"Frédéric Chopin; ""The Archers"", which has ""Barwick Green""; ""Desert Island Discs"" which has ""By the Sleepy Lagoon"", and ""The Rush Limbaugh Show"", which uses the instrumental from ""My City Was Gone."" In talk radio, a different theme song is often used to introduce each segment, and the music (usually popular music of some sort) will often relate to the topic being discussed. John Batchelor is noted for his use of highly dramatic orchestral scores leading in and out of each segment of his weekly show. Many video games feature a theme song that is distinctive to the series. A popular"
"major"", ""Widow Malone"", ""An Oriental Scene"" and ""Fairy Dreams"". He also composed a number of stage musicals, such as ""Yvonne"", ""Petticoat Fair"", and ""Fancy Fair"", the latter two dating from about 1918. Apart from ""Barwick Green"", his works are now rarely performed. Arthur Wood (composer) Arthur Wood (24 January 1875–18 January 1953) was an English composer and conductor, particularly famous for ""Barwick Green"", the signature theme for the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Wood was born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, the son of a tailor. His father was a violinist in a local amateur orchestra and as a boy, Wood"
"Camberwick Green Camberwick Green is a British children's television series that ran from January to March 1966 on BBC1, featuring stop motion puppets. ""Camberwick Green"" is the first in the ""Trumptonshire"" trilogy, which also includes ""Trumpton"" and ""Chigley"". The series was written and produced by Gordon Murray and animated by Bob Bura, John Hardwick and Pasquale Ferrari. Music was by Freddie Phillips while narration and song vocals were provided by Brian Cant. There are thirteen fifteen minute colour episodes produced by ""Gordon Murray Pictures"". The inspiration for the name is believed to have stemmed from the East Sussex village of"
"Arthur Wood (composer) Arthur Wood (24 January 1875–18 January 1953) was an English composer and conductor, particularly famous for ""Barwick Green"", the signature theme for the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Wood was born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, the son of a tailor. His father was a violinist in a local amateur orchestra and as a boy, Wood began to learn the violin, the flute and piccolo. After his family moved to Harrogate in 1882 he was given flute lessons from Arthur Brookes, a member of a local spa orchestra. He left school at the age of twelve and two"
"years of the national version, because a bid by Godfrey Baseley to have a special theme composed had been turned down on the grounds of cost, put at £250-£300. However, once the serial had become undeniably established, a new recording of Barwick Green was authorised and performed by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra on 24 March 1954. This mono recording was also accompanied by four movements entitled ""A Village Suite"", composed by Kenneth Pakeman to complement Barwick Green. Excerpts from these movements were then used for a time as bridging music between scenes. The 1954 recordings were never made available"
"accessible for people who had never listened to ""The Archers"" before. ""Ambridge Extra"" features a number of new or previously silent and minor characters from the main series and initially focussed on several of the younger characters. The programme is broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following ""The Archers"" on Radio 4. ""The Archers"" theme tune ""Barwick Green"" has been re-arranged for ""Ambridge Extra"" and is performed by folk group Bellowhead. The first series of ""Ambridge Extra"" ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. A second 13-week series began airing"
"shown on screen. The staff and soldier boys of Pippin Fort are a regular feature of Camberwick Green, demonstrating their foot drill, working in the community, responding to emergencies, and (at a stage before ""Trumpton"" in the time-line) providing the local fire-fighting capability with their bright red mobile fire pump. The 1970s pop band Candlewick Green shares its name with the originally planned title of the series. (Murray had planned to name the show ""Candlewick Green"" but found that the person writing his contract had misheard and mangled the name; as he did not object to the new name, Murray"
"end of every episode. Each episode then concludes as the narrator bids farewell to the puppet character who was seen at the beginning, and the latter disappears back into the musical box. ""Camberwick Green"" has no overt fantasy content apart from the musical box. For the most part, it is simply about ordinary people doing everyday things, and perhaps for that reason it remains popular. Along with its two successors, the series was repeated many times on the BBC until 1985, and then on Channel 4 from 1994 to 2000. Episode titles were given in ""Radio Times"", but were not"
"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"
"Candlewick Green Candlewick Green were a 1970s five piece English pop group. They are best known for their song, ""Who Do You Think You Are"" (1974), also recorded by artists such as Jigsaw and Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods. Their name is an allusion to children's TV animation series Camberwick Green. After winning the television talent show ""Opportunity Knocks"", Candlewick Green signed to Decca Records, and had a hit single with the song ""Who Do You Think You Are?"", written by Des Dyer and Clive Scott of the band Jigsaw. The tune reached no. 21 on the UK Singles Chart"
"which affect farmers nationwide when livestock movements are restricted. Many famous people have made cameo appearances on the programme: The theme tune of ""The Archers"" is called ""Barwick Green"" and is a maypole dance from the suite ""My Native Heath"", written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood. The Sunday omnibus broadcast of ""The Archers"" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties. The theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's ""The Archers"" spinoff, ""Ambridge Extra"", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. A library music recording of Barwick Green was used for the pilot and during the early"
"project for the festival inviting players to form an online orchestra to play Barwick Green, the signature tune to BBC Radio 4's The Archers. Sutherland appears regularly in concert with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra (particularly as a conductor for BBC Radio 2's ""Friday Night is Music Night""), the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In May 2001, Gavin began another lasting relationship, as Principal Guest Conductor of the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra, for whom he now conducts regularly both in Melbourne and Sydney Opera House. He has also guest conducted orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,"
"mental illness to some degree"". With the pilot's release, Russo stated that the through line of the series is the relationship between Haller and Barrett, and said that a love story ""lends itself to musical moments. It allows it to underscore the character."" The opening montage is set to ""Happy Jack"" by The Who, and the love story montage plays to ""She's a Rainbow"" by The Rolling Stones. Despite initially choreographing the Bollywood dance sequence to an actual Bollywood song, Hawley ultimately set the sequence to Serge Gainsbourg's ""Pauvre Lola"" which ""added to the surreal-ness of it ... [the song]"
"Green"" involving trombones, cymbals and the closing bars of the signature tune - known as the ""doom music"" to some fan groups. However, this tradition has been dropped more recently, such as the death of Nigel Pargetter when the normal closing music was played despite the gravity of the incident - to the irritation of some followers, who consider the jollity of the normal segment inappropriate in such circumstances. A brief extract from ""The Dream of Gerontius"" was played following the death of Phil Archer. When John Archer died no music was played. There was a nod to ""The Archers"""
"sequence in a list of ten of the best title sequences on television. Season one's opening theme is ""Far from Any Road"", an alternative country song originally composed by The Handsome Family for their 2003 album ""Singing Bones"". The ""True Detective"" soundtrack features a compilation of gospel and blues music, which were selected by Pizzolatto and T Bone Burnett. The pair opposed the use of Cajun music and swamp blues for the season's musical score because they felt it was overdone. Burnett said the score was intended to be character-driven, rather than inspired by other crime fiction drama. Songs by"
"are unable to arrive at a clear answer. The rhyme is also the theme song for the creepypasta character Laughing Jack. The song is used as a mnemonic device for the quadratic formula: """"x"" equals negative ""b"" / plus or minus the square root / of ""b"" squared minus 4""ac"" / all over 2""a""."" In the 2011 episode Helen Back Againof ""Victorious"", character Jade uses the tune in a self-produced short during her re-audition. The tune ""Barwick Green"" is based on the melody of Pop Goes The Weasel. The melody is one of the most commonly used tunes played in"
"they created the song, “Midinight Joyride (Concentrated)” which was used in Season 1. Season 2 saw the introduction of a new theme song, titled “Orange Juice in Bishop’s Garden (Season 2 Theme Song)”, composed by Brent Katz of the Harlem Shakes. A sing-a-long version featuring various members of the cast was used in Season 3. Season 4 brought the return of “Midinight Joyride (Concentrated)”. A truncated version was recorded live during the taping of an episode, featuring vocals by most of the cast and several extras. Another song by Brent Katz, “Polo”, was featured in the Season 1 episode “Will"
"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"
"in the third season. Starting in season 3, episode 3 (""Barney the Invisible""), the opening and closing credits theme was the familiar vocal ""Meet the Flintstones"". This version was recorded with a 22-piece big band, and the Randy Van Horne Singers. The melody is derived from part of the 'B' section of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 Movement 2, composed in 1801/02. The ""Meet the Flintstones"" opening was later added to the first two seasons for syndication. The musical underscores were credited to Hoyt Curtin for the show's first five seasons; Ted Nichols took over in 1965 for the final"
"is now used for communal activities. The local newspaper is the ""Wetherby News"" whilst the regional newspaper is the ""Yorkshire Evening Post"". The local BBC radio station is BBC Radio Leeds, whilst there are many other independent local radio stations in the area. There are cinemas nearby in Leeds, Wetherby and Castleford. The theme tune to ""The Archers"" is called ""Barwick Green"". It was written by Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood in 1924, as a ""maypole dance"" in his suite ""My native heath"". The other items in this suite are ""Ilkley Tarn"", ""Bolton Abbey"" and ""Knaresborough Status"". Widge, the protagonist in"
"at the beginning and end of each broadcast; however, in recent years the traditional finale tune has returned, with Nial Brown rearranging the closing tune from 2004 to 2006, and Dave Cooke doing so as of January 2007. From September 2007 to June 2008 the closing theme was slightly extended and rearranged, once again by Dave Cooke. For the start of the September 2008 series ""Barnacle Bill"" was dropped as the signature tune after nearly fifty years of use and replaced by an arrangement of the very similar traditional dance tune ""Sailor's Hornpipe"". On 14 October (the same week as"
"'It's down at Dick Green dock!', Maddern asks the unseen director (Vere Lorrimer) 'Couldn't I just say 'It's down at the nick'?' The public appeal campaign the BBC Archive Treasure Hunt continues to search for lost episodes. The ordinary, everyday nature of the people and the setting was emphasised in early episodes by the British music hall song ""Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner"" with its sentimental evocations, being used as the series theme song. It was composed by Hubert Gregg, but this was replaced with an instrumental theme composed by Jeff Darnell later released as a single under the"
"many episodes. Charles Fox's delicate yet hip music score, featuring flutes, harp and flugelhorn set to a contemporary pop beat, provided the ""love"" ambiance, which tied the stories together as a multifaceted romantic comedy each week. For the first season, the show's theme song was performed by The Cowsills. Beginning in the second season, the same theme song was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers, also known as the voices behind The Partridge Family (based on the Cowsills), among others, featuring brothers John and Tom Bahler (billed as The Charles Fox Singers). This second version of the theme was carried"
"the death of Billy Aldrich (Alec Baldwin) in the process. In 1972 and 1974, the serial received a Daytime Emmy for Best Drama. During that period until a new opening sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his announcing the animated ""Laramie Peacock"" color opening in the 1960s and 1970s) would inform the audience at the beginning of each episode: """"And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-award winning program) dedicated to the brotherhood of healing."""" The iconic theme song, which stayed with the program through 1981, was composed by in-house musician Robert Israel at Score"
"as William Zimmerman, a boy at school who wishes to go steady with Blossom. The original theme music in the pilot was Bobby Brown's 1988 hit single ""My Prerogative"", which was featured over the first season opening credits format of Blossom dancing in her bedroom, as she taped herself on home video. Between production of the pilot and regular series, the producers hired Dr. John (who had sung a cover of the standard ""Accentuate the Positive"" as the theme for Bialik's other series, ""Molloy"") to perform the replacement theme, ""My Opinionation"". The title sequence was re-shot so that Bialik's dancing"
"Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII,"" ""Elizabeth R,"" ""I, Claudius,"" ""Upstairs, Downstairs,"" ""The Duchess of Duke Street,"" ""The Citadel,"" ""The Jewel in the Crown,"" ""Reckless,"" ""House of Cards,"" ""Traffik,"" and ""Jeeves and Wooster"". More recent popular titles include ""Prime Suspect,"" ""The Forsyte Saga,"" ""Sherlock,"" and ""Downton Abbey"". The theme music played during the opening credits is the Fanfare-Rondeau from ""Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings and timpani No. 1"" by French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret. The theme was performed by Collegium Musicum de Paris. Roland Douatte was the conductor."
"revamped version of the opening theme for the BBC Scotland series ""Still Game"". Ben Foster (orchestrator) Ben Foster (born 1977) is a BAFTA award-winning British composer, best known for his work on the BBC series ""Torchwood"" and as orchestrator for Murray Gold on ""Doctor Who"" and for Marc Streitenfeld on ""Prometheus"" and ""The Grey"". He is also known for his work as the conductor for Peter Gabriel's ""Scratch my Back"" world tour and albums, and for the BBC Proms ""Doctor Who"" events. Foster studied Composition and Conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2000. He was"
"various film locations and other local attractions and Kent food. The series' music producer Pip Burley wrote the title theme, ""Perfick!"". He had submitted the piece anonymously, having deemed the submissions received from a shortlist of composers missed the point of the essential romanticism of the show. Although it also featured lyrics, drawn from the words used in the novels, the theme music for the series did not feature them. The song with lyrics was later sung by David Jason for the radio adaptation of the last book in the Larkin series, ""A Little of What You Fancy"". After the"
"Also featured were James (James Martinez), the maintenance man of the Barkley Foods building, and Morgan (Art Evans), the Jamaican-accented mailroom clerk whom added to the office camaraderie. The hit title song from the movie, ""9 to 5"", written and performed by Dolly Parton, was used as the theme song for the TV series. However, during the first season run in spring 1982, Phoebe Snow performed the vocals. Starting with Season 2 and through the end of the show's syndication run in 1988, Parton's vocals were featured in the theme. Several other plot changes were present in the TV series"
"in in London on 27 July 2012, where the theme tune was played at the beginning of a segment celebrating British culture: the sound of a radio could be heard being tuned in as ""Barwick Green"" was played. BBC Radio 4 Extra ran an occasional short supplement, ""Ambridge Extra"", between 2011 and 2013, featuring characters away from the Ambridge environs. Series 1 and 2 had 26 episodes and series 3, 4 and 5 had 20. The reason offered for non-renewal was limited resources. Two organisations dedicated to the programme were established in the 1990s. Archers Addicts was the official body,"
"all five seasons of the show. ""Lady Marmalade"" and ""It's Not Easy Being Green"" were both performed by Andy Hallett, the actor who portrayed Lorne in the series. ""A Place Called Home"" by Kim Richey was performed during the final season as a tribute to the character Fred Burkle. Elin Carlson provided all vocals featured in the score tracks. Robert J. Kral stated that the tracks were culled from all five seasons of the series based on popularity amongst fans. Many of the tracks are actually extended suites that combine many score pieces from one episode. Angel: Live Fast, Die"
"the Caribbean, with audiences including Presidents, British royalty, and celebrities. Today they can be heard at weddings, private parties, benefit galas, and corporate events, including performances at Lincoln Center's ""Midsummer Night Swing"". Hardwick has been known to play over 300 engagements in one year. Bob Hardwick is a past composer of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Hardwick's original theme scores can be heard in the television series ""America Goes To War: The Homefront in World War II"" and ""Hunters in the Sky"". Hardwick has worked with artists such as Tex Beneke, Buddy Morrow, and Joe Reichman. Two of"
"of his obsession. Rosa Strudwick plays Sally, David and Louise's daughter, and Pemberton plays Chris, a family friend. Danny Baker voices a radio presenter, and Mathew Baynton also appears. The episode was inspired by Pemberton's own chance encounter with a single shoe. The episode is split into four, corresponding to the four seasons, and features extracts of Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"". The cinematography features many views of symmetrical pairs of objects, as well as shots of empty rooms. The device of the seasons, as well as the music and cinematography, relate to David's emotional state. Critics responded very positively to"