[Thor Joachim Haga]

I have actually composed a few bits, on the piano, back when I was noodling around on it in my childhood and teenage years (see the “Do you play any instrument?” thread).

One of those melodies was clearly inspired by Jean Michel Jarre’s “Calypso, Part 3” from the WAITING FOR COUSTEAU album, although I wouldn’t have admitted it at the time.

Another melody was a strange case, though — many years after I had composed it, I was SHOCKED to hear how similar it was to the main theme from John Williams’ THE EIGER SANCTION. I had churned out that thing years and years before I had even heard of THE EIGER SANCTION. But in recent years, it’s occured to me that the inspiration may have come from somewhere else: Dimitri Tiomkin’s eternal “The Green Leaves of Summer”, which – in some form or fashion – I might have heard during my childhood. There is a link between that song and THE EIGER SANCTION in that melancholic, slightly baroque style. OR – the tune is so straightforward in its “walk up and down the scale”, it’s easy access for everyone.

Other bits and bobs that never amounted to much.