Risk101 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 So having been stuck at home during Covid, me and the Mrs got hooked on “Bargain Hunt” and it’s now on permanent “record”. What’s this got to do with basses I hear you ask?! Well has anyone else noticed the well executed and quite funky sometimes, bass riffs during the programme? I could swear whoever writes it is a bassist! Does anyone know who’s involved?!!! from a sad BH addict! (Well it’s cheaper than GAS!) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) Strangely enough, me and Mrs 2pods watched the complete "Malcolm in the Middle" on Disney+, and some of the fretless playing during the episodes (all of them) was great. I seem to remember something about it being somebody from the UK, but I could be havering Edited December 14, 2022 by 2pods context Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 The background music on American Chopper includes some wicked bass playing. Whoever it is/was didn't get mentioned in the credits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 What track are you talking about? The theme or the music beds? if.you can give me an example /date of an ep I can tell you exactly who the composer is. Im currently doing the paperwork for series 63 and 64 for my sins. I can't remember the composer of the theme (it's a duo) though the version has been rearranged by Mike mower. Track is called hot to trot on atmosphere. For the past few years all of the music is from music libraries, no commercial music used unless its a special (they then strip out commercial tracks for an international version). So many of the tracks have the word funk in the title! Some of the libraries music is really well made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I should add a lot of the good editors are often musicians with good sense of rhythm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 45 minutes ago, Stu-khag said: What track are you talking about? The theme or the music beds? if.you can give me an example /date of an ep I can tell you exactly who the composer is. Im currently doing the paperwork for series 63 and 64 for my sins. I can't remember the composer of the theme (it's a duo) though the version has been rearranged by Mike mower. Track is called hot to trot on atmosphere. For the past few years all of the music is from music libraries, no commercial music used unless its a special (they then strip out commercial tracks for an international version). So many of the tracks have the word funk in the title! Some of the libraries music is really well made Hey @Stu-khag who are you responding to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stu-khag Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 11 hours ago, TheGreek said: Hey @Stu-khag who are you responding to? Risk101. For some reason I cant quote on my fire tablet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risk101 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Well to answer your question @Stu-khag I’m not sure which episode as the Mrs deletes them after watching!! That said, my point was a general one about the nature of the bass bits - and they come in at odd points throughout each episode - I wasn’t thinking of the theme tune. So do you work/contract for the BBC then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Just now, Risk101 said: Well to answer your question @Stu-khag I’m not sure which episode as the Mrs deletes them after watching!! That said, my point was a general one about the nature of the bass bits - and they come in at odd points throughout each episode - I wasn’t thinking of the theme tune. So do you work/contract for the BBC then?! okey doke. the editors and directors tend to follow eachother music wise hence lots of bass but they tend to like using new things all the time. Im having to do some paperwork for an ep at the mo that has absolutely tonnes of music edits within it- nearly every track runs for about 5 secs! These all have to be inputted by me. (its becoming an automated system very soon) On average there are at least 2 songs in each ep that have the word funk in the title this one has :- FUNK-A-FIZE GET-FUNKY Been at the beeb on and off since 2007 (permanently since 2011). We are now BBC Studios as opposed to the public service part. (we now make programmes for pretty much any channel) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risk101 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Thanks - that sounds like a really interesting role. Hope the automation doesn’t cut you out! The stuff that basschatters do never ceases to amaze me! ………so back to the original question, do we know who the actual bassist is (assuming it’s not programmed) or is it a whole variety of players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 I bet it's Carol Kaye 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Must admit Bargain Hunt is a real favourite of mine, Christina Trevanion makes me come over all unnecessary !! 😛 John 😎 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 17 hours ago, Risk101 said: So having been stuck at home during Covid, me and the Mrs got hooked on “Bargain Hunt” and it’s now on permanent “record”. What’s this got to do with basses I hear you ask?! Well has anyone else noticed the well executed and quite funky sometimes, bass riffs during the programme? I could swear whoever writes it is a bassist! Does anyone know who’s involved?!!! from a sad BH addict! (Well it’s cheaper than GAS!) As an equally sad BH addict, most of the incidental music is chart music, but whoever chooses it sometimes pulls out some quite cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 3 hours ago, madshadows said: Must admit Bargain Hunt is a real favourite of mine, Christina Trevanion makes me come over all unnecessary !! 😛 John 😎 Poor "all necessary" - cat? dog? Missus? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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