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In short, a sequence where natural background ambient sounds are woven together into a coherent musical piece. Can sometimes be used as nature's equivalent of the [[Unguided Lab Tour]].
This trope can be usually seen in particularly creative advertisements. In [[Real Life]], this kind of music is called an Ostinato, though it doesn't
See also [[Everything Is an Instrument]]. May result in a [[Trash Can Band]].
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== [[
* Kit Kat commercials do this with the sounds of opening, eating, and humming enjoyment of a
* One of Nike's most famous ads involves a bunch of NBA players creating a Serendipitous Symphony with their shoes, the ball, and the net.
* Another add, for Levi or some other jean company, featured sounds in an ER gradually forming "Tainted Love," with the patient and eventually the entire staff singing along.
* An ad for [[McDonald's]] uses this trope as well.
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* ''[[August Rush]]'' has this a lot. It's used to indicate that August is so highly musical that either he only hears what fits the rhythm he's thinking about, or the world itself rhythmizes around him.
* Multiple times in ''[[Pinocchio]]'' with the cuckoo clocks and the music boxes.
* "Little April Showers" from ''[[
* "Trashing the Camp" from ''[[Tarzan]]'' is basically a Stomp number...[[In Space|with]] [[Everything's Better
** And an elephant.
* ''[[Zatoichi]]'' has the farmer scene.
* The musical numbers in ''[[Dancer in
* Disney's 1937 short ''[[The Old Mill]]''. The wind, cattails slapping on a fence, etc.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Little House
== [[Live
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* Tyres from the [[Britcom]] ''[[Spaced]]'' is a such a raver, he hears random enviromental noises as rave music, resulting at one point to him dancing to the beeping of a pedestrian crossing. On another occasion, he starts building up a
* Nickelodeon used to run a series of shorts called ''The Space Between Mr. Frear's Ears'', which consisted entirely of this trope.
** These segments were done by [[Stomp]]. And is arguably their entire ''act''. (Suppose that makes this [[Truth in Television]] then.)
* ''[[Roseanne]]'' had an end credits segment where the guys were sitting around in the kitchen, making random noises... Which they turned into a melody... And then busted out into a full-on rendition of ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' theme song. This was probably done more for the enjoyment of the audience, rather than meant to be in-character, though.
* [[Flight of the Conchords]] does something like this on the song "Leggy Blonde". While it's an actual song with guitars and shit, the rhythm section is made up of various office supplies (staplers, printers, tape etc.).
* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', JD once stalled for time while thinking of something special to do for Dr. Cox. As he tapped his pencil, thinking, the events around him converged into a a serendipitous symphony, which Cox assumed JD had planned out.
** In another episode, JD came to work wearing headphones and musing on how things [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arPNf6aXAYI seemed to go together with his music,] including Doug trying to revive someone he'd killed, nurses handing clipboards back and forth, and the [[Almighty Janitor|janitor]] sweeping, up to Dr. Kelso pulling his headphones off while asking the question that was the last words of the song, "Are you having a good time?" and yelling at him some for daydreaming. As JD walks away, the Janitor is singing the same song to himself.
* The ''[[Cheers]]'' gang [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6ICOyOnEY burst into a spontaneous rendition] of "We Will Rock You" by [[Queen]] as a result of Norm tapping his pencil.
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' has a moment where everybody is bored because the airport is fogged in. Antonio is clinking his spoon in a coffee mug, Joe is noodling on a guitar, and Brian is flipping through a magazine. Then Lowell starts sanding the door frame nearby. His rhythmic sanding coincides with Antonio's clinking beat. Suddenly Brian starts scatting, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dWkr2s6L8&feature=more_related they're doing a full-on Bossanova number.] Eventually they realize what's happened and pause——before continuing right on with the music.
* Happened in a 10th-season episode of ''[[Top Gear]]'', when the crew start comparing the various noises given off by their [[The Alleged Car|British Leyland cars]]. The various squeaks, rattles and clunks soon turn into a musical number...
== Music ==
* The
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* ''[[Muppet Viral Videos]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE Popcorn Shrimp]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpwoRq9W-AY Musicotherapie]
* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' cartoon ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131112131845/http://www.homestarrunner.com/onetwo.html One Two, One Two]'' consists ''entirely'' of a
** An [[Easter Egg]] in the Strong Bad Email ''[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail173.html the paper]'' referenced this toon by starting another
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together!", one of these in a library, of all places, kicks off the number "Ain't Got Rhythm".
** Our heroes try to start one of these while cleaning a bathroom with toothbrushes in "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", but then the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] yells "And no funky rhythms!"
* In the ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episode "Hurricane Neddy", a hurricane blows into a harmonica shop, creating a pleasing melody. The same thing then occurs with an adjacent harpsichord shop, resulting only in a discordant thunk.
** In "Homey The Clown", Homer rides his unicycle along a bar, with wine glasses striking his head. The notes produced by these glasses form the opening bars of the ''[[The Godfather
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Industrial processes tend to be quite prone to this, as the cyclical operations of a machine are inherently rhythmic in nature.
▲* The A Cappella group, Toxic Audio, does a cover of "Put da Lime in da Coconut." It starts with someone sporadically coughing. Then another member starts clearing their throat. The soprano starts sneezing in time. And suddenly the whole range of ailments becomes the background beat for "Coconut."
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