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The song used in the title sequence of El Chavo del Ocho is "The elephant never forgets" composed by Jean-Jacques Perrey in 1970. This melody is based on Ludwig van Beethoven 's Turkish March Op. 113.
The Turkish March (Marcia alla turca) is a classical march theme by Ludwig van Beethoven.It was written for the 1809 Six variations, Op. 76, and in the Turkish style.Later in 1811, Beethoven included the Turkish March in a play by August von Kotzebue called The Ruins of Athens (Op. 113), which premiered in Budapest, Hungary in 1812.
He started writing music as a hobby, and most of his early musical work was related to his comedy work, featured particularly in occasional Chapulín Colorado or Chavo del Ocho special episodes. Later works include the theme songs for various Mexican movies and telenovelas, such as Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas and La Dueña.
El Chavo Animado (El Chavo: The Animated Series in English) is a Mexican animated series based on the live action television series El Chavo del Ocho, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa and Ánima Estudios. It aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America.
In Latin America, the Turkish March was modified by Jean-Jacques Perrey and later used as the opening theme for the Mexican TV comedy El Chavo del Ocho. In several videos documenting footage of the Warhammer 40,000 video games, the song has had a popular reaction and become a recurring theme among the fans.
Mexican comedian Chespirito used some Moog Indigo pieces in his television series: "Country Rock Polka" was used in his namesake series, [44] [45] and "The Elephant Never Forgets" was used as the theme song for the Mexican series El Chavo del Ocho. [46] [47] The latter also was the main theme of the Canadian TV program The Buck Shot Show. [48]
Chavosuite (featuring Gustavo Santaolalla) – medley of songs composed by Ludwig van Beethoven ("Turkish March", on which the theme tune of the Mexican comedy program El Chavo del Ocho was based), El Chapulín Colorado, and Roberto Gómez Bolaños, arranged by Ricardo Gallardo
The song has been popular on records. [1] It was played over the credits to Disney's 1972 television series The Mouse Factory, and was also used as the theme song of Don Ramón in El Chavo del Ocho and sketch of Chómpiras in Los Caquitos.