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Post by ROCKY on Oct 5, 2016 23:21:30 GMT
Remember this one guys? These programs were so 'campy' that I enjoyed them when I was a teenager. Loved Emma Peel! Just noticed they lasted about as long as the Beatles did 1961-1969. lol And that music used to get me humming that little ditty at the very end. ha-ha
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 6, 2016 9:30:30 GMT
Mr Kite. I was a big fan of "Danger Man" [called "The Secret Agent" in America, I think], so "The Prisoner" was a treat [apart from the ending!] I always thought Patric McGoohan would have been a good James Bond. Rocky, I'm old enough to remember the first series of "The Avengers" with Ian Hendry. It was shown on Saturday nights, and me and my sister were allowed to stay up and watch it. Dianna Rigg was arguably the best female lead, with Joanna Lumley a close second. I met her once at a function and she was stunning. I also met Gareth Hunt and was amazed that he had ever been an action star, being, shall we say, deficient in the height department.
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Post by pothos on Oct 6, 2016 9:49:48 GMT
Wished I could have seen the first three season of the Avengers with Ian Hendry and Honor Blackman wonder what the tone was like.
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 6, 2016 10:18:38 GMT
Pothos, it was in black/white. Ian Hendry was a Doctor, whose girlfriend was murdered. Patric McNee was Steed, a shadowy figure from the spook world. Here's a clip
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Post by pothos on Oct 6, 2016 16:24:43 GMT
Just watched the clips. It feels a totally different show.
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 6, 2016 17:44:53 GMT
Pothos, Honor Blackman arrived in the second series, replacing Ian Hendry. She was a widow, her husband being killed in Africa. Those early series played the story straight, the camp, tongue-in-cheek approach came later, in tune with Sixties fashion.
Great Dire Straits song used in movie....
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 7, 2016 9:32:30 GMT
The 1960 movie "Beat Girl" featured a John Barry soundtrack. The film seems rather quaint when viewed now, as it portrays teenagers rebelling by, gasp, going to coffee bars! This is my favourite track, featuring the guitar work of the great Vic Flick:
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 7, 2016 17:34:59 GMT
Rio Bravo was a calssic Haward Hawks Wester, starring John Wayne, with Dean Martin as his alcoholic deputy, and Ricky Nelson as the gunfighter.
Really good use made of atmospheric music:
Interestingly, Howard Hawks remade the movie, with an almost identical plot, as El Dorado, again starring John Wayne, with Robert Mitchum and James Caan.
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Post by pothos on Oct 7, 2016 21:49:36 GMT
Brew did the original Avengers have the same theme music?.
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Post by Amadeus on Oct 7, 2016 23:04:58 GMT
One of my favorites was the use of Johnny Cash - Hurt on Person Of Interest.The NIN cover. I put it on another thread here. Perhaps a TV thread? Just heavy stuff.
One of my favorite shows ever too.
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 8, 2016 3:38:51 GMT
Pothos, the original theme was more downbeat, written by jazz player Johnny Dankworth. I liked it. This is it:
Amadeus, there is another Johnny Cash number I'm racking my brain to remember.
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Post by pothos on Oct 8, 2016 11:37:14 GMT
Rethinks for posting the Avengers theme. Utterly different.
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Post by Mr Kite on Oct 8, 2016 14:10:56 GMT
I don`t know if it`s just pure coincidence but most of my Fav T.V. Shows have brilliant theme tunes
This one still gives me goose bumps !
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 8, 2016 16:34:46 GMT
Very well chosen Dylan song in this movie....
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 9, 2016 11:17:58 GMT
The film "Clockwork Orange" was controversial. and for several years, withdrawn from screening [at the director's insistence!] The music chosen to complement the visuals was outstanding, here's an example:
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 10, 2016 9:27:59 GMT
The song used in "Kelly's Heroes"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 11:55:15 GMT
I used to love the classic 'Hammer Horror' films - still do. Here's a classic :
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 12:04:07 GMT
And here's another from the 'horror' film genre. It's the concluding music to 'Quatermass'. Scary!
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Post by brewmaster on Oct 10, 2016 18:02:19 GMT
This was written by George Martin, for the launch of BBC-2. They aso used to play it to start every night in the Top Rank Suite, Liverpool
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2016 10:47:20 GMT
I'd wager that most folk on here have heard this theme :
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