True that. It always made the newscasters on KYW in Philly (where I grew up) seem so much more dashing. Can't remember whether or not they used "007" or the reprise "007 Takes the Lektor" from the "Russia" soundtrack. But it always gave me a bit of a rush - and occasionally inspired racy daydreams of Bond girls Ursula Andress, Daniela Bianchi and Shirley Eaton.
On Jan 31, 1:35 pm, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 31, 3:20 pm, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We might never know whether he or Monty Norman (still living, sez > > Wiki) created the basic theme to all those Bond films, but his diverse > > résumé of film and TV music writing and conducting is more than enough > > to celebrate on many levels. > > > In New York, of a heart attack. 77. > > >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12321610 > > A connection to television: His "007 Theme" (written for "From Russia > With Love" and heard in the climatic action sequences of most of the > films he scored) was the original theme music for "Eyewitness News" in > its Westinghouse incarnation and in the early years on the ABC-owned > stations, before it was replaced by Lalo Schifrin's "Tar Sequence" > from "Cool Hand Luke" on the ABC stations (I think Group W continued > to use Barry's music until they dropped the "Eyewitness News" brand). > Schifrin pulled the rights to the music in the 90s and now the ABC > stations all use a package written by the Gari Music TV news theme > factory (who arranged "Tar Sequence" for an 80s package for the ABC- > owned stations). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
