Casualty theme tune - 1986

[TiddyTraci]

Too bad it turned into basically eastenders in a hospital, just like The Bill turned into eastenders in a police station pfft.

[TiddyTraci]

Miss this show lmao.

[notgillcup]

The BBC should bring thing theme back, not for nostalgic purposes but because it just sounded better in my books and had more heart in it than the one they use now.

[rbbhm8]

Got rid of it I'm watching it now on bbc1 lol

[googleisshittoss]

Good series...great theme tune..but it had run it's course!...was really naff towards the end

[Liquid888Snake]

i bum casualty

[ryan2909]

I remember watching Casualty whilst in hospital myself with pneumonia and the episode was about a lorry crashing, (and eventually killing IIRC) a teenage girl due to the chemicals it was carrying.

[Lynxboy252]

This theme tune must've lasted a while as I was watching this as a kid in the mid 1990s and remember this theme tune. Interesting that the opening theme tune is faster than the ending. The beginning has the sound of urgency, an ambulance rushing to the hospital. The end tune is slower, lacks the urgency and sounds much sadder, possibly the slow journey to the hospital morgue...

[MrCaides]

@Lynxboy252 It lasted for about 15 years. It's a damn shame they ever got rid of it. :(

[djclapham1]

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[ismaelkhan]

wish i was born in 1980

[deetboyz]

this is the best tune ever daddadadadadadadad

[ismaelkhan]

1 person must have been born in 1999 lol

[Matthewj4x]

Another thing - in the 1980s, all things to do with emergency medicine were white with a red cross. Now, it's dark green with a white cross. Why?

[ismaelkhan]

@Matthewj4x its all about being eco, image and all that crap!

back in those days it was what it was, now its all just gone abit stooppid

[Matthewj4x]

@ismaelkhan I agree.

[ismaelkhan]

@Matthewj4x oh well, at least we had a slice of the past in our memories :) hannah montana kiss my ass.

[Matthewj4x]

Ambulances should play this as their siren.

[N3croyeti]

The soundtrack to my danger wank

[cheeeeeeeeeeese69]

Stone cold classic of a theme tune. I still find the end credits to be quite chilling, even now.

[deckers20]

This is by FARRRRRRRRRRRRRR the best ever Casualty tune. Memories of the 80's and 90's.:-D

[ismaelkhan]

yey - i was born in march 86 and grew up listening to these fantastic themes, thsoe wear the good old days watching analouge tv channels 1-4 :) the end theme always hits me in a certain way will always be a favourite.

[Cardiff67235]

@ismaelkhan : 100% agree/1st few series ftw

[David8693]

@ismaelkhan I was born only a month after you and I completely agree. :)

[MYBIGKINDHEART]

sadly many of my favs have come and gone

and with the very sad news recently too

[ismaelkhan]

im 25 and remember this from back in the day when tv was REAL tv - nowadays its all changed too much! i know its all about change at some point but some things should have stayed the same, not hearing this for over 18-19 years made me smile -great times :)

[bubblybassoonist]

love the horn at 1.17....

[MissVanD1]

this version is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY­Y better. i rember being about 4 and it scared me but in a good way...i dont know why but i've always thought it was great, same as the old bill music

[Sangrenegra9]

@MissVanD1 - some ambitious turd probably got promoted for changing the theme tune. There was NOTHING wrong with the original, no reason at all for changing it, but hey, don't let spoiling something for the viewers get in the way of your career!

[Galacticmaster]

i so loved the old series,

what did it for me was:

The old music - this the medical comar type music

and the medical team, casualty today isn't the same with young doctors or med students,

bring back the old middle class mums and dads and the old people,

[Jasey2007]

fool, dont you know that medical students are mentored in the hospitals by the experienced doctors? it wouldnt make sense to portray on screen what isnt realistic, it defeats the whole point of the show. im sorry you dont like to see young people on tv, maybe you should go onto some type of therapy?

[Sangrenegra9]

@Jasey2007 - I think what he means is that the focus is now far more on medical students than what it used to be on - the older episodes spent more time with the paramedics. Back when the series were shorter, they had more money to spend per individual episode, and so you saw more accidents taking place.

Casualty does seem to be ER-ing it up a bit though - not quite as bad as Holby, but still tending to attract eye-candy for medical staff.

[DrMrEcho]

The only TV programme ever where the opening and ending music is just as good.

[Hounddogg36]

@DrMrEcho I reckon The Sweeney is up there. It's the same style too, with the end credits being similar to the start, but a bit slower.

[WEJIRC]

And now on BBC2 we go to John Carpenter's Casualty

[ssssroryssss2]

Shit!!! I've been shot! I don't fackin believe this! Can everyone stop gettin shot!

[Drjimbillybob]

should have been a horror film theme to lol

[annelouise1998]

This is when the music for Casualty was fabulous - sends shivers up the spine

[SPTSuperSprinter156]

For 1986 that sounds VERY modern.

It could quite easily pass as a theme tune for a TV program today.

[americancops]

@SPTSuperSprinter156 1986 ya it was very very good

[pratt68]

@SPTSuperSprinter156: 1986 was hardly the Ice Age!

[logom0]

wow sooo many goose bumps

[dannyisso]

i rememer hearing this when i was young it scared me  every time lol xD

[CORNWALLISGREAT]

now this music used to scare me as a kid as it used to remind me of dieing (spelling) just listen to it and think about dieing in hospital soon makes you think!!!!!!

[abdulqudz89]

i remember hearing this version of casualty when i was younger. damn, id give anything to go back to those days

[ShanesDownloadVideos]

Hell yeah! Would love to as well.

[Cheapbeatlewhore]

@abdulqudz89 here here!

[bogen1050]

@abdulqudz89 Join the club. i'd pay any money to be 10 again!

[Matthewj4x]

@bogen1050 I would pay any money to be minus 11! Just to see the first episode of Casualty live!

[razzo15]

@abdulqudz89 i hear that! saturday night with my dad as a youngster :) best times! now all it is is worrying about work, women, relationships and the future!

[therealKINDLE]

People will never know how Hard it was to create & sequence a theme like this back then. Synthesizers were very hard to use with other equipment.

[afuzzyduck]

sounds like a dirty phone call to me

[voiceofreason2008]

this is like going back to my childhood

as soon as this theme tune came on i was glued to the TV

casualty used to be about the patients and their injuries but now its more about the staff which i think is a new twist but wrong!

i like casualty and holby city but i prefer the old days!

im 25 btw

[sanguinus]

This is the best version of the Casualty theme. The newer ones are junk.

[Forestamtul]

Quite right!

[MolokoPlus1980]

This takes me back to when I was a kid. I used to love watching this show. I think this theme tune is better.

[Smillsoid]

Written by the synth player from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds!

[UnmarkedVan]

what a dancer of a tune, fantastic

[simonjonnemm]

you should hear my midi cover of this track. it took me ages.

[prettyfreshh]

well it is my opinion..!

the other one is rubbish

its oldd..:(

[Woodcakes]

Also, call me a dick, but I actually like the fact that these sorts of programmes are having new themes, because in twenty years time, new generations will be hearing the new themes on youtube, and they'll all be discussing how it makes them remember their childhood.

[LordAntWarrior]

I completely agree. Change is neccecary in all areas of life. I can bet you a good sum of money that if this theme had been kept for ALL of these years, the same people would say "why haven't they changed it yet?"

Not that I don't prefer this one, because I do. But at the same time, I accept that change is neccecary.

[stedav100]

The BBC had to change the Casualty theme for the end titles because it was too long. They are only allowed to be30 seconds now. This was the best Casualty theme tune though.

[SPAG22]

Bloody Labour.

[jimjams91]

@ stedav100...erm...just shorten this one?!

[Sangrenegra9]

@LordAntWarrior - Really? I've never heard a television them tune and thought 'That needs to change!'. Change IS important, but only when necessary - change merely for the sake of change is just stupid. THAT type of mentality belongs with yes-men and pseudo-intellectuals.

If that 30-second rule is true, it was a crap decision, along with voicing over the credits and squashing them into half the screen while posting self-promotional garbage/previews into the other half.

[Woodcakes]

Just like Heartbeat, and The Bill themes, this brings back alot of memories of being around my Nan and Grandads house and them watching this while I sat on the floor and played with the dogs. Awesome tune.

[ModemPictures]

i do like the new version alot more

[prettyfreshh]

i like the newer version :) ths one sucks :(

[AidanLunn]

How can you say that? This one is far more frightening. The new one sounds like an Ibiza club remix!!!

[The1AndOnlyMike]

I grew up hearing this tune. I love it!

I dislike the new version though.

[2canvandam]

i bet u remember 999 emergency?

[The1AndOnlyMike]

Oh I do. with that dude with the grey hair. I cried at the last ever episode :( Bearing in mind I was like 6 at the time LOL

[Gromit243]

Banging Tune

[devinowensthegreat]

Used to hate the ending beacause it ment i had to go to bed :-(

[samsungsg45]

And most likely the best one of the lot ;)

[KevCityboy]

Oh yes!

[waynerz1]

Must see TV!!!

This was the programme that used to be on just before I went into Town on a Saturday night ... so everytime I hear it, I get that rush of anticipation of a ruddy good night out! Epic theme!

[arenare23]

love Casualty

[juliecollins57]

used to love watching this with my mum on a weekend

[MissPiratePixie]

I remember being very little when this came on, and every night at 8 I used to hear this and run off to bed!

It's a great theme though.

[stewiegriffin1963]

This version of the Casulty theme is much scarier (And better) than the new version! This tune is so nostalgically haunting!

[hamdoesit007]

i'll always remember this theme because it used to piss my dad off when he would take to the local working mans club on saturday night but i would make him sit throgh the 20 minutes of casualty just here this theme tune! LOL!

[hamdoesit007]

this has to be the best theme tune for telly show ever in my opinion!

[stewiegriffin1963]

This theme sound more scarier than the new one. It sends me chills up my spine (And gossebumps).

[Richiepookinshoo]

Me too. Creepy as hell

[stewiegriffin1963]

I know, it's THE creepiest and most haunting theme (And quite catchy), EVER!!!!!

[lilgreavzie2006]

best theme tune. ever.

[itsjustdel]

I like this. It reminds me of Strange and true

[Sangrenegra9]

Brilliantly haunting. Even if you weren't familiar with Casualty, this music would still get you thinking of empty, echoing corridors, emergency sirens and dark streets...

[stewiegriffin1963]

I think of ecoing corridors when I hear this too!

[alig19294]

i absolutly lov it it's ace x

[yooochoob]

In my home town theres a bit of disused dual-carriageway and they film casualty there sometimes

[sr19]

this is good, but the bills theme is so much better

[MattWindsor91]

Both are my favourites. And Brookside.

[LiamsFriendStewie]

FUCK ME this IS scary :|

listen to it again...

its like somthing from a horror movie :|

[potterxt600ttr250c90]

i used to hate the end theme song because i knew that when they started it was when it was time for me to go to bed lol

[juliecollins57]

my mum used to love this on a weekend

[therealMrMackem]

The composer also did the theme to Tripods, listen to both and you can tell

[nahpop1]

classic....bring it bk NOW!!

[kitchenaut]

they could've had a swap around. you know, Casualty swaps with Simon and the Witch for a week.

[wdielwlairajmd]

I prefer this one, but is IS dated! They had to update it to fit the C21.

[Sangrenegra9]

Changing the original theme tune was the worst thing they ever did. It was probably some newly promoted director, producer or manager who wanted to leave their stamp. Wankers...

[LiamOlf]

Completely agree, this version is so much more dynamic than the latest versions. I really miss the old format, it's way too glitsy nowadays.

[YorkshireTyker]

Both versions are cool and very dramatic!

[Swuzzie]

I like this virsion but nothing can beat the modern one Casualty Rocks, long live Casualty XD

[David8693]

Ah, the original and still the best. I've never understood why they ditched it for an arrangemen that sounds like an Ibiza club mix.

[SPAG22]

The show's never been the same since about series 15.