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Old Channel Four music

  • 17-12-2012 8:03pm
    #1
    spurious
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    I'm looking for a piece of music that Channel Four used to play in the early days in between programmes when they didn't have any ads to fill the time.
    It started like the general station ident, but went on to be a piece of music.
    It was also played late at night before closedown.

    **edit**
    It's not the orchestral 'Fourscore' though it may have been written by the same person.


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  • #2
    spurious
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    Oooh answering my own post.
    It's something very like Fourscore II, but not arranged in the same way.

    Glad to have a title to be looking for. It always reminded me of 'Brookside'.


  • #3
    Gustavo Fring
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    This ?


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xr8MgDiVyw


  • #4
    spurious
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    Pieces of that are the same tune (the four notes) which leads me to think it's by the same writer, but it's much more in the style of the original 8 or ten second ident.
    Thanks for your help.

    **edit**
    Found this - I think it's as close as I'm going to get to it.
    http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html

    It's under 'Early Commercial Breaks' 'The Avengers follows'.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    There's eight of these break interludes on TV Ark under "Early Commercial Breaks"

    http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html

    Would it be any of these?

    Edit: got there before me, oops


  • #6
    nlgbbbblth
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    Fourscore II (b-side to the Fourscore 7") by the Airwave Orchestra is going to be on my next compilation CD. Here's my vinyl rip of the full track.

    David Dundas wrote the piece.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ueBOGPnr68


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  • #7
    BlaasForRafa
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    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Fourscore II (b-side to the Fourscore 7") by the Airwave Orchestra is going to be on my next compilation CD. Here's my vinyl rip of the full track.

    David Dundas wrote the piece.

    Sounds a bit like Alan Hawkshaw's 1980's stuff

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Rbvt6ptok


  • #8
    gipi
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    The channel 4 music always reminded me of Paul Young's "Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home"


  • #9
    nlgbbbblth
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    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    Sounds a bit like Alan Hawkshaw's 1980's stuff

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Rbvt6ptok

    Great tune from one of the better Brutons of the 80s - brings back good memories


  • #10
    Koloman
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    A bit of a long winded piece below but at the 12 min 20 sec mark there is an example of the ad free commercial break which uses the Fourscore II music.

    Also at around the 14 min mark there are various clips of music and idents from the early years of C4.



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