Yet another top piece of archival exploration from Tim Worthington @outonbluesix - this time on the theme to ITC's 1974 series The Zoo Gang, composed by Paul and Linda McCartney, and performed by Wings https://timworthington.org/2023/05/09/good-luck-good-hunting-good-friends/

#Macca #Wings #BritishTV #ThemeTunes

@oldbritishtelly

Ironically, the actual original followed the common pattern for library music of being available in a number of A/B/C/"underscore"/&c. versions, which telly producers could use for opening and closing sequences, "stings" for commercial breaks and transitions, and so on.

Here's "Quiz Wizard (B)", a short "sting" version as aforementioned, that the show never used to my knowledge.

https://youtu.be/kxwdFsrblII

#OldBritishTelly #Blockbusters #BobHolness #ThemeTunes #EdWelch

@oldbritishtelly

When the show became popular, the theme music was released as a single. Most library music aimed at telly producers is not particularly long, so the piece had to be spun out a bit to get it up to conventional single length, including an added bridge.

This is a common thing for successful telly #ThemeTunes. The version released as a single to make money isn't "the original".

https://youtu.be/c5m9luH0Da4

#OldBritishTelly #Blockbusters #BobHolness #EdWelch
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@oldbritishtelly

For those of you who like #ThemeTunes, this is the original library music by Ed Welch that was used for the show, entitled "Quiz Wizard".

https://youtu.be/EWvaG6y1vs4

#OldBritishTelly #Blockbusters #BobHolness #EdWelch
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A popular trend on social media this Saturday is all about theme tunes and pop quizzes! #popquiz #themetunes #saturdayvibes #trending https://www.GPTrending.com/#/?date=2023-02-18&topic=saturday

@oldbritishtelly And a memorable theme tune. "Alias and Boswell activate again!" "He overwhelms the underhanded."

#AliasTheJester #ThemeTunes

For no discernible reason, this has just popped into my head - those of a certain age are likely to have a semi-Proustian reaction to it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQGPC6W7eSw&ab_channel=PhilGyford
#KidsTV #ThemeTunes #JoinIn #christmastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #Nostalgia

@oldbritishtelly @nickpeers I prefer the Paul Bliss original.

https://youtu.be/rgcAOX1mqhQ
https://youtu.be/YGXEtYs8nyI

#StarFleet #ThemeTunes

@keefeglise Now I have Distant Hills running through my head.

#ThemeTunes

https://youtu.be/DEkSzcGIfW0 probably one of the best theme tunes I can think of…..from The Racoons, excellent Saturday morning cartoon from my childhood 😊 #tv #themetunes

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+raccoons+theme+song&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDEkSzcGIfW0 not sure there’s been a better theme tune than this one from The Racoons….fab cartoon from my childhood 😊
#tv #nostalgia #themetunes