ITN News at ten open 1970s
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This original version HAS to be brought back, with the chimes or "bong"s between the headlioes. It grabs you with so much more gravitas to it than the puny synth version of nowadays. Please ITV, it IS the soundtrack of the TV news.
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@vashtijoy OOOO, that's gonna warp a whole new generation of kids! LOL.
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@budapestactive Yup LOL.
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@ossymos I associate it with Dad coming home from work, and being told off for staying up too late. LOL.
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@rowleyandtheboyz Same here!
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@chapleeds LOL XD
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@chookter1 Too right it did! LOL. I was four when I used to hear that. It was like the chimes of doom! LOL.
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I always thought this piece of music was written for News at Ten, until I noticed it in the score Filipino/US horror flick "Beyond Atlantis" (1973). Similar, the theme for "Mastermind" shows up in "Psycho Puppet" (1979). Seems likely both were stock pieces that the programme makers used.
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You just get the impression that after each "bong" some kid is getting a clip round the ear !
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i want this as my ringtone lol
This theme tune was serious, authoritarian and right in that it told you
(a)the news was about to begin,
(b)kids should be in bed
and (c)it let you know in the intro that this was a damned serious news programme
Today the pisspoor reimaging and brightened up sigtune sound more like jolly Disney on acid!
AnthonyUK 2 years ago 62
When I was growing up, if you heard this piece of music, you knew you were up late!!
pab70 1 year ago 7