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Post by Three Litre on Nov 14, 2019 20:59:38 GMT
Also the Travelling Man with Leigh Lawson from '85.
And has anybody mention Boon? I really like that one.
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Post by Vienna on Nov 14, 2019 21:18:16 GMT
Also the Travelling Man with Leigh Lawson from '85. And has anybody mention Boon? I really like that one. I like that one too, 3L Vi
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 14, 2019 22:25:16 GMT
The cimbalom, the instrument heard in the Sandbaggers theme, was used a lot in spy films, notably The Ipcress File.
Here's one being played-
The theme to Dad's army must rate as one of the best, for some reason I often get a lump in my throat as the show's title with the arrow comes onscreen as 'Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8:21' is sang.
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Post by Three Litre on Nov 14, 2019 22:38:49 GMT
The cimbalom, the instrument heard in the Sandbaggers theme, was used a lot in spy films, notably The Ipcress File.
Here's one being played-
The theme to Dad's army must rate as one of the best, for some reason I often get a lump in my throat as the show's title with the arrow comes onscreen as 'Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8:21' is sang.
Cimbalom is a damn silly name AP!
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Post by Sam Tyler on Nov 15, 2019 9:35:51 GMT
I remember the British GP from Brands Hatch a couple of times. I think i'm right in saying that 86 was the last time it was held at the Kent circuit. Not entirely sure Del but think you might be right and it went to Silverstone after the late 80's. Shame Brands can't host GP these days, seems to do well with other events like the BTCC. Yes Del you are correct, '86 was the last time that the Grand Prix was held at Brands. It was because of Laffite's accident, which broke both his legs and ended his career, that Brands Hatch was no longer deemed suitable for the F1 so it was moved to Silverstone from '87 on.
Sam.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 20, 2019 19:09:35 GMT
I think a dulcimer rather than a cimbalom might have been used for 'The Ipcress File', same family of instruments but has a different sound.
Starsky & Hutch had a few different themes, as did Kojak, I prefer the series 1 theme by Lalo Schifrin.
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Post by Windy Miller on Nov 20, 2019 19:25:23 GMT
If the documentary didn't terrify you, then the theme music would
Strikes, Thalidomide victims, IRA terrorism, Combat 18, prison riots, donkey jackets and braziers on the picket lines – we were all going to hell in a handcart
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Post by Sparky on Nov 20, 2019 20:09:29 GMT
If the documentary didn't terrify you, then the theme music would
Strikes, Thalidomide victims, IRA terrorism, Combat 18, prison riots, donkey jackets and braziers on the picket lines – we were all going to hell in a handcart
Cracking theme tune. They used that theme tune for years - didn't they re-arrange it sometime in the 1990s?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 20, 2019 20:44:44 GMT
Well, this will either fascinate (if you like the World In Action theme), or bore you to tears, but I like to hear rare studio outtakes and was quite interested in the following clip of Shawn Phillips, Mick Weaver & producer of World In Action John Shepphard working on the tune in the studio. It wasn't a completely harmonious experience though. According to reports, Shawn Phillips was not a member of the British Music Union at the time that the song was recorded and it was unclear how he would get paid for his work on the song. Producer Jonathan P Weston offered to put his name down as composer and if the song made any money, he would give it to Philips. According to Phillips, it was 20 years later that he found out that Weston had been collecting royalties for all that time, amounting to £189,000. According to Phillips, Weston never handed him a penny, leading to Phillips saying Weston was and remains a slimeball and an Asshole with a capital A.
Mick Weaver by contrast, who played the Hammond B3 on the recording is also furious with Shawn Phillips, who he says get's "all the bloody credit" for the song. He agrees with Phillips that Weston got all the money and says he was even down the price of the tube fare to get to the studio on the day they recorded it!
Whether any of that is true, we don't know.
Here is the recording session that took place in Trident Studios, London:
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Post by Sparky on Nov 21, 2019 7:08:37 GMT
Well, this will either fascinate (if you like the World In Action theme), or bore you to tears, but I like to hear rare studio outtakes and was quite interested in the following clip of Shawn Phillips, Mick Weaver & producer of World In Action John Shepphard working on the tune in the studio. It wasn't a completely harmonious experience though. According to reports, Shawn Phillips was not a member of the British Music Union at the time that the song was recorded and it was unclear how he would get paid for his work on the song. Producer Jonathan P Weston offered to put his name down as composer and if the song made any money, he would give it to Philips. According to Phillips, it was 20 years later that he found out that Weston had been collecting royalties for all that time, amounting to £189,000. According to Phillips, Weston never handed him a penny, leading to Phillips saying Weston was and remains a slimeball and an Asshole with a capital A. Mick Weaver by contrast, who played the Hammond B3 on the recording is also furious with Shawn Phillips, who he says get's "all the bloody credit" for the song. He agrees with Phillips that Weston got all the money and says he was even down the price of the tube fare to get to the studio on the day they recorded it! Whether any of that is true, we don't know. Here is the recording session that took place in Trident Studios, London: Great find Gene. I love studio outtake recordings.
Gonna have to trawl through the boxes in the loft.
I am sure a tale relating to the spat over royalties cropped up in either the "Stage" newspaper or a Bectu Union Journal. It is more than likely to be the latter. Going to have to see if I still have it.
In short, the tale was reported pretty much as Gene said.
But, no one could be entirely sure who actually "wrote" the piece (I assumed it was a jam session anyway) - and certain musicians not being members of the Musicians Union.
Not sure on how rights for this work - but I always assumed that TV themes were commissioned by TV companies; written and recorded, and then ended up in a library at the TV studio and therefore the TV companies rights.
Obviously it isn't that simple!
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