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Old January 23, 2008, 3:07 PM
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BBC News Theme

My brain switched into random mode today (even moreso than usual!) and this is what resulted:

http://files.marinedalek.co.uk/music/bbcnews.mp3

Synths used: FM8, Pro-53, CS-80v, Drumatic VE, EWQLSO

UPDATE: Extended version with extra sparkly bits and louder beeps

http://files.marinedalek.co.uk/music/bbcnews2.mp3
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Old January 23, 2008, 4:03 PM
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That's really good, Pete. Except the beeps are maybe not hard enough. Probably because the drums were louder than them. It kinda reminded me of the version Bill Bailey did in his stage show, you seen that one?
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Old January 23, 2008, 6:00 PM
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It sounds cool, however I must confess a lack of familiarity with the original BBC news theme.
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Old January 23, 2008, 6:31 PM
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YouTube is your friend
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pIjZgTAqPSY

Btw, see first post for update...
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Old January 23, 2008, 7:15 PM
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Now do the Pokemon theme.

The one from the first series.
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Old January 23, 2008, 8:04 PM
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REally well done, sounds very much like the real thing, weird thing is i was listening to it and im sure Recurring Villians Doctors are bopping to it
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Old January 23, 2008, 10:33 PM
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Now do the Pokemon theme.

The one from the first series.
I have shown your post to Pete, and he has said that he is deliberately ignoring it.
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Old January 24, 2008, 1:31 PM
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Brilliant, Pete.
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Old January 24, 2008, 1:44 PM
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Old January 24, 2008, 3:09 PM
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Someone remix the Dragonball Z them they used during the Garlic Junior through to the Cell Saga.
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Old January 24, 2008, 7:52 PM
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I have shown your post to Pete, and he has said that he is deliberately ignoring it.
That hurts
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Old January 24, 2008, 11:15 PM
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Actually I did just have a bash at the Pokémon theme, but it's very unfamiliar to me (didn't watch the series much, just played the games) and as such very hard to recreate. I'd need to listen to it quite a few times over to start to get the hang of it. Even some themes I know well are hard to do (the top gear theme is a complete pain in the arse)
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Note: All based on version 2 of your work

I like some of the stuff you've done here, but to me it's nothing compared to David Lowe's original. That's mainly because I think it's the best musical theme on TV at the moment (and has been for the past 7 years). Sorry, it's nothing personal.

The bass synth kicks arse though, and I like your strings

The beeping doesn't work as well, although I'm glad you got rid of the "middle beep" from the first version (totally wrong in my opinion ). I don't really like the way it changes pitch halfway through a bar.

I think in the original, Lowe's emphasism was on the beat, the beep and the drums. That said, the drums are the focus for most of his news themes (He did Norway's TV2 News theme and that also features extreme "drumming" )

Here are some audio files for reference. They are the most recent versions of the themes available at the moment.

Unfortunately, they're all as .wm(g)a(y) files because I can't be arsed to convert them.

BBC 1 News Theme of 2007: http://users.ioncross.com/jez/mp3/BB...07%20Title.wma

The intro just explodes....or my headphones are too loud....but it still rocks...in an electronic sort of way.

BBC News 24 Countdown 2006 (Three minute version :S): http://users.ioncross.com/jez/mp3/BB...20Version).wma

BBC World 2007 Countdown: http://users.ioncross.com/jez/mp3/BB...own%202007.wma

BBC World News America 2007 Minimix: http://users.ioncross.com/jez/mp3/BB...%20Minimix.wma

Some experimental stuff here, bits of it are quite good!
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He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic so that no one had a chance to interrupt him it was really quite hypnotic.

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ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.


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I'd rather hear a remix of the music that plays on the "Press start" screen of Pokemon Crystal. So much better. I'll try to get ahold of it.
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Old January 26, 2008, 3:42 AM
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emphasism
My new favorite word.

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Unfortunately, they're all as .wm(g)a(y) files because I can't be arsed to convert them.
Hear that? That's the sound of me not listening to them.
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Old January 26, 2008, 9:13 AM
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Lovely work
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Old January 26, 2008, 3:41 PM
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ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.


Go forth.
How can you NOT love that?
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Don't know why they wrote "searchin'." I heard the pronounce the 'G.'
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Old January 26, 2008, 4:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Superkid11
I'd rather hear a remix of the music that plays on the "Press start" screen of Pokemon Crystal. So much better. I'll try to get ahold of it.
Here ya go.
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