CAPTAIN SCARLET 'White as Snow' - Barry Gray

[darren2514fv]

used for the 1981 Captain Scarlet vs the Mysterons movie ending credit sequence

[shootthattiger]

wow this is a great altenate version they should have used it in some of the episodes

[jettscream]

total respect, original and talented , well done, we are entitled to be wowed by what we saw as kids today and forever. Jet Norfolk

[dropdeadugly100]

deadbeatdynamo@ I'd get so pissed sweating super glue every time i got into a situation with the mysterons!

[ChelseaAllTheWay13]

Ah Destiny Angel.

[huvander]

Fantastic !! Great vid !!

[lndac02]

very good production values compared to the drivel churned out now. Mind you as i was a kid then and a parent now, i might be biased LOL

[kaledranger18]

all tv has to be about freindship and stuffs like that. Back in the 60's they werent afraid to show a bit of PROPER violence.Run over by cars, struck down by lightning, MANY crashing planes and the odd car crash. In short, LONG LIVE CAPTAIN SCARLET!!

[CI5AgentSweeps]

FANTASTIC editing, one of the best tunes in Captain Scarlet (they are all good though!)

[Elitrian]

awww so lovely, they dont make TV like they used to, and i should point out the fact that i wasnt even born when this was first released :P

[langley2205]

Brilliant editing. Brought back so many happy memories. Thanks a lot..

[Soundtrackcollector]

@langley2205 thanks ...I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.

[GCmediacourse]

Are Proper Tv shows not the crap shows they put on in england today

[matelot95]

my favourite episode!

[Bladerunner93]

I watched this one last night. It reminded me of the Thunderbirds episode with Rick O'shea. Colonel white didn't mind the radio as much as jeff tracy...

[williamsdm]

They don't write 'em like they used to, do they? What a tune.

[Pulsar205]

when you see a sixties film they're always twisting to this music haha

[ZINCOVIX]

cool vid buddy...lov that music

[sparke67]

Thank you - I used to watch this a little kid would love to get the collection - g00d memories

[Andrei613]

There is a Captain Scarlet soundtrack CD out, best deal is from the firm that puts it out, Silva Screen records. I have a copy, it's great. SS also has CDs of music from the other Gerry Anderson shows that used Barry Grey's wonderful music.

[jettscream]

loyal anderson lover. 1964 born, this is good and well presented as it could have been in 1970s , thank you

[Soundtrackcollector]

Glad it took back to those viewing days,

(originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the UK).

Thanks for your comment.

[UglyMannheim]

Outstanding!

[kronoscorvinus]

This kinda reminds me of "UFO" title opening.

[skodatrainz]

This is the "Video" of the mysterons !! Crackin Vid 5*

[Soundtrackcollector]

"The Mysterons. Sworn enemies of Earth...possessing the ability to recreate an exact likeness of an object or person. But first--they must destroy."

Knocked bottle, cat's wail, powerful searchlights flash on.

The assassin opens fire with machine gun but none of his bullets apparently manages to penetrate.

Spectrum officer fires his own gun and the attacker grunts as he falls to the ground dead.

Drum roll, "Leading the fight--one man fate has made indestructible. His name: Captain Scarlet."

[keithgunn]

I am in my 50s now but still can remember this classic 60s style music, when I was young, this is just fantastic , so good its my ring tone on my mobile. Oh why cant life be as simple and trusting but as futuristic as it was in the 60s

[deadbeatdynamo]

Why isn't real life this cool?

[scandium1223]

great song! long live the 60's!!! S.I.G.

[Jagdtoq]

The painful look on Scarlets face at 1:33 is just great  lol

[BradBrassman]

He was faking it!!!!!

[silversabre84]

That was real acting

[chelitocentilux]

gracias por traerme tan gratos recuerdos de mi infancia cuando esperaba las seis de la tarde para ver el capitan escarlata !!!!

[Soundtrackcollector]

Gracias por su comentario.

Grande ver este programa fue exportado en todo el mundo.

' El espectro es Green!'

[BradBrassman]

Brilliant. I love this version from "White as Snow" which I first downloaded along with the more commercial version of this track from the old EarthStationOne website. Many thanks indeed for posting.

[Soundtrackcollector]

Thanks.

'Spectrum is Green!'

[Andrei613]

This is a very nice job. I got the Scarlet soundtrack CD this past summer and was very happy that this track is on it.

On a personal note, heres a display of just how geeky and into Gerry Anderson I am: My wife and I had as our first dance at our wedding reception, the XL-5 closing song. Hey, it fit the theme...

[Soundtrackcollector]

Great story ...glad you enjoyed it!

[cs99cjb]

Outstanding model special effects at 2:03 and 2:50!

[BEEFYBAYONET]

The effects were always what made these programs for me as a child. It gave me a huge interest in special effects and modelwork trying to fathom out how they were done.

I also love the imagination that went into such gloriously impractical designs as London Car-Vu and DT19. Wonderful.

[jmessy007]

Great job

[Soundtrackcollector]

No problem ...thanks and for letting me respond.

[Soundtrackcollector]

"Hoots Mon"('58) with organist Cherry Wainer

Gray had an Hammond in his studio.

[xwsftassell]

Yeah, except he was a she. I think it's probably a 50's Hammond. Sounds like the one on Blue Train (B of Hoots Mon). I love those Barry Gray things, esp. Fireball XL5 opening theme which has a bit of that baritone sax action on it too. I've always assumed there was a clavioline on that, as per Joe Meek, but I don't have the data. The FXL5 incidental music is pretty far out, also.

[Soundtrackcollector]

FBXL5 electronic incidental music - Gray intergrated his Ondes Martenot other electronic instruments, tape machines, various multi-track recorders, electric steel

guitars, a Hammond Organ and an English-made Miller Spinetta (a dual keyboard instrument

with a built-in piano).

[xwsftassell]

Hah! A Man of Knowledge! Excellent. Cheers.

[xwsftassell]

Brill. Great. Really love the sound of those baritone saxes. Wonder why nobody uses them anymore? Not sure what sort of organ they're using on this but it's sounds like something that was probably pretty old-fashioned for the time. The guitar is tuned slightly sharp of everything else.

[Soundtrackcollector]

I doubt if Mike Terry is on ths one.

Gray also became interested in the Ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument that had been developed by Frenchman Maurice Martenot, and used it to produce unconventional musical sounds as well as electronic sound effects in several of his scores, particularly Captain Scarlet.

Thanks for your excellent comment.

[xwsftassell]

I was thinking the organ sound was highly reminiscent of that on the old Lord Rockingham XI record. Might put some research in on this.

[MsBkirk]

@xwsftassell The organ sounds a bit Northern Soul too - I can imagine the Spectrum team doing those moves on a powdered dance floor!