZjQRE5Ji39COjegp4AaABAg