United Airlines Theme
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It is a theme that comes in the last part of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, made famous by Paul Whiteman's orchestra and pianist Oscar Levant in the 40s. United also uses a very strange version of it in the neon-surrounded moving walkway between terminals at O'Hare. <BR> <BR>(Score: currently a tie: Helpful Fodorites 2 -- Gratuitously Nasty Flamers 2. Expect further postings from the NF team, however; they can't seem to help themselves. Just hope this answered your question "Help.")
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Me -- what on earth is the problem with someone -- in this case, a musician -- being able to identify the theme? If I were on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and they played that passage (which I played on the piano years before United took it as their theme), I would win a million in less than 2 seconds, since it's a very famous theme (or was)!