Yeah sorry, I was looking for that exact melody. I don't know if that's the precise performance of it that I've heard before, but I'm 100% certain that I've heard that exact melody before, and I feel like I heard it in a setting where it played over and over again, which leads me to believe that it was a piece used in a video game, the most likely culprit being something like Final Fantasy 6, probably from the second half of the game when the world goes to pot. I feel like the characters were in some sort of carnival-type setting. Possibly the opera house portion of that half of the game.

But it could be a different game entirely, or not a game at all. It's just driving me crazy not knowing where that piece is from, and I'm actually rather surprised that a show like This American Life wouldn't credit their musical sources. I find that strange.

I've sent an email to the show, too. Hopefully someone over there will get back to me about it. Like I said, it's driving me crazy not knowing...