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    Posted: October 11 2024 at 23:27
This is a prog instrumental song that I can only describe as having a jungle theme -- synth birds, toads, and other creatures fade in before the "music" begins with synth bongos, followed by a repetitive hook. The song crescendos into an upbeat and hopeful full orchestration of sound before slowly fading away, one instrument at a time, until you just hear the quiet "jungle" creatures again.

My older brother created the now-lost mix tape in the early 80s but doesn't remember from what album or artist this song was lifted.

I've done my best to replicate it here:

This search has been haunting me for decades! Hopefully someone here can help Confused
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^ Could it be "Help Me Somebody" (haha, funny title LOL) by Brian Eno & David Byrne?
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Edited by wiz_d_kidd - October 12 2024 at 07:13
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Maybe this?
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Originally posted by projeKct projeKct wrote:

^ Could it be "Help Me Somebody" (haha, funny title LOL) by Brian Eno & David Byrne?



No, but great song!
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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:



No to either. King Crimson was also on the list of possibilities tho as far as style. The one I'm looking for is even more "produced" sounding, with a repetitive hook. Thanks!
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:



Maybe this?

I had some hopes with this one... thinking my brother could've recorded just a section of a much longer piece. The song I'm desperate to find is much shorter - perhaps only 5-7 min - with a distinct beginning, middle, and end.

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It may be something from Kitaro, but it's a very prolific author
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Jethro Tull's 'Bungle in the Jungle' fits the opening animal sounds, has a catchy hook, and was released in 1974 but didn't get widespread airplay until late 70s/early 80s--- but does not fit the rhythms of your vocaroo description.   Good luck.






Edited by Atavachron - October 17 2024 at 21:41
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You have to get about 3 minutes in past the opening theme



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^ He may not be checking back, last visit was five days ago.

And that video says unavailable --
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^ The video works for me, and from around the 2:26 mark until 8:35 it sounds exactly like what the original poster is describing in his vocaroo link. The same bongos rhythm begins again at around the 11:56 mark, so he may have only had a small portion of the track on his original mix tape.

Props to Richardh for finding this! The phrase 'needle in a haystack' came to mind when I first saw this post, but I reckon he's cracked it with this suggestion.
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