Micro Men Theme Music

ZX Beccy

I know there was a thread about this... but I've carelessly lost it :(

Did we remember what was and who wrote the the piece of music used at the beginning of Micro men?

If you can point me in the right direction that would be grand :)

Lee Fogarty

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1011065/

ZX Beccy

spookydooks. I thought the bit of music they used for the opening theme was old! I was sure I heard it back in the day.

ZX Beccy

Ah, found it - Pulsar by Vangelis

gasman

Random fact: That tune has been covered on the Speccy, in part 3 of Shock Megademo.

Other random fact: For a long time I was convinced that whoever wrote the theme tune to Men Behaving Badly had somehow heard the Shock Megademo tune and blatantly ripped it off. (I'm not kidding... the first 21 notes of the melody are exactly the same.) It was only after it appeared on Micro Men that I discovered they'd both ripped it off Vangelis...

mulder

Pulsar was used on loads of TV programmes in the 80s. Think Of A Number was one (or was it Think Again).

Swevicus

The ending music (for those who are curious) is "Oxyg?ne (Part 4)" by Jean Michel Jarre, from his 1976 album "Oxyg?ne" :)

Scottie_uk

mulder wrote: »

Pulsar was used on loads of TV programmes in the 80s. Think Of A Number was one (or was it Think Again).

I was just thinking that. Johnny ball was me hero as a kid, how geeky is that?

ccowley

At the risk of sounding like a nit-picking nerd, I think the piece of music is actually called "Pulstar" - easy to understand why that often gets mistyped as "Pulsar" though.

And Scottie, you're defintiely not alone... Johnny Ball is/was a truly great TV presenter; one of the last before kids TV (and adult TV for that matter) became dumbed-down to moron level. Bang Goes The Theory admittedly has some good content, but why do they have that horrendously-forced Top Gear matey style of presenting when it's so obviously false and unnatural to all three presenters?

mulder

Johnny Ball turned up in my usual pub a few months back, but unfortunately I wasn't there. My mates were though, and they got to chat with him.

mile

ccowley wrote: »

Bang Goes The Theory admittedly has some good content, but why do they have that horrendously-forced Top Gear matey style of presenting when it's so obviously false and unnatural to all three presenters?

yeah its pretty good that, not sure who its aimed at, better than that awful richard hammond thing though.

its sort of like tomorrows world in some parts, like when that woman goes off and investigates a scientific technique, they need to get rid of that funny looking guy on the streets, why did they pick him to go out into public, he's they least socially adept of them. maybe the others bully him so thats why you never see him there.

merman

(I wish Bang Goes The Theory would make up its mind what it is - serious science show, light-hearted magazine show or blokey experiment thing like Brainiac)

Johnny Ball was awesome.

xyzzy

gasman wrote: »

Random fact: That tune has been covered on the Speccy, in part 3 of Shock Megademo.

That's not a bad demo. Some good tunes & effects there.

gasman wrote: »

Other random fact: For a long time I was convinced that whoever wrote the theme tune to Men Behaving Badly had somehow heard the Shock Megademo tune and blatantly ripped it off. (I'm not kidding... the first 21 notes of the melody are exactly the same.)

You reckon? I'd say it was slightly similar, but only slightly.

Hmm think I'll watch Micro Men tonight accompanied with a glass of vodka or three :smile: I wish the BBC'd release it on DVD. Might email them about that.