This is my childhood on a record. The only thing to come close was sharpening a lollipop stick against a wall. Hey presto, a dagger ! Simple and happy times.
Always loved the music to this along with Three White Horses Theme.Remind me of long hot Summers as a kid, living in Bournemouth.God I wish I could go back to those simple, carefree days sometimes! I suppose its nostalgia?Thanks for posting. :)
Of interest with the current news of countries being so heavily in the red, it is worthwhile to note a brief segment of the story where Robinson Crusoe had the money from the damaged ship before settling on the island. But until someone showed up, he COULD NOT SPEND THE MONEY!!! He could try and create money, he could misplace money. But without anyone else, HE COULD NOT SPEND ANY MONEY!!!
Lovely evocative tune. Credit to those guardians who shielded those from reality. But shame on those who, latterly, chose to be oblivious or unconcerned as to the horrors of that era, in which young men and political leaders were being gunned down all over the world. Even though folk drive to the modern day plantation and watch a flat screen telly, their time is still the worse for it. Maybe one day, more folk will shed a tear for people other than themselves, but I wouldn't bet on it
Another theme tune that I only discovered a few days ago that is brilliant is the theme to Follyfoot .It is a song called 'The Lightning Tree' and is performed by a group called The Settlers.
@MegaHappylappy Yes he did, brought Friday back to England. A few years ago i got the series on dvd from Amazon along with Belle and Sebastian. Great to see it all again and listen to the fantastic music.
funny i can only remember this on a saturday morning before swap shop etc,when it wasnt on it always seemed to be replaced by the flashing blade,happy days,great themes,thankyou for posting this.
i am 55 and remember coming home from school and watching this in them days this was the best,,,its fantastic to be able to relive the good times, thanks to you tube
@pinball1970 The minor section is Dm G Gm7 Dm You can substitute a Bb for the Gm7 if you prefer. The major section is D A7 D A7 D A7 D A7 D The second minor section is Dm G Gm A7 Dm repeated. Have fun.
This is up there with the Doctor Who theme, the Avengers and Juke Box Jury for me, just close my eyes and Im back to 11 years old! Wonderful. Oh if only we could turn the clock back.
I can remember Anne Dudley- from the Art of Noise who composes theme music talking- it was about 1988 and she remarked on the fact that she rated this music so highly. It certainly is evocative- I remember it from about 1964 or 65 and I imagine she heard it as a kid like I did and it must have inspired her.
Im 47 an wot great times they were back then in the late 60s an early 70s a wonderful tune .It makes . melt .shame those great times have gone forever an .sadley never see again
am 54 and just been transported back to my childhood with this wonderfull posting. anyone else cry when his dog died ?. the music is so moving. thanks once again. beautifull music played oh so well.
What a trip down memory lane!! fantastic series,fantastic theme, have never forgotten either and cannot say how happy it makes me to find this here, l have been transported back to my early teens and l am not far off 60!..a miracle if ever there was one!
Absolutely love this and like others here it takes me back to my youth and a time of innocence. There is also another great version of this music by a YouTuber called Bluesplayer59. You should check it out as it's done beautifully with guitars.
Just bought the complete series DVD off eBay - £5. Going to watch it all in one go this weekend.......... just got to get my 'Curly Whirly' and 'Mambo' together.....
Strange how this time of year (late summer) brings me back here annually.
You had to have lived in the 1960s and 70s' to understand the majority of the comments here, a different world seemingly eons away and now untouchable for all of us but for memory.
Many relatives/friends/family from that era have now passed away - you don't miss them tell they've gone, but for seven minutes of this music time is reversed and I'm a free spirit again and aim to live forever (as you do when you're 7)
Thanks for posting this orchestral version. I always found all that series' music deeply stirring as a lad, and still. The story too.. I think these inputs help form one's emotional repertoire, ideas to latch onto as aspects of character and how to respond to situations. Resourcefulness, wonder, fortitude, self-scrutiny, courage, compassion.. all there to tap into!
FULL MOVIE HERE Robinson Crusoe: watch?v=PBN2E1-QIcY You won't regret seing my FEATURE 1h 41 minutes version, all free on antonpictures channel at the FULL FREE MOVIES playlist section. Follow the blue arrow. Thank you very much for support, George Anton - Filmmaker.
Just shut your eyes sit back and relax,, Does it get any better, it sends a chill up my spine listening to this, remembering those saturday mornings rushing down stairs to try and be the first infront of the tv.
As said earlier the bannana splits arabian nights white horses robinson crusoe, i was 7 at the time and have never forgot its just a childhood memory i wish my kids could have today sadly i dont think anything can compare to those innocent days gone by.
Great comments from everyone. The years, or should I say decades might have flown by, but you can almost touch your past when you listen to this. Great times.
Made me sob my socks off ! Cor what memories,school holidays,just the best ever tv,stick a packet of crisps-salt'n'shake-in your pocket,grab your bike & no one thought to ask where you were going,but heaven help you if you were late for tea ! Belle & Sebastien,follyfoot,white horses,banana splits.....tv today just can't compare. Makes me want to turn back the clock. Ever watch the movie 'Peggy Sue got Married' ? Where she ends up back in her childhood....we should be so lucky.Thankyou x
Same here for me too! Summer Holidays, ABC Minors (Saturday Cinema while Mum and Dad did the shopping), Triumph Mayflowers, Rover 90s and Austin Cambridges! As you say, this one came around every Summer Holiday - Breakfast, Robinson Crusoe (Black and White) and then Bike to the Canal for the rest of the day! - No Health and Safety Regulations, and strangely no Prejudices or Political Correctness! - How had we used to manage?
Thank you, dont be sorry about anything I am most grateful that someone out there loves this theme as much as I do. This reminds me as young man when I first desired a young lady. Whenever visiting her home on a Saturday night this series was on the T.V, as a result I vividly recall the music. To me it was beautiful, inspiring and, obviously memorable. Only caught up by checking this out you tube, what a hoot! Well done.
Great to hear this again .Like the rest of you I was spoiled by some fantastic television when I was growing up .Such a bloody shame we had to get older guys . Take care all
Id really like to go to a live classical concert where all the music played was from this beautiful european series.Tales from europe, right? i wanted to be robinson crusoe i still do.alone on a mysterious island cast adrift surrounded by the seas.God bless you robert hoffman u were great.
Feels like heaven listening to this music, was probably only 7 years old but summer holidays were filled with Robinson crusoe, the flashing blade, champion the wonder horse, casey jones, bannana splits, double deckers and we still had tons of time to go out and play. I wish i could deliver on a plate to my 6 year old son that only knows cartoons courtesy of monsieur satan murdoch.
@pinarellolimoncello Wonderful comment! TV from a time when children were assumed able to think and follow a storyline. Fantastic in the truest sense, with no messages or agenda - just fun.
Wonderful. Thanks for posting, like so many, this brings back memories of school holidays in the summer. It's still my favourite version of the story too!! :D
Excellent. I too grew up on a diet of Robinson Crusoe.
I ended up living near to where Daniel Defoe used to live here in Colchester Essex. I never realised this for many many years until someone pointed it out to me. There is a road close by named after him: 'Defoe Crescent.'
@MrWishiwas18again Fantastic post, sir, you've put into a few lines (courtesy of Mr Houseman of course) what all the posters here have said thus far. Poor poor Robinson.
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@MrWishiwas18again Good choice of poem there. Amazing the powerful, emotion-filled memories this music brings when I can't even remember what I did yesterday. Isn't it tragic we can never go back?
Hi, I remember this series and totally loved it. I am 51 now and the well loved haunting tune is one I still hum and remember to this day. I first saw it on Tales from Europe and wish they could bring it back. Lovely music.
Brings back memories of the school holidays in the 1970's, watching this and "The Flashing Blade", "White Horses" and Banana Splits. Always loved the music to this, thanks for the memories.
all the music for this series was composed by robert mellin and gian -piero reverberi if its not the original soundtrack it sounds pretty much the same to me many thanks for posting
brilliant piece of music so much better than much of the music in the charts now days this is real music played by real musicians . better than all this electronic music manufactured from a computer
i watch every episode all through the summer holidays bring back so many great memories of being a nipper must be getting old but never for get . martin
The sound quality is superior to the original but does not have that certain something which tugs at my memory or heart strings. Prefer the orig or The Art Of Noise Version x
A fabulous piece of music. Like many others, I have half-buried memories of the show from the sixties. Have just rediscovered it and am amazed at how well made and artistic the series was.
I remember watching this as a 10 year old back in 1970...It used to be on BBC1 at 10 o'clock during the school summer holiday's, I used to watch it at my best friends house before we would go " out to play " this music is imprinted on my brain!
Doesn't really matter if this is the exact original music or not (pretty damn near) as it captures the essence of the fantastic telly prog that in turn kept my shitty council house up bringing in a housing estate in Glasgow 1960s 1970s fuelled with a spirit of adventure....i have in turn been and worked all over the world and its thanks to super tv like this that makes a wee boy dream...A German actor, British and French production, loved by a Scot...who says European cooperation doesnt work!
I used to hum this in my head when we had to do the cross country run during games. I hated that run, but this made it do-able. I watched a Decade to Remember the sixties made me realise just how good we had it as kids. This modern world is just a pile of steaming pooh. (No offense to Winnie).
This is one of the most profound pieces of music i have ever heard in my life. It's got us 40 somethings melancholy for our childhood, if i live to be an old man this would be the music that i would still hum in my mind. So pleased i grew up with this programme. Love it.
This music is so nice it lowers my blood pressure, and it takes me back to those long and hot 6 weeks holidays we used to get. It was a great show, compulsory viewing. They don't make 'em like that any more.
The Robinson Crusoe theme is so nostalgic as it takes me back to the happy carefree days of my childhood during the late 1960s. I love the music as much now as I did back then.
Oh man this is bad,so many of you have commented about his dog dying and how sad it was,but i really dont remember that bit, does that make me a bad person? the bit that sticks in my mind is when he rigs a dozen muskets to fire in one go and blows away a whole load of cannibals who are out to get him.
The High Chaperal was one of the greatest TV western series of all time. Big John Cannon, Buck, Blue Boy and Manolito & not forgetting Victoria.....brilliant
I have the soundtrack cd and the video collection of this series. I'd like to add some of my memories to your own: Rag Tag & Bobtail - Torchy the Battery Boy - Four Feather Falls - Space Patrol (all Puppets).
@beatlesandbeyond ................... Rag Tag and Bobtail; The Woodentops; Pinky and Perky; Sooty and Sweep; Thunderbirds. (Thank you Joshua for the music. I loved it as a kid).
@AnagramISP you're quite right, it's not the original theme tune cos the theme tube was an edited, shorter and different version. however, throughout the series this version was used (for example when robinson crusoe meets friday), along with other beautiful bits of incidental music. you can still get the soundtrack i believe. i bought this a few years back.
Considering the fact that Mr. Crusoe was left for some time, it doesn't make one want to join the navy. (a. it wasn't their fault anyway. b. the Navy still has the 'brush' of gay about it.) But it does bring a youthful tear to the eye from the quality stories of one's youth, like 'cocobandit' has already listed... and yes, I do remember The Virginian and The High Chaparral (correct spelling), sitting on granny's knee with a (large) tot of Guinness.
im slightly younger than you but my brother is older and used to watch that witch thing was it a michael bentin programme paulas the wood knome, do youremember flabards and the lightning tree, robinson cursoe was a brilliant story i read the book unfortunately my life has followed the same path as his, weird ayee and yess i go out friday nights on my own,lol
My old ma just loved this, and yes, the white horses and belle and sebastian were the best and happiest memories of my favourite childhood, along with tales of the riverbank and Bagpuss !! LOL !!
Forgot to add the following, in no particular order - as was my way in my youth: School Holidays Long Summer Days and Nights Being in a 'Gang' Spam & Egg Salads Bike Rides 'Dens' Going on 'Tip - to find whatever Setting fires and watching aerosol cans explode ! We had a real 'Tramp' who lived on the banks of our River - TRUE - he was ace, really..... Football in back garden Family 'I'm off on Bike mum, wiv ma mates, see you at Teatime, then out again..Bye' Click if you agree
My youth !!! ( Born 1963)...Greatest Kids programme EVER...filled your head with 'Run away thoughts' in those lazy, fun filled days of making 'Dens' and staying out till the street lights came, playing out all day, exploring your own village and nearby woods with mates...Happy days indeed Ta
I used to watch this every school holidays too. Plus Champion the onder Horse, Zorro, The Banana Splits - do you remember in that the Arabian knights and if anyone pulled the donkeys tail it would turn into a whirlwind? Then theres Folly Foot Farm, White Horses, Black Beauty, Skippy, Lassie all innocent and wholesome lol. I used to watch the Double deckers too and would still love a hideout like theirs to escape from. Lol.
this is so wonderful. i love this to bits. what beautiful music. when i was a little lad watching the series it was on one level now years later it is on another level. the best stuff appeals to children and adults.
oh...those memories : childhood, Wiltshire, England watching after coming home from infant school !!! I love that soundtrack : must have been influenced by Prokofiev "Lieutenent Kije" ???
cocobandit. i think you mean terrahawks. brings back lots of happy memories this. did anyone else cry when his dog died.lol. think they should repeat this on tv.
This is just such great music - it is so evocative and powerful, and also incredibly moving. Daniel Defoe wrote the book yet never heard this stunning music, How cruel is that?
Don't apologise for the static image; this piece of music on its own is a fantastic reminder of my childhood. It made me cry. I simply can't believe that someone found it and uploaded it.
Thank you. It brought me back many years. Thank you so bloody much.
This is my childhood on a record. The only thing to come close was sharpening a lollipop stick against a wall. Hey presto, a dagger ! Simple and happy times.
nsoul64 1 day ago
Always loved the music to this along with Three White Horses Theme.Remind me of long hot Summers as a kid, living in Bournemouth.God I wish I could go back to those simple, carefree days sometimes! I suppose its nostalgia?Thanks for posting. :)
stevobath 2 days ago
well i remember this every summer holiday
reveldog123 4 days ago
"Poor-poor Robinson".....
I think I was about eight when I first saw the TV series during the 6 weeks school hols. Never was there another children's series as good as this.
comicmania2008 6 days ago
Of interest with the current news of countries being so heavily in the red, it is worthwhile to note a brief segment of the story where Robinson Crusoe had the money from the damaged ship before settling on the island. But until someone showed up, he COULD NOT SPEND THE MONEY!!! He could try and create money, he could misplace money. But without anyone else, HE COULD NOT SPEND ANY MONEY!!!
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Lovely evocative tune. Credit to those guardians who shielded those from reality. But shame on those who, latterly, chose to be oblivious or unconcerned as to the horrors of that era, in which young men and political leaders were being gunned down all over the world. Even though folk drive to the modern day plantation and watch a flat screen telly, their time is still the worse for it. Maybe one day, more folk will shed a tear for people other than themselves, but I wouldn't bet on it
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Another theme tune that I only discovered a few days ago that is brilliant is the theme to Follyfoot .It is a song called 'The Lightning Tree' and is performed by a group called The Settlers.
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did he ever get rescued, watched this every skool hols but never saw an ending
MegaHappylappy 3 weeks ago
@MegaHappylappy Yes he did, brought Friday back to England. A few years ago i got the series on dvd from Amazon along with Belle and Sebastian. Great to see it all again and listen to the fantastic music.
marchhare1964 6 days ago
@marchhare1964 awesome
MegaHappylappy 5 days ago
The best music of any tv series ever. The best version of the story too. It's not an exaggeration when I say I LOVE this.
neilnotniel01 3 weeks ago 2
funny i can only remember this on a saturday morning before swap shop etc,when it wasnt on it always seemed to be replaced by the flashing blade,happy days,great themes,thankyou for posting this.
gazza1cam 3 weeks ago
I loved this series as a boy eating home made cherry pie after school. The complete series is out on dvd now approx £9.00 on ebay.
MrCapri78 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
i am 55 and remember coming home from school and watching this in them days this was the best,,,its fantastic to be able to relive the good times, thanks to you tube
2656paul 1 month ago
I want the chords! I can whistle the tune!
Beautiful – there is some nice incidental music in there too which stayed in my head all this time
It reminded me of Telstar the keyboard track from the 60’s- anyone remember?
White horses still my fave from this TV era I think though by Jackie
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@pinball1970 The minor section is Dm G Gm7 Dm You can substitute a Bb for the Gm7 if you prefer. The major section is D A7 D A7 D A7 D A7 D The second minor section is Dm G Gm A7 Dm repeated. Have fun.
kaferere 3 weeks ago
This is up there with the Doctor Who theme, the Avengers and Juke Box Jury for me, just close my eyes and Im back to 11 years old! Wonderful. Oh if only we could turn the clock back.
albiatl 1 month ago 2
I can remember Anne Dudley- from the Art of Noise who composes theme music talking- it was about 1988 and she remarked on the fact that she rated this music so highly. It certainly is evocative- I remember it from about 1964 or 65 and I imagine she heard it as a kid like I did and it must have inspired her.
NickRatnieks 1 month ago
Im 47 an wot great times they were back then in the late 60s an early 70s a wonderful tune .It makes . melt .shame those great times have gone forever an .sadley never see again
SuperMusiclover1964 1 month ago
@TheHumbuckerboy your so right regards kev
kevleisa 1 month ago
You can now buy this on amazon for £5.69. I just have :-)
Ashen51 1 month ago
I have been looking for this for 40 years thank you
Ashen51 2 months ago
Thank you for putting this on youtube. A gem.
101325 2 months ago
We had only thee channels in those days, and better programmes.
eyebawl1 2 months ago
I loved that music - and the series. I was a kid when it was on and just HAD to watch it. Thanks for posting :)
Sunflowers159 2 months ago
I'm 47 and all of a sudden I was 7 again. Tears to my eyes, wonderful......
tanpiltanpil 2 months ago
am 54 and just been transported back to my childhood with this wonderfull posting. anyone else cry when his dog died ?. the music is so moving. thanks once again. beautifull music played oh so well.
geoffjohn1 2 months ago
TV programmes had music to remember when i was little and thanks to You Tube i can re-live those memories
lemspar 3 months ago
@TheHumbuckerboy
The Heidi(1978) end credits were powerful as well.
wideernie 3 months ago
@wideernie Agreed !
TheHumbuckerboy 3 months ago
I remember seeing this at Satueday morning pictures in the 70's
slappy62 3 months ago
47 years ago now, I'm trying hard to think which dramas that are broadcast today will still be so emotive in 2058......anyone?
throthelens 3 months ago 8
Thanks for sharing. This brings back many childhood memories!
perkle78 3 months ago
This music is just wonderful, it brings back lovely memories when i was young and free from the hustle and bustle of the world we have today
pipendale 3 months ago
Worst day in my life was when I realised I would never be the man I thought I would. Been on an island ever since.
MrWishiwas18again 3 months ago
What a trip down memory lane!! fantastic series,fantastic theme, have never forgotten either and cannot say how happy it makes me to find this here, l have been transported back to my early teens and l am not far off 60!..a miracle if ever there was one!
suegreenbar 3 months ago
Absolutely love this and like others here it takes me back to my youth and a time of innocence. There is also another great version of this music by a YouTuber called Bluesplayer59. You should check it out as it's done beautifully with guitars.
lazydogster 4 months ago
@pornosalat i watched this series and i loved it best Robinson Crusoe ever and that was in the early 70's
pjsage921 4 months ago
@pornosalat i watched this series and i loved it best Robinson Crusoe ever and that was in the early 70's
pjsage921 4 months ago
Just bought the complete series DVD off eBay - £5. Going to watch it all in one go this weekend.......... just got to get my 'Curly Whirly' and 'Mambo' together.....
evlisp 4 months ago in playlist tv & film
In my school hols I loved this....... And in my later years I can say still do
neonsolaris 4 months ago
awesome memories it brings back
neckoil 4 months ago
so many memories brought back by this wonderful music - thank you!
1965Watto 4 months ago
After the beautiful sorrow and haunting loniless where could you go after being Robinson Crusoe?
SilvaSkaduwee 4 months ago
This music takes me somewhere deep in my soul like no other music, pure genius writing.
consul1957 4 months ago
@consul1957 Me too!!!! gives me goosebumps!!! such a haunting melody.Will never forget it or the series on TV.
suegreenbar 3 months ago in playlist Robinson Crusoe Suite
wow takes me back alot of years, Sat mornings in pyjamas hair eveywhere toast cereal and mum fussing what id give to go back, tough but happy days
Watchman33100 4 months ago
thanks for this....I use the end bit as outro music onstage as the band finishes...
ejectthetape 4 months ago
Strange how this time of year (late summer) brings me back here annually.
You had to have lived in the 1960s and 70s' to understand the majority of the comments here, a different world seemingly eons away and now untouchable for all of us but for memory.
Many relatives/friends/family from that era have now passed away - you don't miss them tell they've gone, but for seven minutes of this music time is reversed and I'm a free spirit again and aim to live forever (as you do when you're 7)
Popeetog 4 months ago
This tune is way too classy for Crusoe.
Shoulda been a Bond,
FlakeyFreakout 5 months ago
@pornosalat Ja ist es ziemlich emotional.
Joshua12345 5 months ago
Magnificent music. Many thanks for this.
ashmiles 5 months ago
This music moves me in such a way not even the Beatles or Marc Bolan does..even though I love them both!
consul1957 5 months ago
such memories of a better time.
14hcap 5 months ago
Thank you. I've remembered this music from the series all these years and it's so nice to hear it outside my head again ;)
catsondacoast 5 months ago
lovely piece of music
pjsage921 5 months ago
Don't apologize for the lack of video, the music's great. Never heard the whole suite before, thanks.
sunyata999 6 months ago
It's the summer holidays. I'm 7 years old again :)
boydegg 6 months ago
I loved watching this, lovely memories of my childhood
And like everybody else the banana splits - what the kids of today are missing
caderidris1 6 months ago
Thanks for posting this orchestral version. I always found all that series' music deeply stirring as a lad, and still. The story too.. I think these inputs help form one's emotional repertoire, ideas to latch onto as aspects of character and how to respond to situations. Resourcefulness, wonder, fortitude, self-scrutiny, courage, compassion.. all there to tap into!
armadillozenith 6 months ago
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FULL MOVIE HERE Robinson Crusoe: watch?v=PBN2E1-QIcY You won't regret seing my FEATURE 1h 41 minutes version, all free on antonpictures channel at the FULL FREE MOVIES playlist section. Follow the blue arrow. Thank you very much for support, George Anton - Filmmaker.
antonpictures 6 months ago
Evoking lots of memories for me - Chris Moyles started this off by playing it early this morning . . .
Joefox40 6 months ago
To my mind the best t.v series ever made....wonderful memories......poor ol' Dick.
plastic58frog 6 months ago
Just shut your eyes sit back and relax,, Does it get any better, it sends a chill up my spine listening to this, remembering those saturday mornings rushing down stairs to try and be the first infront of the tv.
As said earlier the bannana splits arabian nights white horses robinson crusoe, i was 7 at the time and have never forgot its just a childhood memory i wish my kids could have today sadly i dont think anything can compare to those innocent days gone by.
Thanks so much..
arthur67ritus 7 months ago
Great comments from everyone. The years, or should I say decades might have flown by, but you can almost touch your past when you listen to this. Great times.
kevowino 7 months ago
still gr8t
MrPanzertim 7 months ago
Excellent, thank you for uploading this
Sirb0b1 7 months ago
Made me sob my socks off ! Cor what memories,school holidays,just the best ever tv,stick a packet of crisps-salt'n'shake-in your pocket,grab your bike & no one thought to ask where you were going,but heaven help you if you were late for tea ! Belle & Sebastien,follyfoot,white horses,banana splits.....tv today just can't compare. Makes me want to turn back the clock. Ever watch the movie 'Peggy Sue got Married' ? Where she ends up back in her childhood....we should be so lucky.Thankyou x
jugglingfeet 7 months ago 2
@jugglingfeet
Same here for me too! Summer Holidays, ABC Minors (Saturday Cinema while Mum and Dad did the shopping), Triumph Mayflowers, Rover 90s and Austin Cambridges! As you say, this one came around every Summer Holiday - Breakfast, Robinson Crusoe (Black and White) and then Bike to the Canal for the rest of the day! - No Health and Safety Regulations, and strangely no Prejudices or Political Correctness! - How had we used to manage?
bobsatwa 6 months ago
@bobsatwa lol
gramule 6 months ago
@jugglingfeet Darn right. Thanks for putting into words what I was feeling when I heard this.
tallandhandsome29 5 months ago
I'm still trying to wipe the tears from my eyes as my childhood comes rushing back - thanks for posting this.
tdylan9NG 8 months ago
that brings back memories great t v based my whole child hood around this
biguglygadgie 8 months ago
Cracking score - I'd forgotten the variety of music this series had. Lovely stuff.
enochsneed 8 months ago
Thank you, dont be sorry about anything I am most grateful that someone out there loves this theme as much as I do. This reminds me as young man when I first desired a young lady. Whenever visiting her home on a Saturday night this series was on the T.V, as a result I vividly recall the music. To me it was beautiful, inspiring and, obviously memorable. Only caught up by checking this out you tube, what a hoot! Well done.
sheriff2157 8 months ago
Great to hear this again .Like the rest of you I was spoiled by some fantastic television when I was growing up .Such a bloody shame we had to get older guys . Take care all
mazhammer 8 months ago 2
Id really like to go to a live classical concert where all the music played was from this beautiful european series.Tales from europe, right? i wanted to be robinson crusoe i still do.alone on a mysterious island cast adrift surrounded by the seas.God bless you robert hoffman u were great.
macwhites 9 months ago
Feels like heaven listening to this music, was probably only 7 years old but summer holidays were filled with Robinson crusoe, the flashing blade, champion the wonder horse, casey jones, bannana splits, double deckers and we still had tons of time to go out and play. I wish i could deliver on a plate to my 6 year old son that only knows cartoons courtesy of monsieur satan murdoch.
pinarellolimoncello 9 months ago
@pinarellolimoncello Wonderful comment! TV from a time when children were assumed able to think and follow a storyline. Fantastic in the truest sense, with no messages or agenda - just fun.
zzippyman1 7 months ago
Wonderful. Thanks for posting, like so many, this brings back memories of school holidays in the summer. It's still my favourite version of the story too!! :D
neilnotniel01 9 months ago
Excellent. I too grew up on a diet of Robinson Crusoe.
I ended up living near to where Daniel Defoe used to live here in Colchester Essex. I never realised this for many many years until someone pointed it out to me. There is a road close by named after him: 'Defoe Crescent.'
Thanks for posting this music.
ISSYBONN 9 months ago
Of an era. Good but give me The Pirates of the Caribbean any day.
Cool2BCeltic 9 months ago
For all those that remember these times first hand a poem by A E Housman.
Pointed out to me by the Prophet
INTO my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.
I think we all wish we could return to those beautiful, innocent times, but will never be able to.
I miss those days so much. Peace.
Matt.
MrWishiwas18again 9 months ago 18
@MrWishiwas18again Fantastic post, sir, you've put into a few lines (courtesy of Mr Houseman of course) what all the posters here have said thus far. Poor poor Robinson.
Joshua12345 9 months ago
@MrWishiwas18again COMPLETELY AGREE
tig1960 9 months ago
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grottyfilms 9 months ago
@MrWishiwas18again Good choice of poem there. Amazing the powerful, emotion-filled memories this music brings when I can't even remember what I did yesterday. Isn't it tragic we can never go back?
zzippyman1 7 months ago
@zzippyman1 Maybe we do one day who knows? Can only hope I suppose.
MrWishiwas18again 4 months ago
Hi, I remember this series and totally loved it. I am 51 now and the well loved haunting tune is one I still hum and remember to this day. I first saw it on Tales from Europe and wish they could bring it back. Lovely music.
yochabell7 5 months ago
Brings back memories of the school holidays in the 1970's, watching this and "The Flashing Blade", "White Horses" and Banana Splits. Always loved the music to this, thanks for the memories.
Volcanodiddy 10 months ago
all the music for this series was composed by robert mellin and gian -piero reverberi if its not the original soundtrack it sounds pretty much the same to me many thanks for posting
trebor0404 11 months ago
brilliant piece of music so much better than much of the music in the charts now days this is real music played by real musicians . better than all this electronic music manufactured from a computer
Littlealan1959 11 months ago
fabster 3333 is the original heartwarming intro.....never will forget it....this is fab as well,great post!
jedlad31 11 months ago
i watch every episode all through the summer holidays bring back so many great memories of being a nipper must be getting old but never for get . martin
shane0122 11 months ago
@AnagramISP It might not be the original, but it is better! Well done Joshua12345 for posting it...
mrcodhead67 11 months ago
I was 7!!! First tv series that ever caught my imagination!
TheJockneyhammer 11 months ago
The sound quality is superior to the original but does not have that certain something which tugs at my memory or heart strings. Prefer the orig or The Art Of Noise Version x
TrevMagnus 11 months ago
Remember it well when I was 4 years old (1966) - left an impression on me, I have never forgotten this series.
3462nickp 11 months ago
8 dislikes - Lock them in the tower!
Blister77 11 months ago
A fabulous piece of music. Like many others, I have half-buried memories of the show from the sixties. Have just rediscovered it and am amazed at how well made and artistic the series was.
MarineBoy303 11 months ago
You were absolutely right - I did have an urge to run off and join the Royal Navy!..
..They wouldn't have me cos I'm 54 years old.
Ah, well..
K3KCT 1 year ago
Still makes me weep after all these years.
I've bought the DVD and the soundtrack and still like to view this now and again on YouTube, so thanks for posting it!
mpharris88 1 year ago
I keep coming back to this music...its great now and was great back when I was a boy. Its been with me all these years...a great friend!
550toad 1 year ago
So where can we get the DvD of the series. Like everyone else here I to grew up with this story & music inprinted in me .. Good Times!
Boomerdel 1 year ago
Great stuff
Just listened to a radio4 programme all about this called Robinson crusoe rescued again.
Great memories of this as well as the flashing blade, belle and sebastian and the aeronauts
semi422 1 year ago
'city of prague philharmonic orchestra' on I Tunes.
Blinding piece of music, lump in my throat thinking back to school holidays.
thanks to joshua for inspiring the search on I tunes
siandmand 1 year ago
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS UPLOAD. I LOVED ROBINSON CRUSOE AS A CHILD AND WAS DELIGHTED TO REDISCOVER IT HERE.
orchardcottage 1 year ago
I remember watching this as a 10 year old back in 1970...It used to be on BBC1 at 10 o'clock during the school summer holiday's, I used to watch it at my best friends house before we would go " out to play " this music is imprinted on my brain!
4evaclapham 1 year ago
Doesn't really matter if this is the exact original music or not (pretty damn near) as it captures the essence of the fantastic telly prog that in turn kept my shitty council house up bringing in a housing estate in Glasgow 1960s 1970s fuelled with a spirit of adventure....i have in turn been and worked all over the world and its thanks to super tv like this that makes a wee boy dream...A German actor, British and French production, loved by a Scot...who says European cooperation doesnt work!
Spandau1945 1 year ago
Mark44174 ditto mate i had the exacte childhood love the halloween ,bonfire night and christmas Exacto mate
dazza1336 1 year ago
I used to hum this in my head when we had to do the cross country run during games. I hated that run, but this made it do-able. I watched a Decade to Remember the sixties made me realise just how good we had it as kids. This modern world is just a pile of steaming pooh. (No offense to Winnie).
MrWishiwas18again 1 year ago 2
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gazzo45 1 year ago
brilliant m8 brilliant!
namroc69 1 year ago
The music from 5:18 brought a lump to my throat what a fantastic score this is thanks for uploading it
wigglespie 1 year ago
hey man this takes me way back......i use to love this theme ....still do....!!!!
brahmin21 1 year ago
I'm glad it's on DVD, thanks network.
Keith2855 1 year ago
This is one of the most profound pieces of music i have ever heard in my life. It's got us 40 somethings melancholy for our childhood, if i live to be an old man this would be the music that i would still hum in my mind. So pleased i grew up with this programme. Love it.
bengusandlex 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting this - I've been trying to find this for years, it's a beautifully haunting piece of music.
Damn those chopped onions...
rattussapiens 1 year ago
Mellotron....what's a mellotron? I Hate knowall anoraks....................have loved this piece for many years!
albrazier1 1 year ago
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herringfly 1 year ago
aus der ZDF doku "deutschland von oben". sehr nice für luftbilder!
xk712 1 year ago
AnagramISP : You're such a Clever Clogs!!
Can't you remember just gettin'' up & puttin' the telly on, in the summer holidays, & hearin' this??!!
...No matter WHO used a 'Mellotron' (or whatever??!!!).
Schoolday memories....or rather...school holiday memories!!!
LeicsLoyal 1 year ago
who cares its magic thanks for doing it took me back years thanks
panzertim1 1 year ago
This music is so nice it lowers my blood pressure, and it takes me back to those long and hot 6 weeks holidays we used to get. It was a great show, compulsory viewing. They don't make 'em like that any more.
comicmania2008 1 year ago
Paulus the Woodgnome
k1fat 1 year ago
The Robinson Crusoe theme is so nostalgic as it takes me back to the happy carefree days of my childhood during the late 1960s. I love the music as much now as I did back then.
branymor1 1 year ago
Oh man this is bad,so many of you have commented about his dog dying and how sad it was,but i really dont remember that bit, does that make me a bad person? the bit that sticks in my mind is when he rigs a dozen muskets to fire in one go and blows away a whole load of cannibals who are out to get him.
ajb7876 1 year ago
The High Chaperal was one of the greatest TV western series of all time. Big John Cannon, Buck, Blue Boy and Manolito & not forgetting Victoria.....brilliant
Durhamlad13 1 year ago
The photo is beautifull black and white and a little fuzzy make it sensuel.
Fredericknetwork2 1 year ago
Very nice theme, I know it. It was used as theme on a french tv show in the 90's.
Fredericknetwork2 1 year ago
Leave aside the excellent chilhood memories of the series: The whole musical suite is superb. Stunning music.
pix042 1 year ago
this really takes me back to my younger days. did anyone else cry when his dog died.?lol thanx for the memories.
geoffjohn1 1 year ago
I have the soundtrack cd and the video collection of this series. I'd like to add some of my memories to your own: Rag Tag & Bobtail - Torchy the Battery Boy - Four Feather Falls - Space Patrol (all Puppets).
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beatlesandbeyond 1 year ago
@beatlesandbeyond ................... Rag Tag and Bobtail; The Woodentops; Pinky and Perky; Sooty and Sweep; Thunderbirds. (Thank you Joshua for the music. I loved it as a kid).
onwardNupward 1 year ago
and a synthesizer for the flashback parts
AnagramISP 1 year ago
The isn't the original theme.The original used a Mellotron for the strings
AnagramISP 1 year ago
@AnagramISP I can't recall claiming it was. This is an Eastern European orchestra's version of the Suite.
Joshua12345 1 year ago 9
what was the original source of this piece? which orchestra was it?
btw, fabulous piece of music
VOLVOUAE 1 year ago
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@Joshua12345 It might not be the original, but it is better! Well done Joshua12345 for posting it...
mrcodhead67 11 months ago
@AnagramISP you're quite right, it's not the original theme tune cos the theme tube was an edited, shorter and different version. however, throughout the series this version was used (for example when robinson crusoe meets friday), along with other beautiful bits of incidental music. you can still get the soundtrack i believe. i bought this a few years back.
strooka 1 year ago
@strooka of course, this a musical suite and the theme of the series must be a composite.
pix042 1 year ago
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kennycarling 1 year ago
@AnagramISP
You are right in that this is not the original theme but categorically there was no Mellotron on the recordings.
The tunes were written and recorded within one week by an orchestral composer.
MusicManxxxxx 1 year ago
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@AnagramISP
You are right in that this is not the original theme but categorically there was no Mellotron on the recordings.
The tunes were written and recorded within one week by an orchestral composer.
MusicManxxxxx 1 year ago
Considering the fact that Mr. Crusoe was left for some time, it doesn't make one want to join the navy. (a. it wasn't their fault anyway. b. the Navy still has the 'brush' of gay about it.) But it does bring a youthful tear to the eye from the quality stories of one's youth, like 'cocobandit' has already listed... and yes, I do remember The Virginian and The High Chaparral (correct spelling), sitting on granny's knee with a (large) tot of Guinness.
harrisonaard1 1 year ago
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soundtrack posted at weirdbrother.blogspot.com
initialsGS 1 year ago
you wouldnt get this fabulous music on kids tv nowadays! :)))
linnyhaha 1 year ago
im slightly younger than you but my brother is older and used to watch that witch thing was it a michael bentin programme paulas the wood knome, do youremember flabards and the lightning tree, robinson cursoe was a brilliant story i read the book unfortunately my life has followed the same path as his, weird ayee and yess i go out friday nights on my own,lol
Michaelwilsons 1 year ago
Don't apologise. The music drags me right back there.
cambkite 1 year ago
My old ma just loved this, and yes, the white horses and belle and sebastian were the best and happiest memories of my favourite childhood, along with tales of the riverbank and Bagpuss !! LOL !!
macnorfolk 1 year ago
cbhull 1 year ago 2
My youth !!! ( Born 1963)...Greatest Kids programme EVER...filled your head with 'Run away thoughts' in those lazy, fun filled days of making 'Dens' and staying out till the street lights came, playing out all day, exploring your own village and nearby woods with mates...Happy days indeed Ta
cbhull 1 year ago
ha ha ha , hartley hare , yes i remember him , pipkins , along with pig , tortoise , and octavia . Good times .
gonightboat 1 year ago
I used to watch this every school holidays too. Plus Champion the onder Horse, Zorro, The Banana Splits - do you remember in that the Arabian knights and if anyone pulled the donkeys tail it would turn into a whirlwind? Then theres Folly Foot Farm, White Horses, Black Beauty, Skippy, Lassie all innocent and wholesome lol. I used to watch the Double deckers too and would still love a hideout like theirs to escape from. Lol.
Creedy2009 1 year ago
What about the ...' In-door league ' with Fred Trueman
bernardballbag 1 year ago
Does any one remember ...Hartley Hare...There's not many will him?
bernardballbag 1 year ago
@bernardballbag topov the monkey and pig is always hungry!!!
monkwhitley 4 months ago
You are correct cocobandit ,go to the top of the class, and collect a Merit badge.
bernardballbag 1 year ago
wunderschöne musik... ich höre sie immer und immer wieder...
pornosalat 1 year ago
did anyone know that the kid out of the double deckers is the lead singer in aswad?
musicalprofessor 1 year ago
this is so wonderful. i love this to bits. what beautiful music. when i was a little lad watching the series it was on one level now years later it is on another level. the best stuff appeals to children and adults.
pix042 1 year ago
oh...those memories : childhood, Wiltshire, England watching after coming home from infant school !!! I love that soundtrack : must have been influenced by Prokofiev "Lieutenent Kije" ???
MGrayNZ 1 year ago
also lancer..... the 60,s tv was faaaaaab!!!
1sttony7 1 year ago
Does anyone remember a program called LARADO or Alias Smith and Jones both
western series
bernardballbag 1 year ago
@bernardballbag I remember Alias Smith & Jones, with the lovely Peter Duel and Ben Murphy :0)
cocobandit 1 year ago
cocobandit. i think you mean terrahawks. brings back lots of happy memories this. did anyone else cry when his dog died.lol. think they should repeat this on tv.
geoffjohn1 1 year ago
cocobandit. i think you mean terrahawks. brings back my childhood this music. anyone else cry when his dog died.lol.think they should rerun it on tv.
geoffjohn1 1 year ago
I was only a toddler at the time and I was always frightened of the skeleton on the beach that Robinson Crusoe comes across.
nicedog1 1 year ago
This is just such great music - it is so evocative and powerful, and also incredibly moving. Daniel Defoe wrote the book yet never heard this stunning music, How cruel is that?
thorandrews 1 year ago
im told now where it was filmed has now been built up for tourism,the mighty dollar wins again !!!
bondsee 1 year ago
No responses? Can't be right. One of the most enduring themes ever and once heard NEVER forgotten. Even my young children adore this series....:)
jackboxx 1 year ago
only tune i ever learnt to play on piano as a kid and 40 yrs later can still play it, and stillmakes the goosebumps rise.
haunting tune with memories of long summers ,stone fights,gokarts, real bonfire nights,first girlfriends
and a real childhood.....not this pc dominated non existence kids have today
pimeson100 1 year ago 2
Don't apologise for the static image; this piece of music on its own is a fantastic reminder of my childhood. It made me cry. I simply can't believe that someone found it and uploaded it.
Thank you. It brought me back many years. Thank you so bloody much.
NiallerM 1 year ago 2
brilliant,brought back some good memories
lufcnige 1 year ago