Zenda
03-26-2009, 02:19 AM
Hi
1960s Spy films and TV series. Laurie Johnson’s use of jazz ensembles in the original Avengers … developing, probably along with a lot of others, a form of incidental music which nodded to stuff more contemporary than the modern classical that had been used in the thirties and forties, and then the trad big-band stuff for film noir in the forties and fifties. I had heard Miles Davis’ ‘Sketches of Spain’ and it bump started me on this … It is a gathering of incidental music into what could be used for the ‘closing credits’ to get people out of the theatre before they played God Save the Queen:
Spy Mood Music (http://www.glynmuir.co.uk/music/ModJazz.mp3)
John Barry with his Bond theme and related work ‘incited’ and entire style for ‘Spys’, in the way that Morricone did for the ‘new’ Wild West’. My favourite TV Series was ‘I Spy’ with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. What ‘got’ me were the opening credits … Strong emphasis on close-ups of the main characters’ faces … and insert frame below showing excerpts of the Action which would occur during the film. Some films, the titles of which escape me, did this kind of thing too … they would use special effects and graphics to depict the Action … sometimes in stuttering freeze-frame black silhouettes, sometimes in sinuous watery effects. Early Bond went for the sinuous watery stuff.
The music would indicate some action and challenge .. BUT would always lighten up half way through with a romantic interlude …. So’s people in bikinis could be brought on to support the notion that these Manly Men had, or potentially had girlfriends. Or that they were, at least, liked by some girls. Threat and reference to popular bad guys/organizations would also be included. I also watched a lot of Fireball XL5, Supercar and Thunderbirds. Here’s a ‘Theme Tune’ for a TV Spy Program of the sixties:
Spy Theme Tune (http://www.glynmuir.co.uk/music/SPY.mp3)
Both of these were created about 15 years ago on Cubase 2 for Atari, within Roland D110 multi timbral sound module. They were mastered down, directly from D110s Stereo Out to good quality cassette [type II] on a Sony Pro Walkman, And then re-imported into Cubase to be rendered to MP3.
All the best
Glyn
1960s Spy films and TV series. Laurie Johnson’s use of jazz ensembles in the original Avengers … developing, probably along with a lot of others, a form of incidental music which nodded to stuff more contemporary than the modern classical that had been used in the thirties and forties, and then the trad big-band stuff for film noir in the forties and fifties. I had heard Miles Davis’ ‘Sketches of Spain’ and it bump started me on this … It is a gathering of incidental music into what could be used for the ‘closing credits’ to get people out of the theatre before they played God Save the Queen:
Spy Mood Music (http://www.glynmuir.co.uk/music/ModJazz.mp3)
John Barry with his Bond theme and related work ‘incited’ and entire style for ‘Spys’, in the way that Morricone did for the ‘new’ Wild West’. My favourite TV Series was ‘I Spy’ with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. What ‘got’ me were the opening credits … Strong emphasis on close-ups of the main characters’ faces … and insert frame below showing excerpts of the Action which would occur during the film. Some films, the titles of which escape me, did this kind of thing too … they would use special effects and graphics to depict the Action … sometimes in stuttering freeze-frame black silhouettes, sometimes in sinuous watery effects. Early Bond went for the sinuous watery stuff.
The music would indicate some action and challenge .. BUT would always lighten up half way through with a romantic interlude …. So’s people in bikinis could be brought on to support the notion that these Manly Men had, or potentially had girlfriends. Or that they were, at least, liked by some girls. Threat and reference to popular bad guys/organizations would also be included. I also watched a lot of Fireball XL5, Supercar and Thunderbirds. Here’s a ‘Theme Tune’ for a TV Spy Program of the sixties:
Spy Theme Tune (http://www.glynmuir.co.uk/music/SPY.mp3)
Both of these were created about 15 years ago on Cubase 2 for Atari, within Roland D110 multi timbral sound module. They were mastered down, directly from D110s Stereo Out to good quality cassette [type II] on a Sony Pro Walkman, And then re-imported into Cubase to be rendered to MP3.
All the best
Glyn