From Bananaman to Grange Hill, join us in a spot of TV nostalgia as we celebrate 50 great 1980s kids' TV theme songs...
There comes a time to turn away from the horrors of the world and retreat underneath the soft, comforting duvet of nostalgia. That time is Friday. That metaphorical duvet is below.
Here are fifty of the best kids’ TV theme songs (spread over two pages and in arbitrary order) of the 1980s. Some, like Alan Hawkshaw’s distinctive Grange Hill intro, are unarguable classics of the era, while others, like Mike Harding's Count Duckula, only started in the late-eighties and spent the rest of their run in the next decade.
Obviously, there being only 50 on this list, we may have missed out your favourite (deliberately or otherwise). Let us know if so, but remember that links may take a while to appear in the comments thread because...
There comes a time to turn away from the horrors of the world and retreat underneath the soft, comforting duvet of nostalgia. That time is Friday. That metaphorical duvet is below.
Here are fifty of the best kids’ TV theme songs (spread over two pages and in arbitrary order) of the 1980s. Some, like Alan Hawkshaw’s distinctive Grange Hill intro, are unarguable classics of the era, while others, like Mike Harding's Count Duckula, only started in the late-eighties and spent the rest of their run in the next decade.
Obviously, there being only 50 on this list, we may have missed out your favourite (deliberately or otherwise). Let us know if so, but remember that links may take a while to appear in the comments thread because...
- 7/29/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Music from Sherlock and Doctor Who is to be played on an upcoming Classic FM programme.
Composer Howard Goodall's weekly show Saturday Night at the Movies is to have a dedicated TV special later this month, featuring scores from some of TV's most popular series.
Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Broadchurch and Red Dwarf will also be among the shows featured.
Geoffrey Burgon's score from Tom Baker's Doctor Who episode 'Terror of the Zygons' in 1975 will be played on the programme, along with Murray Gold's 'Rose's Theme' from 2005's 'The End of the World'.
'Together or Not at All' from 'The Angels Take Manhattan' - which was played during the emotional departure of Amy Pond and Rory Williams - will also feature.
The programme will be split into four sections, with the first focusing on period drama, including Brideshead Revisited, The Hour, Foyle's War and more.
Composer Howard Goodall's weekly show Saturday Night at the Movies is to have a dedicated TV special later this month, featuring scores from some of TV's most popular series.
Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Broadchurch and Red Dwarf will also be among the shows featured.
Geoffrey Burgon's score from Tom Baker's Doctor Who episode 'Terror of the Zygons' in 1975 will be played on the programme, along with Murray Gold's 'Rose's Theme' from 2005's 'The End of the World'.
'Together or Not at All' from 'The Angels Take Manhattan' - which was played during the emotional departure of Amy Pond and Rory Williams - will also feature.
The programme will be split into four sections, with the first focusing on period drama, including Brideshead Revisited, The Hour, Foyle's War and more.
- 6/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Music Composed by: Various Artists
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Interview Cameron K McEwan 15 Jul 2013 - 07:00
Cameron chats to talented composer Murray Gold, about Doctor Who, regeneration music, composing for the Twelfth Doctor and more...
Composer Murray Gold has been one of the very few constants since the return of Doctor Who in 2005. His work on the world's greatest show has been sublime, constantly delivering memorable themes, beautiful soundscapes and heartbreaking melodies each week. I caught up with Murray on the eve of his return to the Royal Albert Hall for the Doctor Who Proms and chatted all things Who, from series one to series eight…
What were your feelings when you hear Matt was leaving Doctor Who?
I thought, 'Well that means a lot of work!' [Laughs] I thought, 'Oh my god, are we really not going to hear I Am The Doctor again?' [Laughs] I instantly began to think. 'Could we use it for the next one as well?...
Cameron chats to talented composer Murray Gold, about Doctor Who, regeneration music, composing for the Twelfth Doctor and more...
Composer Murray Gold has been one of the very few constants since the return of Doctor Who in 2005. His work on the world's greatest show has been sublime, constantly delivering memorable themes, beautiful soundscapes and heartbreaking melodies each week. I caught up with Murray on the eve of his return to the Royal Albert Hall for the Doctor Who Proms and chatted all things Who, from series one to series eight…
What were your feelings when you hear Matt was leaving Doctor Who?
I thought, 'Well that means a lot of work!' [Laughs] I thought, 'Oh my god, are we really not going to hear I Am The Doctor again?' [Laughs] I instantly began to think. 'Could we use it for the next one as well?...
- 7/12/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Cameron K McEwan 5 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Cameron selects ten tremendous Doctor Who series openers, from Rose to Ribos, and Tomb to Terror...
Over the years, Doctor Who has suffered from what is commonly known as "Sos" or "Season Opener Syndrome". There's been some stinkers like Destiny of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Arc of Infinity and some mundane instalments such as New Earth, Robot and The Dominators. But there are some genuinely good ones out there too - some damn good ones. So here's ten of the best season openers over the last forty-nine and a bit years of Doctor Who.
10. Partners In Crime (2008)
Despite the levity of the episode, and we're talking about the Adipose here, this Russell T. Davies beauty managed a couple of mean feats. Firstly, he re-introduced us all to the mighty Donna Noble again (The Doctor and Donna's meeting through the windows...
Cameron selects ten tremendous Doctor Who series openers, from Rose to Ribos, and Tomb to Terror...
Over the years, Doctor Who has suffered from what is commonly known as "Sos" or "Season Opener Syndrome". There's been some stinkers like Destiny of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Arc of Infinity and some mundane instalments such as New Earth, Robot and The Dominators. But there are some genuinely good ones out there too - some damn good ones. So here's ten of the best season openers over the last forty-nine and a bit years of Doctor Who.
10. Partners In Crime (2008)
Despite the levity of the episode, and we're talking about the Adipose here, this Russell T. Davies beauty managed a couple of mean feats. Firstly, he re-introduced us all to the mighty Donna Noble again (The Doctor and Donna's meeting through the windows...
- 4/4/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
British film and television composer Geoffrey Burgon has died. He was 69.
The music writer passed away at his home on Tuesday. His cause of death was not known as WENN went to press.
Burgon's most well-known pieces formed the soundtrack for the 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, starring Jeremy Irons - and earned him a prestigious Ivor Novello award.
He also penned music for films including Monty Python's Life Of Brian and The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as for cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.
James Rushton, of his publishers Chester Music, says, "Geoffrey Burgon was one of very few composers in recent times whose music has truly touched the hearts of the international public."
He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Krofchak and their son Daniel, as well as two children from a previous marriage.
The music writer passed away at his home on Tuesday. His cause of death was not known as WENN went to press.
Burgon's most well-known pieces formed the soundtrack for the 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, starring Jeremy Irons - and earned him a prestigious Ivor Novello award.
He also penned music for films including Monty Python's Life Of Brian and The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as for cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.
James Rushton, of his publishers Chester Music, says, "Geoffrey Burgon was one of very few composers in recent times whose music has truly touched the hearts of the international public."
He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Krofchak and their son Daniel, as well as two children from a previous marriage.
- 9/23/2010
- WENN
Composer of television and film scores for Brideshead Revisited and Monty Python, as well as many concert and stage works
The composer Geoffrey Burgon, who has died aged 69 after a short illness, wrote some of the most memorable music for television drama of recent decades. He was also versatile and prolific, producing a wealth of refined, compelling music in many other genres.
Though an old friend, Geoff, born in Hampshire, wasn't my friend to begin with. He was my elder brother Nigel's best mate at Pewley school, Guildford, in Surrey. It was there that my brother persuaded Geoff to buy a trumpet so that he could play alongside Nigel's clarinet in the school jazz band. But his ambitions to be a jazz trumpeter were thwarted by his yearning to write music. He taught himself notation while he was still at school, played the trumpet in a local youth orchestra, and...
The composer Geoffrey Burgon, who has died aged 69 after a short illness, wrote some of the most memorable music for television drama of recent decades. He was also versatile and prolific, producing a wealth of refined, compelling music in many other genres.
Though an old friend, Geoff, born in Hampshire, wasn't my friend to begin with. He was my elder brother Nigel's best mate at Pewley school, Guildford, in Surrey. It was there that my brother persuaded Geoff to buy a trumpet so that he could play alongside Nigel's clarinet in the school jazz band. But his ambitions to be a jazz trumpeter were thwarted by his yearning to write music. He taught himself notation while he was still at school, played the trumpet in a local youth orchestra, and...
- 9/22/2010
- by Terry Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
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