Theme From Quantum Leap by Mike Post
Irish Reel arrangement by Wendy Lynn Markus
17 Days till St. Patrick's Day!
Well... This got weird quickly!
I was trying to find a tune appropriate for celebrating Leap Day 2024. I found a jig called "Leap Year", however, I was in the mood to do something creative and different, and what better than to make a reel out of an early 90s television program theme song?
In all honestly, I absolutely adored the show Quantum Leap (the original series) back in the day, and Scott Bakula is such a treasure of a man that my rock band Sunspot wrote a song about him 20 years ago. In celebration of that anniversary, we've been working on an updated version of that song, so Quantum Leap has been on top of my mind! For a fun little diversion, here's a video of us playing that very song over the years:
• Scott Bakula 20th Anni...
But I digress! This "reel" was a good challenge. In many ways, the theme song is ideal for this exercise: It has A and B melodies, it's primarily in the popular fiddle-friendly key of D major (at least until the key change in part B), and it's lively enough! However I had to take some liberties to fit it into the trad reel format.
For one, I doubled the B section. I also had to cut out some of the interlude measures in between sections, to keep it driving forward.
I added a bonus A section at the end, just because it felt right.
Arranging the song was fun, but then I decided it would be cool to "leap" into and out of my video here. That part of the project took longer than writing and recording the tune, but I'm pretty happy with the result and I gotta say, leaping through time is a hoot!
Recorded on February 29, 2024. Happy Leap Day and Year!
I'm adding a new tune each day until 3/17/2024. Check out the full playlist here:
• 2024 Tune Countdown to...
Performance and musical accompaniment by Wendy Lynn Markus.
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