Resident Evil 4: 25 Mind-Blowing Things You Didn't Know

16. The Origin Of The Save Theme

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One of Resi 4's most iconic pieces of music is Serenity, a slow and chilling track that plays in the game's various safe rooms. It's arguably one of more recognisable save themes in the franchise.

However, like the Mercenaries mode themes, it isn't wholly original.

The track samples To Burble and Pine by David Torn, a simple but haunting and ghostly melody that appeared on a CD of samples called Pandora's Toolbox. The theme has quite the history in horror, also used in Devil May Cry, Silent Hill Origins and 1997 horror flick, The Cube. It's also been used in Monster Hunter, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Jack.

Perhaps most incredibly, nu metal band Korn used the sample near the end of their track 10 or 2-Way. This simple melody gets around, huh?

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