History Main / WestminsterChimes

* Also used in ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' for the same purpose, usually with the [[WidgetSeries Sun or other wacky character singing "KIN KON KAN KON" out loud in the foreground]].

->''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9wWBjnaEck doo dee doo doo... doo dee DEE doo... dee doo dee doo... dee dee DEE doo...]]"''

A little-known fact is that the quarters [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics have LYRICS.]] There are many variations, but the lyrics used by Big Ben (featured on a plaque in the clockworks room, visible in an episode of ''Series/RosieAndJim'') are:
->"All through this hour/Lord be my guide/And by Thy power/No foot shall slide."

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', when Marty travels back in time to 1955, the Hill Valley clock tower plays these at one point.

''"Mohon perhatian Anda. Pertunjukan film to Teater [X] telah dimulai. Harap Anda segera memasuki ruangan Teater. Kepada para penonton yang telah memiliki karcis Teater [X], tetapi masih berada di luar ruangan teater, kami persilahkan untuk segera masuk karena pertunjukan film telah dimulai."'' (May I have your attention, please? The film shown in Theater [insert number here] has started. We hope that you enter the Theater soon. To all viewers possessing a Theater [insert number here] ticket, but are still outside the theater, we invite you to get inside soon because the film has started.)

* In the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room live version of "Tom's Diner" by Creator/SuzanneVega, the BBC Concert Orchestra plays Westminster Chimes after she sings "As I'm listening/To the bells/Of the cathedral".

** The first four notes of the same sound can also be heard in various Cinema XXI outlets to warn movie viewers of one of two occurrences: The first is when one of the theater's doors has opened therefore inviting the viewers to get inside the theater, and the second being when a film in one of the theaters has started playing, encouraging viewers to get inside as soon as possible to watch it. Here is the transcript of the two possible announcements, with the translation:

** The same sound can also be heard in various Cinema XXI outlets to warn movie viewers of one of two occurrences: The first is when one of the theater's doors has opened therefore inviting the viewers to get inside the theater, and the second being when a film in one of the theaters has started playing, encouraging viewers to get inside as soon as possible to watch it. Here is the transcript of the two possible announcements, with the translation:

** The same sound can also be heard in various Cinema XXI outlets to warn movie viewers of one of two occurrences: The first is when one of the theater's doors has opened therefore inviting the viewers to get inside, and the second being when a a movie in one of the theaters has started playing, persuading the viewers to get inside soon. Here is the transcript of the two possible announcements, with the translation:

** The same sound can also be heard in various Cinema XXI outlets to warn movie viewers of one of two occurrences: The first is when one of the theater's doors has opened therefore inviting the viewers to get inside, and the second being when a a movie in one of the theaters has started playing, persuading the viewers to get inside soon. Here is the transcript of the two possible announcements, with the translation:
-->''"Pintu Teater [X] telah dibuka. Bagi para penonton yang telah memiliki karcis, dipersilahkan memasuki ruangan teater. Mohon perhatian Anda. Pintu Teater [X] telah dibuka. Bagi para penonton yang telah memiliki karcis, dipersilahkan untuk memasuki ruangan teater."'' (Theater Door [insert number here] has opened. To all viewers possessing tickets, please enter the theater. May I have your attention, please? Theater Door [insert number here] has opened. To all viewers possessing tickets, you may please enter the theater.)\\

The most common tune played by clock chimes, in both in RealLife and fiction, is the one known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Quarters Westminster Quarters]]. The tune is constructed from five different sequences combining four pitches. Not all five are played at once: even at the full hour, only the last four are used, followed by between one and [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve twelve]] strokes on a deeper bell. The most popular of these sequences would seem to be the fourth (mi, do, re, so) and fifth (so, re, mi, do). (These are also played at third quarter, followed by the first.) Therefore, the most commonly heard in fiction are the fourth and fifth sequences, or the fourth alone, often repeated for effect in either case.

* Plays in ''Pinball/FunHouse'' when the clock is advanced to 11:30, signifying that balls are ready to be locked for multiball.

Japanese school bells often sound like this, to the point where it's a StockSoundEffect in high school anime.