Channel 4 - Fourscore
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Uploaded by Skibicks123 on Aug 14, 2011
Channel 4 UK's Fourscore Theme by Lord David Dundas.
When the channel had just launched on 2nd of November 1982 at exactly 4:40PM GMT+00, Paul Coia had intoned the following sentence, "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel Four".
Following this was a montage of that Channel 4 had to offer at the time. This song played during this montage and following this was Channel 4's first programme, Countdown at 4:45PM GMT+00, the tea-time slot. Countdown is still Channel 4 and Yorkshire Television's longest running show and is still aired today.
Every time this song played during the idents, Lord David Dundas received £3.50, which totalled approximately £1000 per week. As it cost Channel 4 a lot of money, it was no longer used by 1992, ten years after the channel had launched. At the time, the sequence of four notes was the shortest musical piece to be copyrighted.
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@blackjackaug or you could just get a youtube to MP3 converter :D
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@Skibicks123 Any chance i can get one aswell?
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I think it was money well spent. For four notes it's very memorable.
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same composer as the withnail and i score
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FourScore is nice
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Thank you for putting this up again. Do you happen to know where I can find an MP3 of this score? I've searched for a while with no luck. Thanks very much!
blackjackaug 4 months ago
@blackjackaug Oh, you want an MP3 of this? I can give it to you over a YouTube message if you like, get it while you can, you never know when Channel 4 may remove this video. Glad you enjoyed it anyways, : )
Skibicks123 4 months ago
In an age where you don't really notice TV channels coming and going (I mean - seriously, when did Dave-ja-vu virtually stop and Really start broadcasting. Never noticed!), the idea that a TV station would not only have the launch that it did but would also come with its own theme music that wasn't cheesy, would survive for ten years and be a record breaker is really humbling.
Even better that the same graphic "4" is still in use even now - about thirty years on!
twelveeyedfish 5 months ago
@twelveeyedfish I know, it's ridiculous that how many channels there are today, barely any of them offering any entertainment. As the description implies, there was a lot to the launching of Channel 4, some of which are still really special in the world of television.
Skibicks123 5 months ago