Hoping for a satisfying conclusion
In this puzzle, the melodies of 16 songs are given in musical form. You first must identify the 16 songs from the melodies. Then, arrange the songs into four groups of four, with each group of songs related by a common theme based on the song titles. Finally, the four themes can be used to determine the final answer, which will explain the title of this puzzle.
These songs cover a variety of genres and decades, and some songs are from musicals or movies.
In your answer, please list the lyrics corresponding to the melody snippet for each song, to help others follow along.
For those of you without access to a piano, here are the songs in ABC notation. If you copy and paste each song (starting with "X:#") to a site which can play ABC music, such as this site which I used to create the music, you can hear the songs.
X:1
T:1
L: 1/8
K: Gmin
| z4 Bc B2 | b3 a-a2 fe- | e2 z2 BcBg- | g3 f-f2 Bc- | c2 z6 |
X:2
T:2
L: 1/8
K: D
| z2 z c z c BA | Fz dz cz AA-| AAAA F z z A | AABA cA z2 |
X:3
T:3
L: 1/8
K: C
| z C CC EG Ac | c2 Az GA cA | c2 Az GA cA | c2 AG GE G2 |
X:4
T:4
L: 1/8
K: Gmin
| D2 D2 EE E2 | D D2 C-CDCB, |
X:5
T:5
L: 1/8
K: F
| AF z F/2D/2 FF z F/2D/2 | FF z F2 A3 |
X:6
T:6
L: 1/8
K: D
| z2 AA-A2 e2 | d6 F2 | A6 D2 | F3 E E4 |
X:7
T:7
L: 1/8
K: E
| F2 GE- E2 G2 | F2 EC- C4 | A2 A2 A2 A2 | AG- GF2 E3 |
X:8
T:8
L: 1/8
K: E
| F2 G2 B2 G2 | FG F/2EG/2-G4 | z F FG/2A/2- AGFE | G2 C2 E3 z|
X:9
T:9
L: 1/8
K: G
| z4 E2 G2 | _B3 A- A2 G2- | G4 E2 G2 | G2 EG- GE A2- | A2 =B2 z4 |
X:10
T:10
L: 1/8
K: C
| z3 c- c ccc | B2 cd- d2 z2 | z2 ee- eeee | g2 f2 c2 d2 | z3 c- c c2 c| B2 c2 d2 B2 | c2 z6
X:11
T:11
L: 1/8
K: C
| z3 C B,A,B,C | A,8 | z3 C B,A,B,C | D8 | z3 F EDEF | D8 | z3 F EDEF | G6 z D | E4 z4 | F6 z C | D4 z4 | E6 z B, | A,8 |
X:12
T:12
L: 1/8
K: D
| z4 gfdd- | d4 gfde- | e2 ed f3/2f/2- fd- | d2 dB d3/2e/2- ed- | d2 z6|
X:13
T:13
L: 1/8
K: G
| BAAE GA A2- | A2 z2 z A AB- | B A2 A2 E2 G- | GAGG z4|
X:14
T:14
L: 1/8
K: C
| G8- | G6 A2 | G2 CC CC A2 | G2 CC CC G2 | G2 FF _EE DE- | _E6 |
X:15
T:15
L: 1/8
K: C
| z6 cd | eeed eeee | dddc ddcA- | A2 z6 | z4 a2 e2 | d2 z6 | z4 e2 c2 | A2 z6 |
X:16
T:16
L: 1/8
K: F
| z2 c2 B2 A2 | c4 C2 D2- | D8- | D2 C2 D2 E2 | F2 G2 A2 B2 | A4 A,2 =B,2- |=B,8|
Hints:
Songs 11, 13, and 14 are all from the 1980's. Song 11 is from a musical.
These hints should help identify the singers of these songs:
In ABC notation:
X:22
T:By the same singer as 11
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
K:E
| z4 (3G2 A2 B2 | d2 c2 B3 E | d2 e2 B3 z |
X:26
T:By the same singer as 13
L:1/8
K:E
Q:1/4=220
| E2 EE- E2 EE- | E2 DD- D2 z2 | F2 FF- F F2 F-| F E2 E- E2 z2 |
| D D2 D- D2 E2 D- | D C2 C- C2 z2| C C2 C- C2 D2 | E D2 E- E4|
X:28
T:By the same singer as 14
L:1/8
K:Fmin
| z2 z F AB- | B c4 z A | _GGGA- A4 | FE F4 E2 |
| FFED- DFAB- | B c4 z A A_G-|_G A3 z4| z2 z A _cB A2 | AAA_c B A3|
