I recently watched the excellent film Hotel Rwanda, and was surprised to hear a familiar melody in the soundtrack. Research led me to determine it was part of a song by Wyclef Jean called “Million Voices”.

Here’s a sample of the melody I’m talking about:

Million Voices - Wyclef Jean
The reason it was familiar was that I’d heard it on Al Di Meola’s album The Infinite Desire. (I love practically all of Al Di Meola’s stuff and I highly recommend this album.)

Here’s a sample of the same (or at least, an uncannily similar) melody, as found in the track “Shaking The Spirits”:

Shaking The Spirits - Al Di Meola
Strangely, it appears that the line in Di Meola’s track is sung by an Oriana Di Meola, who must be his daughter, judging from her Twitter feed.

I feel like I’ve heard this melody somewhere else, too. I love finding little connections between pieces like this!