Harbour Hotel Radio show theme tune

lufties

Hi All,

Just wondered if anyone knows a link or where to get the theme tune of the radio 1 soap Harbour Hotel that was broadcast in the 80's

thanks.

steveone

AAAH it's now going round my head...I can hear the seagulls..

crosstownk

Maybe email RTÉ and they may be able to help you.

r3nu4l

Yup, it's not in the online archives. There are a couple of photos of the voice actors and writer but that's it.

C.K Dexter Haven

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yup, it's not in the online archives. There are a couple of photos of the voice actors and writer but that's it.

Same here- I've spent a good 20 mins on this too- bah, I thought everything that ever was, was on the interweb these days.

r3nu4l

Yup, I even trawled YouTube
My Mam used to listen to this every day it was on. During her teen years she worked in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire and I think it reminded her of those days

lufties

Yeah perhaps i'll drop rte an email. I used to listen to it in my gran aunt's when i'd get a half day from school, and she'd cook a fantastic tasty dinner for me. For a woman in her late eighties at the time, that was some going.

Ahh they were great times

desbrook

Memories of Missus Doyle and Shiny Shoes Bob Ellis! Yes tried to find it myself but no luck. I'd say an email to certain presenters may help. Ronan Collins comes to mind

lufties

desbrook wrote: »

Memories of Missus Doyle and Shiny Shoes Bob Ellis! Yes tried to find it myself but no luck. I'd say an email to certain presenters may help. Ronan Collins comes to mind

fair play des, i might drop him a mail myself. by the way where was the harbour hotel supposed to be?

desbrook

lufties wrote: »

fair play des, i might drop him a mail myself. by the way where was the harbour hotel supposed to be?

There was a character "Gabriel" with a strong Kerry accent as I remember ?

lufties

desbrook wrote: »

There was a character "Gabriel" with a strong Kerry accent as I remember ?

cant really remember the program itself, only maybe some auld wan that used to be rabbiting on..I was only around 7 yrs old when it was broadcast.

nlgbbbblth

It's not on my RTE's Greatest Themes LP.

r3nu4l

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

It's not on my RTE's Greatest Themes LP.

Interesting list of RTÉ recordings here. I don't see Harbour Hotel on it anywhere.

Bear in mind that the theme tune to the Gay Byrne radio show was not an RTÉ tune, it's actually 'Tico's Tune', by 'Manuel & the Music of the Mountains', and that could be true of Harbour Hotel too.

The Gay Byrne Radio Show music. Listen to it from 15 seconds in

nlgbbbblth

Tico's Tune is great.

Here's my article on that RTE Themes LP. Might be of interest.

Click!

steveone

the gay byrne radio theme... there's the sound of success right there.. If you heard that you'd successfully blagged your way out of going to school..

C.K Dexter Haven

steveone wrote: »

the gay byrne radio theme... there's the sound of success right there.. If you heard that you'd successfully blagged your way out of going to school..

Some great radio so it was- ja remember the slot where he'd call out requests for assistance from people who we're looking for a washing machine, or a 2nd hand b&w TV or a for people to donate money for a good cause- think it was called the GB fund

C.K Dexter Haven

r3nu4l wrote: »

Interesting list of RTÉ recordings here. I don't see Harbour Hotel on it anywhere.

R0[/Youtube]

My google searches led me to that too.:D

Right , As it's Christmas soon, I'll give 10 euro to charity-Focus Ireland- if anyone posts a link to Harbour Hotel theme tune- anyone feel like doing the same- we could raise a few bob and get a bit of publicity going- maybe RTE will release the tune onto their website when we reach a certain amount or by a certain date- Ronan Collins, are ya listening?:D

who the fug

steveone wrote: »

the gay byrne radio theme... there's the sound of success right there.. If you heard that you'd successfully blagged your way out of going to school..

Yeah but you had to keep your head otherwise you get dropped in at lunchtime.

lufties

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

My google searches led me to that too.:D

Right , As it's Christmas soon, I'll give 10 euro to charity-Focus Ireland- if anyone posts a link to Harbour Hotel theme tune- anyone feel like doing the same- we could raise a few bob and get a bit of publicity going- maybe RTE will release the tune onto their website when we reach a certain amount or by a certain date- Ronan Collins, are ya listening?:D

I'd second that:D

nlgbbbblth

Harbour Hotel ran from about 1978 to 1990. If you had an old RTE Guide from those years then you might get a clue as to who the theme composer is.

lufties

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Harbour Hotel ran from about 1978 to 1990. If you had an old RTE Guide from those years then you might get a clue as to who the theme composer is.

yea, I emailed ronan collins on friday about it but he ignored the request:(

crosstownk

lufties wrote: »

yea, I emailed ronan collins on friday about it but he ignored the request:(

He may have intentionally ignored in case RTÉ bring Harbour Hotel back and dump Ronan

I've emailed RTÉ archives so lets see if they can help.

Elmer Blooker

lufties wrote: »

yea, I emailed ronan collins on friday about it but he ignored the request:(

He just played it a few mins ago so he didn't ignore your request, It's by someone called Trevor Duncan (?) but I didn't get the name of the tune.

lufties

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

He just played it a few mins ago so he didn't ignore your request, It's by someone called Trevor Duncan (?) but I didn't get the name of the tune.

haha did u record it? I missed it:(

Im not trevor duncan btw.

Tabnabs

I'd imagine the show will be on the website on the listen back feature?

lufties

Tabnabs wrote: »

I'd imagine the show will be on the website on the listen back feature?

will keep an ear/eye out

padd b1975

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

He just played it a few mins ago so he didn't ignore your request, It's by someone called Trevor Duncan (?) but I didn't get the name of the tune.

It's called Harvest Supper by Trevor Duncan.
He mentioned it about 12.30, so roughly halfway through if you want to listen back on the RTE Player.

He played about a 30 second snippet.

Pinch Flat

Harbour Hotel brings me right back - coming home for school for lunch, ham sangers on the table and a nice mug of tea. Ah them were the days.

Tabnabs

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harvest-Supper/dp/B002HSRG5U

I won't be able to get it out of my head now!!

clappyhappy

It's on iTunes also, what a blast from the past. Thanks!!

harr

brings back some good child hood memories that does...thanks to everyone who put the effort to source the piece of music.:D

C.K Dexter Haven

Tabnabs wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harvest-Supper/dp/B002HSRG5U

I won't be able to get it out of my head now!!

10 euro to Focus Ireland on the way- thanks all for this.:)

desbrook

Glad to see my Ronan Collins suggestion worked! He's very responsive to listeners

sudzs

Our dog was fed religiously every day just as Harbour Hotel was starting. So when the dog was sent to my sister's to be minded for the first time, she couldn't understand why the dog went into a fit of barking at her and jumping around the place every day when Harbour Hotel would start!! The poor dog was conditioned to expect dinner whenever that tune started!



....it's stuck in my head now too! :rolleyes:

Hank Schrader

r3nu4l wrote: »

Interesting list of RTÉ recordings here. I don't see Harbour Hotel on it anywhere.

Bear in mind that the theme tune to the Gay Byrne radio show was not an RTÉ tune, it's actually 'Tico's Tune', by 'Manuel & the Music of the Mountains', and that could be true of Harbour Hotel too.

The Gay Byrne Radio Show music. Listen to it from 15 seconds in

Great find mo chara


Would of driven spare if I hadn't heard it soon

darkdubh

Sorry for resurecting a zombie thread.I picked up an old LP of library music in a charity shop during the week.Playing side 2 I had an immediete sense of deja-vu on one particular track.I knew it was from Radio One that I remembered it and spent considerable time racking my brain till the name Harbour Hotel popped into my head.Googling it brought me to All Things Retro(where else?).Heres the record that the piece of music appears on.

C.K Dexter Haven

darkdubh wrote: »

Sorry for resurecting a zombie thread.I picked up an old LP of library music in a charity shop during the week.Playing side 2 I had an immediete sense of deja-vu on one particular track.I knew it was from Radio One that I remembered it and spent considerable time racking my brain till the name Harbour Hotel popped into my head.Googling it brought me to All Things Retro(where else?).Heres the record that the piece of music appears on.

Nice find, anything else of interest on it? Was it UK or Irish TV that the music is based ?

darkdubh

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Nice find, anything else of interest on it? Was it UK or Irish TV that the music is based ?

It was produced by a UK company Boosey And Hawkes,released in 1972.Its library music so it wouldent have been for sale commercialy.The rest of the music is in a pretty similar vein,its all based around a pastoral theme.I'm not aware of any of the other music being used in anything but its bound to have been at some point down the years.

jenningso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mJjbTp1W4

DoozerT6

Jaysis, school holidays in the kitchen with de mammy at lunchtime, listening to Harbour Hotel!