In the intro of Chloë's "Brahm's Lullaby," about the first 15 seconds, there's a woman singing "aaa-oo's." Does anybody know where this is from? I know that I've heard it somewhere before, and it's driving me crazy!
I thought it was part of the soundtrack from The Snowman, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the short (original or TV version), or the soundtrack. It actually sounds a bit similar to the way Peter Auty or Aled Jones sang Walking in the Air, but I haven't been able to find a clip of either one of them humming a similar tune. For a while, every time I heard this intro part, my initial thought was it was the intro to Walking in the Air, only to realize it was a different song after the intro ended. I'm not really sure why. She sings both in that sweet, high voice, but they're in a different key.
It also reminded me of a horror tune, like Children of the Corn or something, but it's definitely not from that and I couldn't put my finger on what horror film it reminded me of. It definitely wasn't the intent of the song to emulate a horror theme, so I abandoned that angle.
I even let Shazam have a go at the intro, but it just identified it as Chloe's Brahm's Lullaby.
I'm pretty sure Chloë's singing that intro part herself, but I'm not sure why the tune sounds familiar.