The Late Movies: The Tetris Theme

The theme from the video game Tetris is one we'll always recognize. It's an 8-bit version of the old Russian folk song Korobeiniki. Tetris just made it into a worldwide favorite. Now people everywhere want to play the song on any instrument they can find!

Korobeiniki

Performed by the Ossipov orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Ponkine, recorded in 2006.
*

Bottles

*

Wine Glasses

*

Guitar

Guitar virtuoso Zach Kim gives the game theme the double guitar treatment.
*

Cell Phone

*

Accordion

*

Tuba Quartet

*

Marimba

*

Game Boy Version

The one that introduced most of us to Korobeiniki.
*

For the game itself, see 10 Variations on Tetris .