McPoodle's MIDI Collection

I am definitely a packrat when it comes to MIDI's. On this site you will find my absolute favorite MIDI's from the internet. See the Links section for some of the sites raided for this page. I recommend Cakewalk for playing and examining these files, and Anvil Studio and MIDI Disassembler for composition.

Notice: If you are the sequencer of one of these MIDI files and you would like me to: a) give or fix your credit, b) yank your MIDI from my site, or c) yank your MIDI from my site and apologize profusely for daring to muck with it, please feel free to contact me.

With that out of the way, here is what I have:

Big Band, Ragtime, and Marches

Christmas

Classical:
Baroque Era
Classical Era
Romantic Era
Twentieth Century

Movies/Stage/TV:
Various
Composed by Danny Elfman
Composed by John Williams

Games

Pop Music:
Various Artists
The Beatles

Big Band, Ragtime, Marches, and Other Old-Time Songs

• By the Beautiful Sea. Composed by Harry Carroll, Lyrics by Harold Atteridge.
• The Easy Winners. Composed by Scott Joplin. Sequenced by Warren Trachtman.
• Fig Leaf Rag. Composed by Scott Joplin. Sequenced by Ron O'Dell.
• In the Mood. Composed by Glenn Miller. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).
• It Don't Mean a Thing. Composed by Duke Ellington. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).
• Rialto Ripples. Composed by George Gershwin and Will Donaldson. Sequenced by Ron O'Dell.
• Sing Sing Sing. Composed by Benny Goodman.
• Stars and Stripes Forever. Composed by John Philip Sousa. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).

Christmas

• Ring Christmas Bells (a Ukranian song also known as "That Psycho Christmas Song", original name Shchedryk). Composed by Mykola D. Leontovych. Sequenced by Pierre R. Schwob.

Classical: Baroque Era

• Canon in D. Composed by Johann Pachelbel. Sequenced by Bob Nau.
• Canon in D. Composed by Johann Pachelbel. This version is arranged for vibraphones--it sounds very beautiful, but I'd advise you to turn the volume down as low as possible if you're using headphones or you'll give yourself a headache.
• The Fairy Queen: Symphony from Act IV. Composed by Henry Purcell. Sequenced by McPoodle.
• Re-orchestrated version by John H.
• Orchestral Sarabande. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Sequenced by Ken W. Whitcomb.
• Royal Fireworks: Ouverture (Allegro). Composed by George Frideric Handel. Sequenced by Ken W. Whitcomb (with tempo tweaked by me).
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in A-minor (BWV 1041). Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Classical: Classical Era

• Coriolan Overture (op. 62). Composed by Ludwig von Beethoven. Sequenced by Akihisa Kanda.
• Symphony in C-minor, First Movement (you have to be patient to get to the good part on this one) and Third Movement. Composed by Joseph Martin Kraus. Sequenced by J. Kraus.
• Symphony No. 25 (K 183), First Movement. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sequenced by Jason Stone.
• Symphony No. 35 (K 385), First Movement. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sequenced by J. Kraus.

Classical: Romantic Era

• Barber of Seville Overture. Composed by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Sequenced by A. Parr.
• "New World" Symphony No. 9 in E-minor (Op. 95): First Movement. Composed by Antonin Dvorák. Sequenced by Akihisa Kanda.
• Peer Gynt Suite: Anitra's Dance. Composed by Edvard Grieg. Sequenced by Hans-Joachim Roeder.
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G-minor (Op. 22 No. 1): Third Movement. Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns. Sequenced by Akihisa Kanda.
• "Revolutionary" Etude (Op. 10 No. 12). Composed by Frédéric Chopin. Sequenced by Ken Stillwell.
• Souvenir de Porto Rico. Composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Transcribed by John Cowles.
• Symphony in C: Second Movement. Composed by Georges Bizet. Sequenced by J. F. Lucarelli.
• Symphony No. 3 in F (Op. 90): Third Movement. Composed by Johannes Brahms. Sequenced by J. F. Lucarelli.

Classical: Twentieth Century

• The Comedians Suite. Composed by Dmitri Kabelevsky. Sequenced by David Siu.
• Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet. Composed by Sergei Prokofiev.
• Lightning. Originally composed by Jeff Parkes for the band SaXon Geat, then orchestrated and sequenced by him for MIDI.
• Palladio: First Movement. (yeah, I know, the one in the diamond commercials--it's still a good MIDI). Composed by Karl Jenkins. Sequenced by Daniel Olson.
• Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue. Composed by Jaromir Weinberger. Sequenced by Robert C. Goodyear.
• Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. Composed by Richard Strauss. Sequenced by Robert C. Goodyear.

Movies/Stage/TV

• 42nd Street: Lullaby of Broadway (music-box version). Sequenced by B. Hartig.
• Anastasia: Once Upon a December, In the Dark of the Night. Composed by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Sequenced by Valerie Dickey (Once Upon a December), McPoodle (In the Dark of the Night).
• Casper: Kat and Casper. Composed by James Horner. Sequenced by Chris Tilton.
• Chariots of Fire. Composed by Vangelis. Sequenced by Al Cutillo.
• Hawaii Five-O. Composed by Mort Stevens. Sequenced by Randy Tennison.
• James Bond Theme. Composed by Monty Norman.
• Johnny Quest (the original series). Composed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Hoyt Curtin. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).
• Mission Impossible (the movie). Composed by Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton (based on the TV theme by Lalo Shiffrin). Sequenced by Anne Wallace.
• Pocahontas: Colors of the Wind. Composed by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Sequenced by Kevin T. Perez.
• Rollercoaster. A very hypnotic merry-go-round tune. Composed by Lalo Schiffrin. Originally sequenced by BOGG (Graham Marsh) in Commodore 64 SID format in 1985, then converted to MIDI and tweaked by McPoodle.
• Thunderbirds. Composed by Barry Gray. Sequenced by Stu Wright.
• Secret Agent Man. Composed by PF Sloan and Steve Barri. Performed by Johnny Rivers, The Ventures, and many others.
• Travels: A Dangerous Sign. Written by Nathan Winder, Orchestrated and Sequenced by Jeff Parkes. Travels was an amateur production for Hunter High School in West Valley City, Utah (U.S.A.). You can find all of the songs from this musical in MIDI form on the SaXon Geat web page (besides #16, #'s 1a, 3, 5b, 6, 7, 20, 30, and 40 are also good).

Movies/Stage/TV: Danny Elfman

• Edward Scissorhands (good on a loop). Sequenced by Peter Modin.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: Overture, This Is Halloween. Sequenced by Denis Rionnet.
• Sledge Hammer!. Sequenced by Neil Strawbridge.

Movies/Stage/TV: John Williams

• 1984 Summer Olympics: Olympic Fanfare.
• 1988 Summer Olympics: The Olympic Spirit. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (with cymbal crashes tweaked by me).
• Dark Forces (a LucasArts game). Based on music of John Williams. Composed by Clint Bajakian for MIDI.
• The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March. Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).
• Jurassic Park. Sequenced by Rob Durfee.
• The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates. Sequenced by Chris McMartin.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (the middle section is especially good). Sequenced by Gary Wachtel (GaryW0001).
• The Return of the Jedi: Imperial Medley (based on Darth Vader's Death plus Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back). Based on music of John Williams. Arranged and Sequenced by Ron Perovich.
• Star Wars. Also includes the 20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope extension by Alfred Newman. Sequenced by Wesley Ellinger.
• The Time Tunnel.

Games

• Adventure Construction Set (an Electronic Arts game). Composed by David Warhol for the Commodore 64 port. Sequenced originally by Anthony J. DeFusco, then overhauled by McPoodle.
• Science Fiction Theme from Adventure Construction Set (see above). Sequenced by McPoodle (actually, I just used SID2MIDI). Absolutely must be run on an endless loop.
• Batman, The Caped Crusader. A fun little dance tune that has almost nothing to do with the old Batman TV theme. Composed by Fred Gray for the Commodore 64 video game by Ocean. Converted to MIDI and tweaked by McPoodle. (Accompanied by animated GIF from the game.)
• Dark Forces (a LucasArts game). Based on music of John Williams. Composed by Clint Bajakian for MIDI.

Pop Music

• Chase (from the movie Midnight Express). Composed by Giorgio Moroder. Sequenced by Bob Frasier.
• (I Just) Died in Your Arms. Performed by Cutting Crew.
• Dust in the Wind. Performed by Kansas. Sequenced by Salim J. Karam.
• The Final Countdown. Performed by Europe.
• Good Vibrations. Performed by the Beach Boys. Sequenced by Anne Wallace.
• Hotel California. Performed by the Eagles. Sequenced by LowCPM.
• I Will Survive. Performed by Gloria Gaynor.
• Into the Great White Open. Performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
• Just Like Heaven. Performed by The Cure.
• Maniac (Theme from the movie Flashdance). Composed by Michael Sumbellos. Performed by the Steve Miller Band.

Beatles

• And I Love Her. Sequenced by Mike Doyle (tempo tweaked by me).
• Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!. Sequenced by Anne Wallace.
• Help!. Sequenced by Eiko & Nobuo Takenaka.
• I Want You (She's So Heavy).
• Lady Madonna.
• Love Me Do. Sequenced by D.W. Barnes.
• Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (Life Goes On). Sequenced by D.W. Barnes.
• When I'm Sixty-Four. Sequenced by Anne Wallace.

Updatability of this page: I don't find really-good MIDI files that often, so for all intents and purposes this page is static.

This page maintained by McPoodle @t Gmail.com. Page last updated July 8, 2023 (added version of Purcell's Fairy Queen Symphony, by John H)