About

Shrekophone refers to a series of videos based on a Source Filmmaker video of Shrek playing saxophone. The original video became very popular, inspiring parodies over five years after it was first published.

Origin

On May 18th, 2014, YouTuber an0nymooose posted "Shrekophone," a Source Filmmaker parody showing Shrek playing saxophone along with the song "Zonnestraal (MÖWE Remix)"^[1] by De Hofnar (shown below). The video gained over 1.8 million views (shown below).

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On September 1st, 2018, YouTuber FicLord posted a 1 hour mix of the video, gaining over 6 million views (shown below, left). On April 22nd, 2019, YouTuber Turbo Baguettes gained over 1.7 million views (shown below, right).

The popularity of these extended mixes led to various parodies on YouTube. Examples include a video by Daniel Vitale Sax posted June 4th in which he played the actual tune, gaining over 160,000 views (shown below, left). User ThePreciousContent uploaded a video putting the music over footage from the film Geostorm, gaining over 4,500 views (shown below, right).

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