Which piece of music was used as the theme for television's 'Jonathan Creek'?
"mysteries, as well as enthusiastic fans asking for his assistance. The Christmas 2016 special sees a similar format to past specials as an old secret — in this case, an apparently demonic ritual where women witness their lovers thrown through the air into a fire — plays a key role in the death of a man Jonathan once cleared of murder (although the subsequent investigation prompts Jonathan to realise that the man actually ""did"" commit the crime he was accused of). The distinctive theme tune is an arrangement by Julian Stewart Lindsay of Camille Saint-Saëns's ""Danse Macabre"". Lindsay wrote the"
"incidental music for the first three series, after which it was written by Rick Wentworth. Other television programmes have utilised the same formula of a magician helping police to solve crimes, such as the U.S.-made programmes ""The Magician"", starring Bill Bixby, which aired in 1973–74, and 1986's short-lived ""Blacke's Magic"", starring Hal Linden. There were two attempts to make a U.S. version of ""Jonathan Creek"". The first involved Castle Rock, the production company behind series such as ""Seinfeld"", but the initial scripts were not felt to be good enough, and David Renwick's scripts were rejected by CBS. The second attempt,"
"Jonathan Creek, Sheridan Smith as his crime-solving partner Joey Ross and Stuart Milligan as his boss, magician Adam Klaus. Doreen Mantle guest-stars as Mrs Gantry, in a role created specially for her by Renwick, with whom she worked on his BBC comedy series ""One Foot in the Grave"". Paul McGann plays Hugo Dore, and Sasha Behar appears as his wife Harriet. Behar had auditioned for and been offered a role in the series before, but ultimately turned it down in favour of playing Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"". In 2009, the BBC came under criticism for"
"Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek is a British mystery crime drama series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. It stars Alan Davies as the title character, who works as a creative consultant to a stage magician while also solving seemingly supernatural mysteries through his talent for logical deduction and his understanding of illusions. The series ran semi-regularly from 1997 to 2004, broadcasting for four series and two Christmas specials, initially co-starring Caroline Quentin as Creek's collaborator, writer Maddy Magellan. After Quentin's departure in 2001, Julia Sawalha joined the cast as new character Carla Borrego, a theatrical agent turned"
"re-released the first four seasons. On July 3, 2014, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment will release a complete series set on DVD on November 11, 2014. The theme was a short version of a Franz Schubert piece, Piano sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959, IV. Rondo. Allegretto. Schubert received screen credit as the theme composer in every episode. The opening theme heard during the first two and a half seasons was a fairly straightforward arrangement with piano and strings, accompanied by the plane taking its flight to Nantucket in the opening sequence, which started out with"
"Up the Creek (song) ""Up the Creek"" is a non-album single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released as the title track for the 1984 film ""Up the Creek"", appearing on the film's soundtrack release as the first/opening track. The song was written by Rick Nielsen and musician/songwriter Randy Bishop. Bishop also wrote/co-wrote a lot of the soundtrack's material, including ""Chasin' The Sky"" by The Beach Boys, ""The Heat"" by Heart and ""One Track Heart (Passion In The Dark)"" by Danny Spanos. The single was released on 7"" and 12"" vinyl in the United States, along with promotional 7"" and"
"Crockett's Theme ""Crockett's Theme"" is an instrumental song written for the hit NBC series ""Miami Vice"". The surname Crockett refers to Don Johnson's character, James ""Sonny"" Crockett. The initial version of the theme first appeared in the episode Calderone's Return: Part 1 – The Hit List which aired on 19 October 1984. The song was composed by Jan Hammer and appears on the album ""Miami Vice II"", the second volume of music from the television show. It also appeared on Jan Hammer's 1987 album ""Escape from Television"". Although not a big success in the United States, the song was a"
"films. He composed ""Pegasus"", the theme from the cult ITV series ""The Adventures of Don Quick"" in 1970. One of his most familiar TV compositions is ""Jet Set"", which was used as the theme music for the NBC game show ""Jackpot"" in 1974–75, and since 1977 as opening music for the sports series ""This Week in Baseball"". He also wrote ""Gathering Crowds"", under the pseudonym Patrick J. O'Hara Scott, which has been the closing theme for ""This Week in Baseball"" throughout its history. His film work includes the scores to ""The Sandwich Man"" (1966), ""Press for Time"" (1966), ""My Lover,"
"candidate of songs that McCullough send over. In some cases, they would look at, against picture, ten or 15 songs against each scene. Next to McCullough, recommendations for inclusion came ""from everywhere"", with writers, editors, co-producers and Sony Music executives playing pivotal roles. Originally, Canadian recording artist Alanis Morissette's song ""Hand in My Pocket"" from her third studio album ""Jagged Little Pill"" (1995) served as the theme song in the unaired pilot episode of the television show. However, Morissette decided not to have it used as the theme after ""Dawson's Creek"" was picked up, prompting Stupin and McCullough to approach"
"tune for ""Chancer"". It reached number 47 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, ""Crockett's Theme"" was featured in the soundtrack of video game """" (as a part of in-game radio station), itself heavily based on ""Miami Vice"". The game would become the fourth best-selling game on PlayStation 2. In 2006, Hammer was asked to remake the track with American singer TQ. Crockett's Theme ""Crockett's Theme"" is an instrumental song written for the hit NBC series ""Miami Vice"". The surname Crockett refers to Don Johnson's character, James ""Sonny"" Crockett. The initial version of the theme first appeared in the episode"
"season of twenty-two episodes. In the summer of 1990, the series was rerun again on NBC along with ""Bret Maverick"" starring James Garner. The series' theme song ""The Yellow Rose"" — set to the tune of the traditional ""The Yellow Rose of Texas"" but with new lyrics referencing the setting of the show — was recorded by country singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody. The song became a No. 1 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart on April 21, 1984. Warner Bros. released the complete series to DVD on May 3, 2011, consisting of all 22 episodes on"
"theme song from the short-lived Fox series ""The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."" during its coverage. NBC had commissioned Edelman to compose theme music for its National Football League coverage (stemming from its prior use of a portion of his score for the film ""Gettysburg"" for its coverage of the Breeder's Cup), and the theme was included in a portfolio of work Edelman had sent the network. Edelman felt that the track ""seemed to have the right spirit. It's got a very flowing melody, it's triumphant, and it has a certain warmth. And it has at the end of it,"
"done at Edwards Air Force Base. During the first season of ""Monk"", the series used a jazzy instrumental intro to the show by songwriter Jeff Beal, performed by guitarist Grant Geissman. The theme won the 2003 Emmy Award for Best Main Title Music. NYC actor Colter Rule was hired by USA Network to do all radio and TV promos for the series from its inception, lending an ironic, understated tone which contributed to the show's early popularity. The original tag was ""Monk! America's Favorite Defective Detective!"" When season two began, the series received a new theme song, entitled ""It's a"
"neither achieved the success of ""Eye Level"". In 1988, Surrey House Music released two more albums, ""Simon Park & His Orchestra, Volume 1"" and ""Simon Park & His Orchestra, Volume 2"", which contain instrumental versions of pop hits. The Orchestra recordings were originally made for airplay on ""beautiful music"" radio stations. Park co-wrote ""Distant Hills"", which was used as the theme tune to the television series ""Crown Court"", and wrote the music for the 1972 ITV mystery quiz ""Whodunnit?"", for ""Cross Country Go"", a B movie made by British Movietone News in 1974, and incidental music for the wartime TV"
"Creek"" series. The Judas Tree (Jonathan Creek) ""The Judas Tree"" is the twenty-seventh episode of the British crime drama series ""Jonathan Creek"". The feature-length episode was written and directed by series creator David Renwick, and premiered on BBC One on 4 April 2010. The episode focuses on a series of mysteries surrounding housekeeper Emily Somerton (Natalie Walter), including a vanishing house and the murder of her employer Harriet Dore (Sasha Behar). Alan Davies returns as the series' titular sleuth, Jonathan Creek, while Sheridan Smith reprises her role as his assistant Joey Ross, and Stuart Milligan returns as Jonathan's boss, magician"
"their own version of the theme (with Flatt singing) for Columbia Records; released as a single, it reached number 44 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop music chart and number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country chart (the lone country chart-topper for the duo). The six main cast members participated on a 1963 Columbia soundtrack album, which featured original song numbers in character. Additionally, Ebsen, Ryan, and Douglas each made a few solo recordings following the show's success, including Ryan's 1966 novelty single, ""Granny's Miniskirt"". The series generally features no country music beyond the bluegrass banjo theme song, although country star"
"theme for the BBC's ""Grandstand"" (""News Scoop"" by Len Stevens), ""Crimewatch"" (""Rescue Helicopter"" by John Cameron) and ""Grange Hill"" (""Chicken Man"" by Alan Hawkshaw). Arthur Wood's ""Barwick Green"", written in 1924, still serves as the theme for long-running BBC Radio soap ""The Archers"". TV comedy series such as ""The Benny Hill Show"" and ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" also made extensive use of production library cues (many sourced from the De Wolfe catalogue) as background or incidental music. American TV has also utilized production music, most notably with the themes for ""Monday Night Football"" (""Heavy Action"" by Johnny Pearson) and ""The"
"Chicken Man (theme tune) ""Chicken man"" is a tune composed in 1975 by Alan Hawkshaw which is notable for its use in two popular British TV series since the 1970s. It was recorded in Munich as part of the Themes International music library. Hawkshaw composed the tune in less than an hour, claiming he 'didn't really know what [he] was doing' and that 'he just wanted to do something quirky'. It became well known as the theme to the long-running children's series ""Grange Hill"". In its original version it was used as the main title music from 1978-1987, and was"
"several songs from it have been used prominently in film and television. Their version of Stephen Foster's song ""Hard Times (Come Again No More)"" was featured on the ""Elizabethtown"" motion picture soundtrack. The track ""So Are You To Me"" was prominently featured on the soundtrack of the movie ""Lucky 7"" and appeared in a Season 2 episode 18 ""Truth Takes Time"" of the television series ""Alias"". Their song ""You Dance"" was featured in a first-season episode of the television series ""One Tree Hill"" and the song ""Ghost"" was used in a fifth-season episode of ""Dawson's Creek"". In 2003 the band"
"offstage during the first act of Henrik Ibsen's 1896 play ""John Gabriel Borkman."" The piece is used as a recurring ironic motif in Jean Renoir's 1939 film ""The Rules of the Game"" (La Règle du Jeu), An adaptation of the piece is used as the theme music for ""Jonathan Creek"", a mystery crime series on British television. The piece is used in the animated television series ""Modern Toss"" as the theme tune for the character, Mr. Tourette - Master Signwriter. The piece is used in the Dutch theme park ""Efteling"" in the attraction Haunted Castle. It can be heard in"
"until 1971, when NBC News correspondent Frank McGee joined the show. Composer Ray Ellis penned an instrumental theme entitled ""This is Today"", a jazzy, up-tempo piece that served as the program's main theme until 1978. Because ""This is Today"" closely resembled Stephen Schwartz's song ""Day by Day"" from the musical ""Godspell"", Schwartz successfully sued for copyright infringement. ""This is Today"" was revised as a result, with the second version of the piece incorporating the familiar NBC chime signature was used until 1981, at the close of the Tom Brokaw–Jane Pauley era. The chimes were also used throughout the program to"
"Songs from Dawson's Creek Songs from Dawson's Creek is the first soundtrack album for the teen drama television series ""Dawson's Creek"". Released by Columbia Records and Sony Music after the broadcasting of the series' first season on The WB network, it features a set of pop rock and folk pop songs by artists such as Sophie B. Hawkins, Jessica Simpson, Shooter, Heather Nova, Adam Cohen, Sixpence None the Richer, and Paula Cole, most of which appeared during the series' first thirteen episodes. A commercial success, it scattered two US charts hit singles, including Sixpence None the Richer's ""Kiss Me"" and"
"Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and ""Edelweiss"", Hammerstein's last song. Much of Rodgers's work with both Hart and Hammerstein was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Rodgers composed twelve themes, which Bennett used in preparing the orchestra score for the 26-episode World War II television documentary ""Victory at Sea"" (1952–53). This NBC production pioneered the ""compilation documentary""—programming based on pre-existing footage — and was eventually broadcast in dozens of countries. The melody of the popular song ""No Other Love"" was later taken from the ""Victory at Sea"" theme entitled ""Beneath the Southern Cross"". Rodgers won an Emmy for the music for the ABC documentary"
"directed by Walter Stern. The song, especially the instrumental portions at the beginning and the end, has been used in numerous TV programmes and movies. The bass drum beat, reminiscent of a heartbeat, samples the Les McCann song ""Sometimes I Cry"". An instrumental version of the tune is also used in a first season episode of ""Prison Break"" entitled ""Tonight"". It was also featured as incidental music in a 2001 episode of the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" when Sarah Platt is chased. From 2004 to 2012, it was used as the opening theme of the American medical drama"
"the song and both he and Craven sing it on two occasions, the lyrics being significant. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation used the music to illustrate stories on the Chernobyl disaster the following year. Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen performed the movie's main theme with the National Philharmonic Orchestra during the 24 Nights period in 1990 and 1991. “I am writing this story about a detective who turns into a tree” was what writer Troy Kennedy Martin told his colleagues when asked what he was working on during the early 1980s. Kennedy Martin had become frustrated that “at the BBC there"
"It's a Jungle Out There (song) ""It's a Jungle Out There"" is a song written by Randy Newman and used as the theme song for the TV series ""Monk"" starting in its second season. In 2004, it won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. As the first season's theme song ""Monk Theme"" had won the same award the previous year, ""Monk"" became the first series to have two different theme songs win an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in consecutive years. The lyrics allude to Monk's plethora of fears and warn that some degree of"
"Bach, (1724). The Jordan River, due primarily to its rich spiritual importance, has provided inspiration for countless songs, hymns, and stories, including the traditional African-American spiritual/folk songs ""Michael Row the Boat Ashore"", ""Deep River"", and ""Roll, Jordan, Roll"". It is mentioned in the songs ""Eve of Destruction"", ""Will You Be There"", and ""The Wayfaring Stranger"" and in ""Ol' Man River"" from the musical ""Show Boat"". ""The Far Side Banks of Jordan"" by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash on June's Grammy Award-winning studio album, ""Press On"", mentions the Jordan River as well as the Promised Land. Jordan River is also"
"majority of the film contains library music from other sources. One particular piece of music, heard in the opening titles, is ""The Awakening"", a Johnny Pearson composition that was recorded in 1967 (three years after production on this film began). While largely familiar to U.S. audiences for its use in this film, it is otherwise known to British viewers as the theme for ITN's ""News at Ten"". In a twist of irony, another well-known Pearson composition, ""Heavy Action"" (also known as the theme of ""Monday Night Football""), served as the theme to the syndicated SFM Holiday Network, which ran this"
"under the title ""Rebel Without A Clue: How the 80s Made Me"". Alan Davies Alan Roger Davies ( ""Davis""; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He has played the title role in the BBC mystery drama series ""Jonathan Creek"" since 1997, and has been the only permanent panellist on the BBC panel show ""QI"" since 2003. Davies was born in Loughton, Essex. His childhood years were spent in Chingford. When Davies was six, his mother died from leukaemia and he was raised by his father. Davies attended Staples Road School in Loughton and was"
"The Judas Tree (Jonathan Creek) ""The Judas Tree"" is the twenty-seventh episode of the British crime drama series ""Jonathan Creek"". The feature-length episode was written and directed by series creator David Renwick, and premiered on BBC One on 4 April 2010. The episode focuses on a series of mysteries surrounding housekeeper Emily Somerton (Natalie Walter), including a vanishing house and the murder of her employer Harriet Dore (Sasha Behar). Alan Davies returns as the series' titular sleuth, Jonathan Creek, while Sheridan Smith reprises her role as his assistant Joey Ross, and Stuart Milligan returns as Jonathan's boss, magician Adam Klaus."
""""" is the (pre-existing) pop song ""Faith of the Heart"", by Diane Warren (""Star Trek: Enterprise"" episodes close with the more-traditionalized ""Archer's Theme"" epilogue, as a consolation to disappointed ""Star Trek"" music fans). Some of the most prominent composers of 20th- and 21st-century film music have written film scores and television scores for ""Star Trek"". These include Jay Chattaway, Cliff Eidelman, Michael Giacchino, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Dennis McCarthy and Leonard Rosenman. A subgenre of ""Star Trek"" fandom has developed, specifically for the music of ""Star Trek"", which includes music lovers who are not otherwise interested in ""Star Trek"" fandom."
"Clementine""; ""Semper Paratus""; ""The Marine Corps Hymn""; ""The Yellow Rose of Texas""; ""I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing""; ""Ghost Riders in the Sky""; ""Acres of Clams"", and the theme song from the TV show ""Gilligan's Island"". The story features several other partial songs and a number of titles attributed to Rhysling. These are: Several are described as sexually explicit songs excluded from the official edition of Rhysling's works. Four collections of Rhysling's works are mentioned. They are: Both the song ""The Green Hills of Earth"" and the character of Rhysling are mentioned in the novel ""Time Enough for"
"Johnny's Theme ""Johnny's Theme"" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, based on a previous composition by Anka. It was performed by The Tonight Show Band, which released an arrangement by Tommy Newsom in 1986 as part of its Grammy Award-winning eponymous debut album. The single release also garnered a Grammy nomination. ""Johnny's Theme"" has since been released in cover versions and on compilation albums. It has appeared in"