Great tv theme tunes

[LMcD]

I'd forgotten that the 'Animal Magic' theme tune was also used for 'W1A'.

I think Howard Goodall should be mentioned in dispatches for the 'Blackadder' theme in its various manifestations - especially in the 4th series, the last episode of which I would schedule for peak-time viewing every Remembrance Day.

(I seem to have replied to my own message - but then I originally seriously considered posting under the name 'Technoprat').

Desmond's (Don't Scratch My Soca)

[Bella Kemp]

Chi Mai from The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. It always seemed an odd choice for the subject but somehow it fitted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajI2OPRfTps

[Lordgeous]

His Vicar of Dibley theme is perfect - and touching/

[Serial_Apologist]

His Vicar of Dibley theme is perfect - and touching/

Now mainstream in church services, I understand.

[Boilk]

The 1970s was arguably the golden age of TV themes, and mostly played on real instruments!
Although I didn't realise it at the time, this gem was even in 5/4 time...

[MrGongGong]

The 1970s was arguably the golden age of TV themes, and mostly played on real instruments!

And then here's a piece with electronic instruments
What do you mean by "real" ?
I'm a bit puzzled ?

[Boilk]

...What do you mean by "real" ? ...

Not today's ubiquitous audio samples, multitracked, sequenced and quantized on computer to sound like an orchestra/ensemble of synchronised musicians.

[MrGongGong]

Not today's ubiquitous audio samples, multitracked, sequenced and quantized on computer to sound like an orchestra/ensemble of synchronised musicians.

Hummm
All digitally recorded music is "sampled"
The piece you linked to was probably multitracked

I'm really not sure what you are getting at ?

[Boilk]

All digitally recorded music is "sampled"

Thanks for clearing that up
There's a difference between a digital recording of a musical performance (if you prefer a "sample" of the whole performance made in real-time by one or more musicans) and constructing a tune/arrangement from single note/chord digital samples and multitracking them using sequencing software. I'm not making value judgments on either, but that's what I meant in the earlier post by "real" performance, versus a computer-constructed one.

[MrGongGong]

Thanks for clearing that up
There's a difference between a digital recording of a musical performance (if you prefer a "sample" of the whole performance made in real-time by one or more musicans) and constructing a tune/arrangement from single note/chord digital samples and multitracking them using sequencing software. I'm not making value judgments on either, but that's what I meant in the earlier post by "real" performance, versus a computer-constructed one.

I don't think you have an understanding of the process.
No problem
Many of the "real" performances that exist are also "patched" and constructed
the computer is simply a tool one might use to construct music

[Maclintick]

I remember the late 50s/early 60s as a fantastic time for genuinely stirring TV themes that seemed to announce the adult world of urgent modernity and progress

This for instance -- apologies if it's already been mentioned on the thread, but to my 12-year-old self its optimism & faith in human "progress" was mirrored by John Dankworth's propulsive theme...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrows-world--laser-eye-surgery/zntd382

[LMcD]

Richard Rodgers: 'Victory At Sea' and 'The Valiant Years'.

[teamsaint]

This for instance -- apologies if it's already been mentioned on the thread, but to my 12-year-old self its optimism & faith in human "progress" was mirrored by John Dankworth's propulsive theme...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorr...urgery/zntd382

Good call, Super Mac.

Play for Today was great too.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wK6uPCNzZeI

[MickyD]

Another good one from the Lew Grade stable - "Department S" by Edwin Astley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejhxalmO9bM

[Lordgeous]

That was the ident for secondary schools programmes. I wrote the ident for primary schools programmes. Incidentally they've both been released recentlly together on a 7" vinyl single!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSLv6M_5tk

Ooops, that appeared in the wrong place in the thread - should have been after the BBC Kaleidoscpe pattern:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=5NxfilSIlfs&feature=emb_logo