BBC 2010 Election opening titles - as they should be!

[EmperorTam]

Awesome! As far as the music matching the graphics goes, the new graphics are shit anyways. The BBC should change what doesn't work, not what does. :)

[TheDukeOfWaltham]

I appreciate the nostalgia of many commenters here, but really, "Arthur" doesn't fit with the graphics at all. Or with with the whole style of this election night, for that matter; it sounds a bit heavy and pompous. It certainly fit with the slower-paced overhead shots of Britain shown in older election-night openers, but the pace has quickened considerably since. That said, I might like the piece a bit more with a more modern instrumentation (and by "modern" I mean "more instrumental").

[wildernessuk]

stuck in the past..

[Xboxlivereviews2010]

cooool

[MrRemoved]

quite right



[anchorman87]

this old sounding music doesn't suit the modern graphics...

[anchorman87]

the music they used was much nicer than this....

[dim432]

like in election 2005

[alanpatey]

Agreed. Bring it back.

[julienfoster]

The BBC used this music (slightly varied) in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2005. Bizarrely, they did not in 2001 and 2010.

[mercyalive]

Thanks for this. I hope the BBC bring back Arthur for the next election. The music they did use didn't come close.

[gallese09]

Classic piece of music and it fits the titles perfectly - why on earth didn't they use it?!

[FlaubertParrot]

Excellent work, many thanks. If there's one crumb of comfort, it's that the BBC ditched King Arthur for the 2001 GE coverage, but then re-introduced it for the 05 coverage. If they've made amends before, they can do so again.

[pblightuk]

Excellent. Shame on the BBC for changing the Music. This is indeed how it should have started. This Music IS the Election.

[Lab356]

WTF No Arthur? NONONONONO, it ruined the whole night, what were the BBC thinking!!

Bring Back Election Night, Bring Back Arthur!

[putthetellyon1]

Only a matter of time before someone did this. Brilliant!

[jezt42]

Brilliant. And how it should have been!

[nathanhickton]

Just played this as the titles came on bbc1 :)

[ceiswyn]

MUCH better! Right; I'll be watching this at the start of the election night coverage :)

[merlinmalone]

I've been looking for this arrangement of Arthur for ages - where can I get the mp3? (not itunes please!)

[WestEnderPAP]

@merlinmalone Drop me a PM and I'll send you a link to one.

[simonwarnerhypnotist]

much, much better!

[artsed08]

This is BRILLIANT... so stirring as the music changes when the clip heads out from London into the country... WE MUST GET THE BEEB TO SEE THIS AND USE IT TONIGHT...

[amrite]

@artsed08 Okay. Interesting fact I discovered. The angle from which the clock tower is viewed just before the view of the London is actually facing France, not inner England.

[nixenzo]

The title speaks for itself! Thank you! And I thought I was the only who care about this.

[pipoo1]

Just to be pedantic BBC Attlee should be first in the titles as he was the first post war winner- 1945 and 1950. Churchill didn't win an election until 1951.

[tonytrumpet1]

Briliant!

[haku8645]

As far as I'm concerned, this IS the new election night opener. I don't care what's on telly tonight!

[phil90125]

Damn right. The thing the BBC are proposing to use sounds like a cheap rip off or a Chris Morris parody.

[WestEnderPAP]

Now THAT'S how it should be tonight.

It even syncs up pretty well - the bit with Churchill and Big Ben turning white in particular.

Get it done, Auntie Beeb!