BBC Arabic Launch Ident & News Titles 2008

[mirocreed]

BBC NEWS current theme sucks like hell ! I really do miss this theme. the Music and graphics are super awesome made.

[frankiethefrank]

Wow! Those are awesome! How come we don't have them for BBC news proper?!

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

@frankiethefrank That was the argument at the time, these lasted for just over a year and are far superior to the current Lambie Nairn titles IMHO.

[jonnyboy122]

Why couldn't they keep the Arabic feel to titles by remixing the Lowe theme with the same kind of "local" theme as BBC Alba's An La which uses a Gaelic fiddle?

[Daan892]

@jonnyboy122 Actually, I can hear the Arabic style in the music.

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

@Daan892 Yes, i think what @jonnyboy122 means, is that whilst this David Hewson music is very Arabic sounding, the David Lowe music currently used on BBC Arabic does not have a middle eastern feel (it is recycled from BBC World) - the BBC Persian music does have a very middle eastern feel to it and uses the same basic theme as BBC Alba and other World Service Television branches such as BBC Mundo and BBC Turkce. - Perhaps BBC Arabic's didnt want the same music as Persian?

[Daan892]

@SomeVeryRandomStuff Even though the Arabs and many Persians are of middle-eastern origins, they're not the same.

[euphonikid]

wow.. thank you for sharing this.. i really want to hear this great news music theme in its full version. i don't know but i observe that the best recent TV news themes i hear (aside from the main BBC) is in the Middle East like this one (BBC Arabic), Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, News 10 (Israel), and Abu Dhabi TV News.. ;)

[keepinsymple]

woah, that was so freaking neat and CLEAR! HD?

[MikeAffordMedia]

Glad to see this stuff has a few fans on here

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

@MikeAffordMedia :D your graphics are better than Lambie-Nairn's IMHO - its a crying shame they decided to replace them after only 2 years.

[sarialkhalili]

I LOVE THIS THEME SOOO MUCH..

Why did the guys change it??? Now, the BBC Arabic has the same World Service theme.

:-(

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

Branding (apparently) - which in itself is a complete joke based on the fact that BBC's Newyddion is still using the graphics package from 2003.

I agree it is the Best News Audio/Graphics package in recent years. a real shame that they have replaced it with BBC World News's music, and BBC Persian's Graphics.

[sarialkhalili]

I wonder what sort of branding is this!!!! They took the bad theme and applied it on almost all the BBC channels. What was supposed to be done instead is to apply the astonishing former BBC Arabic theme on the BBC World News and the others!!

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

I dont know if that may have been the initial intention - they had to have been planning the April 2008 News rebrand at the time of Arabic's launch - one of the things they did say though, is that focus groups identified the David Lowe music more than anything else, which probably diverted the decision to go with Lambie-Nairn's graphics. - The Hewson music whilst absolutely superb, is not as distinctive.

[sarialkhalili]

I keep listening to this music. It really takes my breath away. It's the best music made for TV since ever!

[Turke99]

Me encanta!

[hewsongs]

thanks for the post - David Hewson

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

thank you for composing such a stunning piece of music.

[ArtemiyNeko]

It was posted on a certain popular site as an example of good channel design. That's why you've been getting a lot of hits from us.

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

LOL, i cant complain

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

2 people in russia watched this 10,000 times in 2 days ?!? WTF

[ruguevara]

Why do you think that that were only two people in Russia?

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

showed 2 distinct users on Insight... besides, thanks to the Largest Country in the World i have over 15,000 views and increasing on this video... :) crazy times!

[alxseo]

link on this video was published on one very popular russian design-oriented site.

[S052970057]

Maybe they thought you were worth every second of their 2 days? lol

[thisisriddle]

Yeah. Just WOW.

Awesome

[tverskoe]

Thank you very much for sharing

WOW !! What a SOUND ???

+ 500000 !