BBC - BBC News Theme

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I never thought the BBC News theme would end up here, but here it is in all its glory as it's actually pretty good. How it was made is quite interesting too, see bottom video.

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Here's a fan made 10 minute version that's done really well.

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Here's a making of video with its creator, David Lowe, in an interview with Shout Radio in 2021. Fascinating to see how he did it and to hear the mini demos as he's explaining it.

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It's a great piece - it might live on like the original BBC Radiophonic Workshop's original Doctor Who theme - which 50 years on still instils at least a mild degree of fear. Bill Bailey did a "rave" version of the BBC News theme during a live show he did a few years ago.

 

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Oh boy, I'd love to hear that rave version! I'll see if I can Google it.

Update: no, can't see a proper rave version of it, alas.