Sample Breakdown: Futurama Theme Song

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[i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

You've heard the Amen Break so many times in your life that you don't actually hear it

[dabullsg]

Never even knew this theme sampled other songs. Damn!

[bradlauk]

It's honestly a bit genius, sampling decades old songs for a song that's supposed to take place in the future.

[Secretlyanothername]

I feel ashamed for never having noticed the Amen Break behind those chimes.

[clancy]

I've been watching futurama ever since I was 10 years old and never realized that the theme song used samples

[PartnershipsForYou]

Almost 7 years later and the Futurama theme is still bangin'

[Frank-uwxu]

0:56 the end with the broken screen gag is a really nice touch

[rndm]

Damn never realised the Rapper’s Delight sample...

[richcolour]

Number of episodes: 140
Theme played twice per episode: +140
I watched all of them at least twice: +280
Add all the false starts (seen this episode too many times): +50
Subtract the beatboxing theme episodes: -2
= over 608 times I've heard this without realising it's Amen Break.

[PurpleSilk]

That one dude wasn’t lying about that drum sample being the most....sampled. 😂 amazing.

[Vectif]

The way the information is displayed and showcased in these videos is incredible. I myself practise a whole lot of sampling and I really appreciate this sort of video being out there to help explain the way this technique (and artform!) is used across whole lots of music in very inventive and creative manners. Thanks for taking the time to do these awesome presentations! Cheers!!!

[eduams]

I love tubular bells
we need more music with them

[raycashmilwaukee]

Bro im just going down the line of video samples. These are so damn fire. Great job on the finds and putting them out here for us too see.

[mongoosebillion]

A breakdown of the full version would be pretty cool. There's a few more samples in there, like the guy yelling "what is the future?".

[hewhipe]

I love when samples are basically made for each other and when combined become as iconic as the songs from witch they came

[muselikesminecraft]

This is really cool, had no idea the theme was made with samples

[hotelmario]

Holy crap, I never realised it had a sample of Rapper's Delight.

[Lrripper]

I knew it was pierre henry, when I went tohis concert as a child I thought he was playing his version of the futurama theme song

[dansho]

Dude this channel is a goldmine. It changed the way I see the world of music. I never clicked the subscribe button so quickly!

[sphakamisozondi]

You gotta be kidding me. How the hell didn't I know the intro track has a Rapper's Delight sample. This is madness!!