In the Hall of the Mountain King (Norwegian title: I Dovregubbens hall) is an orchestral movement written by Edvard Grieg as the fourth movement of his Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. It was originally used as incidental music in the sixth scene of Act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt. It is keyed in B minor.
It was used in the episodes Dragon Kite, A Little Einsteins Halloween, The Good Knight and the Bad Knight, and The Secret Mystery Prize.
Music Summary[]
In Season 1[]
In Dragon Kite, In The Hall of the Mountain King was used for sing the kite parade and for red dragon kite go around K2 eighteen times to get to the top of the K2 to rescue the orange dragon kite.
In The Good Knight and the Bad Knight, In The Hall of the Mountain King was used for beginning the derby race at the Royal Fair to get the key.
In A Little Einsteins Halloween, In The Hall of the Mountain King was used to sing the trick or treat song and yummy yummy trick or treat.
In Season 2[]
In The Secret Mystery Prize, In The Hall of Mountain King was used to sing find every pieces of the musical key.
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- Dragon Kite
- A Little Einsteins Halloween
- The Good Knight and the Bad Knight (background music)
Season 2[]
Songs adapted from In the Hall of the Mountain King[]
Dragon Kite[]
A Little Einsteins Halloween[]
The Secret Mystery Prize[]
Trivia[]
- The iconic English translation of the name is not literal. Dovre is a mountainous region in Norway, and "gubbe" translates into (old) man or husband. "Gubbe" is used along with its female counterpart "kjerring" to differentiate male and female trolls, "trollgubbe" and "trollkjerring". In the play, Dovregubben is a troll king that Peer Gynt invents in a fantasy.
In popular culture[]
- Its easily recognizable theme has helped it attain iconic status in popular culture, where it has been arranged by numerous artists of different genres.
- The piece has also had its place throughout various media, such as television, film and video games:
- In the Hall of the Mountain King and Flight of the Bumblebee are also used as a theme tune of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
- In the Hall of the Mountain King, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Ride of the Valkyries is used in the 2021 game White Shadows.
- This piece also sung by Peg-Leg Pete from Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers as "Petey King of France".
- This piece is even used in "Donald's Halloween Scare" from the episode of House of Mouse named "Halloween with Hades" and the movie Mickey's House of Villains.
- This piece also remixed in the fangame Crash Bandicoot: Psyched Out during the first Doc Amok level Penguin Peril.
- In the Hall of the Mountain King, Ode to Joy, William Tell Overture, 1812 Overture, and Dance of the Hours is also used in Peggle 2 when clearing all orange pegs, thus triggering Extreme Fever.
- In the Hall of the Mountain King and The Blue Danube Waltz is used as music in the game Manic Miner.
- In the Hall of the Mountain King, The Blue Danube Waltz, Ode to Joy, the third movement of Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, The Nutcracker Suite, and Hungarian Dance No. 5 can also be heard in 2024 Disney Pixar film Inside Out 2.
- This music is also used by Maestro Forte to the tune of singing "Don't fall in Love" in "Beauty and the Beast II: The Enchanted Christmas".
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