barneyg42 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 More Mo Foster!!! http://youtu.be/bNRkwNC9Ms4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Some cool Bass on this tune (Marc Miller - not Marcus). http://youtu.be/tUltrX-ICew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1498824378' post='3327342'] and of course without question the greatest TV theme tune of all time... Great thread BTW. [/quote] A nice little interview with Barry Gray (only 3:30 minutes long, inc the march), regarding how he came up with the theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stzOgERbTG0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 [quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1498826162' post='3327370'] The amazing Danny Thompson on bass - apparently written and recorded in an afternoon in Gerry Anderson's front room [/quote] The Thunderbirds Orchestra in someones front room ? That must be some size front room... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 The Theme from Taggart. Maggie Bell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTSOx_xrXYw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I once made Tracey Island from three bog rolls and some sticky back plastic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) I used to love the bass on the Dallas theme, before I even knew what bass was. There were several versions down the years but I believe this to be the funkiest. http://youtu.be/CgvbQ-A4pPM Edited June 30, 2017 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 https://youtu.be/oysMt8iL9UE Henry Mancini's theme from the old Peter Gunn series,I don't know if it was available in the UK but we watched it here in Canada and every budding guitar and bass player tried to play it.The best version is the one that was used on the show but everyone from the Ventures to Duane Eddy had a run at it. ...and yes,I managed to get some of the notes on my first guitar when I was 14...ooh that was a long time ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I remember watching this series when it was first on, I don't think it was ever repeated and I would love to watch it again. From what I can remember most of the incidental music was just double bass. Though I could be wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNg-EAHCP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 One of my favourites... http://youtu.be/tO0Vq4fj3ho James Garner was cool as... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Anyone with a few hours to spare should check out the KPM 1000 albums. There are dozens of them all written and produced as library music for tv and film. They are all on Spotify and there are some real cool tunes in there if you have time to browse through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 [quote name='Bass Culture' timestamp='1498830223' post='3327412'] You're all wrong, slags! 'The Sweeny's the greatest TV theme ever!: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99O6oTJVHo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=D99O6oTJVHo[/url] [/quote] Not forgetting that lots of the incidental musical parts throughout an episode were often bass guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Being a lover of TV detectives, I have to mention [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvdtOZyl2I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvdtOZyl2I[/url] which has a middle 8 I didn't know about and the absolutely magnificent [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20sVtCxf_8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20sVtCxf_8[/url] which also has a middle 8 I didn't know about. Incidentally, AIUI, the theme tunes for earliest episodes included the murderer's name in morse code too. And there's [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 This tune was actually composed for 'Harry's Game' (not lifted from an album and slotted in). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Laurie Johnson wrote the music to both The New Avenger and The Professionals, both of which had prominent bass-lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 41 posts & no Chicken Man by Alan Hawkshaw? For shame! Grange Hill ftw. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlvZF6k5bE[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) Loads of classics already mentioned. Surely the champion though (granted it's not the theme but still) : The Pinball Song http://youtu.be/VOaZbaPzdsk Edited July 1, 2017 by Dazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Mission Impossible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWGeRgFa-hI Magnum P.I. http://youtu.be/LBIgXhiOpeQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 One of my favourites is the music on the closing credits on "Spender" - can't post a link without putting up an entire episode... Think the bass part was played by either Guy Pratt (who worked with Jimmy Nail on "Ain't no Doubt") or Tony McAnaney, who played guitar shop owner Keith Moreland in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roceci Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Hooky Street from the end credits of only Fools & Horses, fantastic fretless in the Rockney style! Always loved it. Who's the bassist chaps? http://youtu.be/uxOEhc960Bc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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