Is it just me, or does the classic piano part in Muse's "Hoodoo" sound familiar?

Question

"Hoodoo" is from Muse's album 'Black Holes and Revelations' and the piano sounds sooo familiar. I have no clue where it might be from, but I know I've heard it before.

Answer 1

Well, the piece imitates gestures, moods and styles from the classical literature. The opening pays homage to Lecuono's "Maleguena", Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2", then goes into something that sounds like the opening piano rumblings of Rachmaniniff's 2nd Piano Concerto, then towards the end an imitation of the chordal piano passage at the opening of Tcaikovsky's 1st Piano concerto. That's why it sounds almost like something you've heard before.