Round 4: Tossup 5

Muezzin chanting was unwittingly sampled for a piece in this genre depicting a Fire Temple. Early works in this genre used fast, complex phrases due to being limited to three melodic lines. A piece in this genre features two rapid notes before the descending motif [read slowly] “D, A, Ab, G, long F, D, F, G.” In 2005, Christopher Tin won a Grammy for “Baba Yetu”, a piece in this genre of composers like (*) Lena Raine and Koji Kondo. (10[1])Technology used (10[1])in this genre originated chiptune music, (10[1])which in turn inspired a Toby Fox piece in it called “MEGALOVANIA.” (10[1])For 10 points, what (10[1])genre is “Sweden”, written by (10[1])C418 for Minecraft? ■END■

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