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Number 22. Yet another TV theme from the 80s.

dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-dit dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-...
dododummydummydummydummy-dooooo-do-doooo
do-diddliddliddliddliddliddle-doo-doooo
dododummydummydummydummy-dooooo-do
dodiddliddliddle-dee-dee do-dooo
do-do-do-dooo dee-dee-dee-doooo
dee-dee-dee diddliddliddle-doo
do-do-do-dum-doo do-do-do-dooo-dooo, dee-deeeeee
dum diddliddliddliddliddliddliddliddle.... etc.

[Darren] Sure is.
No. 20; Late romantic, Classic FM friendly piece, though if you're a Classic FM devotee the chances are you've only ever heard the slow movement. I posted the start of the first movement.
Very large orchestra for this one. Composed in the late 1800's... normally

Da-da-da-da-DUM,
...da-da-da-da-DUM,
...da-da-da-da-da-da-da-DUM, da-dum.

I suspect Watty will get this one straight away...

um, sorry about the "normally" there, was going to write something else but deleted it and missed a word.
Um, sorry, this is number 23.
[rab] your number 20 is Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto number 2 in C minor and I claim my £5.
*laughs* Indeed. No. 23, as JLE knows, is my mobile ringtone, also known as Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler.
[JLE] Can't stretch to a fiver, but how about some penny chews? I had a hunch you might get that one :) Did I get the number of opening chords right?
[rab] No, you only had about half of them. There are a full *eight* main chords at the start of each of the first eight bars (which you gave a "plang" to), the first seven each having a "chong" on the lowest bass F of the piano halfway through the bar...

And now a piece that you might be able to guess, just from the rhythm that runs through the entire piece as a background, which I'll give two bars in italics
TUM-tiddly-UM-tiddly-UM-tum
TUM-tiddly-UM-tiddly-UM-tum...
Deeeeeeee, da-da-doo-da-da-da dee, da-da-deeeeeeeeee - Da-da doo-da-da-da-deeee.....

[JLE] Now that (number 24) is Ravel's Bolero.
*grin*
updating:
1. Bob the dog - ISIHAC Theme 2. Chalky - Coronation Street 3. HB - Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 4. Raak - Thunderbirds 5. Kim - The Archers' Theme 6. rab - Roobard and Custard 7. Bob the dog - Pomp and Curcumstance, Edward Elgar 8. Lib - Blind Date 9. ZK - Dangermouse 10. penelope - Blue Peter 11. Watty - Porridge 12. Kim - Tom & Jerry [Fred Quimby version] 13. Herr Bratsche - Monty Python 14. Raak - Star Trek 15. Bob the dog - Dr Who 16. rab - Have I Got News For You 17. Darren - Bergerac 18. Chalky - The Sweeney 19. Darren - Rentaghost 20. rab's plang-chonger - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto number 2 in C minor. 21. Dazed - Blackadder. 22. Darren's dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-dit ? 23. JLE - Mahler's Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" 24. JLE - Ravel's Bolero

I reckon Watty and Darren should be choosing the next two tunes , although Darren's No 22. [80's TV] has yet to be guessed

Clues? New tunes?
OK, here's 25 and it's 90s TV.

RattattattattattattATT!!
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhhh, dada duhhhhh da-da.
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhh, dada deeee da-da.
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhh, dada duhhh da-da,
da-daaaaa, da-daaaa, da-daaaaa, da-da.
(repeat from second line)
dadada daaaa-daaa-daa-daaaa, daaa-daaa-daaa-daaa,
dum-da-daaaa-da daaaa-daaaa-daaa-da,
dum-da-daaa-daaa daaaa-daaaa-daaa-daaa DAAAAAAA
(repeat first bit again)

Does anyone want a clue to number 22?
[Darren] Yes please!
[Brendan] OK, think Richard Briers.
Ever Decreasing Circles. A puzzlingly unrepeated top-quality classic...
[Darren] Number 25 - Men Behaving Badly?
[rab] re. EDC - funny, we were saying that only last night .. Howard & Hilda - a sublime coupling.
[Chalky] In exactly those words? That's scary. *sweeps the room for bugging devices*
[rab] yup - during Mother's Day Dinner. My sister-in-law has neighbours [married couple] who always leave their house in matching outfits so naturally the conversation turned to ...
[Darren] I won't attempt a guess at either of yours 'cause I think rab and penelope may be right
Are we out of challenges? If so, here's another "classical" one (26):

takatakataa takatakataa takatakata takatakatakataa
takatakataa takatakataa takatakata takatakatakataa
(continues behind ...)
daaa daa di dip dip, daaa daa di dop dop, daaa daa di dipdip
dee dee dee dee dee dip dip, dee dee dee dee dee dip dip
dee daaa daa di dop dop ...

[rab] Correct. It's one of my all-time favourites. [penelope] Correct.
[HB] Is it the "advance of the Nazis" moment in Shostakovich's "Lenigrad" symphony, first movement?
Um, "Leningrad"...
[JLE] Right in one. Note to self - try someting more obscure next time.
No 27: Children's TV, definitely 80's, maybe before, maybe after, I dunno.

Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Diddly di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do do-diddly-do
Dudlo do-didlo-da do-didlo-da
Duh-di-do da-dla-daa
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Du-dli-do di-da-dalalala.

I hope this one's easier to guess than it was to type in... I missed out the accompaniment on the grounds of sanity.

Too hard?
Well, I haven't been able to work it out, if that's what you mean.
[rab] Chock-a-block?
OK, I'm going to do another one. Number 28. Children's TV from the 80s. Again! But also a "classical" piece. You can name either, or both for a bonus point. Oh, in the TV theme there was talking over some of this.

dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dummm, didididi dumm, didididi -
dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada
dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAAAA
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada daaa
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada DA-
didadadum didadadum didadadum didada-
DAdadada-dadadada DAdadada-dadadada
DUMMMMMM.... BRUMMMMM.

More details on no 27. I guess part of the difficulty stems from the fact that if you ask anyone if they can hum the theme tune, the answer is generally "no". Apparantly the show was first broadcast in 1975 (a great year to be born) and was aimed at pre-school kids. Looking at websites it's claimed that it was a bit trippy. The main character was a little unconventional... sounds a bit like the Teletubbies really, but 20 years earlier (which makes one wonder what all the fuss about the Teletubbies was about).

Hope that helps!

[rab] no. 27 - The Magic Roundabout?
[Chalky] Nope. Think cartoon. Think cross-dressing.
[rab number 27] Is it Bod?
[Darren] It is indeed! I apologise for being approximate, but it's quite tricky to write down, as you can verify by listening to this.
Come on! Number 28's still open and there's plenty of room for more tunes!
OK I'll try one if no one minds
29
doodoodoodoodoodoo doodoodoodoodoodoo
twwwwwww DAH dah dahdah dada-dahdahdah
dahdahdah dahdahdah
dee dee deedee de-de-deedeedee
doo doo dodoo deedeedeee
dada dada dah da-dada da-dada dada doo doo doo doo
t-t-t-t DAH dee dee deedee da da da-dadaaaa
t-t-t-t DAH doo doo doodoo doo doo do-doodooooo
t-t-t-t DAH dah dah dada da da do-doodeeeee
da da da dada daaaa
DAH DAH DAH
b-b-baa b-b-baa

80's Cartoon/20 minute toy advert.
[Gusset Login, Darren] *Was all grown-up in the 80s and definitely not home early enough from work to watch tea-time cartoons*
[GL] Transformers? Not that I ever saw it, but it fits the description.
[GL] He-Man? On the grounds that I never watched ITV (my parents were very prejudiced against it and/or didn't want us watching the adverts that weren't disguised as cartoons) and I can't fit any of the ones I remember off BBC to it.
[Brendan] No
[Raak] No, but it was vaguely similar now I come to look back on it
[GL] Mighty Morphing Power Rangers?
Bendan] Ha! I've found you at last! The other person in the UK banned from watching ITV...
Whereas I merely gravitated away from ITV of my own accord. Obnoxious snob that I was (am?).
Hm, I always think of ITV as being inherently low-quality. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I've watched it?
Darren]Exactly. But somehow you're labelled as snobby if you air that opinion.
I'm contemplating reporting ITV to trading standards- I think it is a hideous misrepresentation of the word 'independent' unless it means 'watchable solely after 2am'
I never watched ITV as a child for snobby reasons too. Now I refuse to watch the BBC as well, leaving me with Channels 4 and 5 for refuge. This is why I tend to play a lot of computer games.
Since we're pretty much all agreed about ITV, is anyone interested in continuing with this game? ;)
[Darren] Doesn't look like it.
[Gusset] Shame, that.
[Darren] I agree, but I can't think of any answers. So I can't get it going again.
Neither can I, but here's a really easy one. Film music.

Daaa ... Daaa ... Daaa ...
[pause]
TA-DAAAAAA!!!
brrrbrbrbrbrbom bom bom BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM
Daaa ... Daaa ... Daaa ...
[pause]
TA-DAAAAAA!!!
DA-DA-DAAAAA!!!!!!
DAAAA!!!!!
DAA!!-DAA!!-DAA!! (bom bom bom)
DAA!!-DAA!!-DAAAA!!
DAAAA!!!
DAAAA!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
[Raak] Lovely formatting. Is it 2001 - A Space Odyssey?
Heh, simulposted. I got that too.
[rab] Yep, said it was easy.
oooh splendid - 3D!
I'd just like to say, at this juncture, that I love the new commercial for Evergreen LawnFeed which features a dancing frog, assorted garden creatures and the tune of 'Daydream Believer'. Groovypops.
Yeah, I noticed that one. It is surprisingly well animated for an advert, imo. Going back to my number 28, it was a sort of game-show thing where a bunch of minor celebrities were trapped on an alien planet and had to escape by solving puzzles. Is that enough of a clue?
[Raak] Except it wasn't originally intended as film music. I presume you know it, but some others might not - in its original incarnation it is the opening to Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra.
[JLE] Yes, but how many people know it primarily as the Strauss, even the ones who know that's where it came from?
Well, me and Watty for a start... ;-) I've never even watched 2001. Nor, in fact, read the book.
I also knew it was Also Sprach, but since Raak said 'Film music' I replied with the title of the film. On a related note (maybe) it impressed me that 'classical' music was used for that film. Nothing dates a film so much as its soundtrack when a contemporary score is used - even more so when it tries to sound 'futuristic' - so it was a smart decision to choose something timeless, I think.
I heard the choice of music was more-or-less accidental though - something about that they just used Strauss as a test soundtrack but it seemed to fit so they used it for the final film.
I guess we need an appropriate swan song. This is the best I can think of.

Deee daah daah daah dee dah
Deee daah daah daah dee dah
Deee dah-di deeee dah-di dahh di dah dahhh
Deee daah daah daah di dah
Deee daah daah daah didi dada
Deee dah-di deeee dah-di dahh di dah dahhh

(key change, continues)

(Though thinking about it, The Swan might have been more appropriate!)
rab]I'll just venture in while the door is still ajar, did it start out on BBC2? Cracking 40 years self-congratulatory best of type clips.
[Inkspot] Annoyingly at an orchestra rehearsal last night so couldn't watch this. No it's not a TV theme, but a piece of Classic FM-friendly music.
What time signature - it could fit into 6/8 or 4/4 from where I'm sitting?
I think it's more like a slowish 3/4.
Ahhh! Classic FM I can drift off sleep to that anywhere, especially smooth classics like The Blue Danube.
[rab] Is it Spring by ... I think it was Vivaldi but I could be wrong
Nope. Will give a clue shortly.
[all] Though, that said there's a kind of connection...
I was thinking Village Swallows (I think that was its title - Strauss waltz thingy anyway) but it doesn't quite fit my memory. I must drag it out and have a refresher course.
You may have to Peer more closely at the dots...
Look, it's bloody Mornington Crescent from the Peer Gynt suite, ya dullards.
I KNEW that all along
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