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    Posted: October 10 2009 at 16:19
For those of you in the UK, how many of you remember this....the theme music to the current affairs magazine, World in Action?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4iyJZp7AM
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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 11:47
I remember the theme well.  Quite proggy, descending motif played on the organ against a bassline.  Very reminiscent of Bach and not too dissimilar to VDGG's 'Theme' Great stuff!!!
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 11:52
Isn't it Mountain?

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^ no Mountain was used for a different program - wait, it'll come to me..........
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got it:
 
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Apparently its "Jam for World in Action" and is by Jonathon Weston
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 12:04
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

got it:
 

Thats the Mountain one...Nantucket Sleighride?
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 12:11
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Apparently its "Jam for World in Action" and is by Jonathon Weston
if you read the blurb accompanying the YouToob vid Shawn Phillips claims to have written it and Weston took the credit because Phillips wasn't a member of the musicians union.
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Another TV current affairs programme with a Prog related theme was This Week, which used the Intermezzo from Sibelius's Karelia suite, but sadly not The Nice version.
 
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 12:54
...and of course Jim Davidson used to use ELP themes on "The generation game". He actually recorded an album, which was produced by Greg Lake, that included the song "Watching over you".
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Points: 32661 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2009 at 13:23
Most should recognise the following theme song from CTV's W5 (A Canadian newsmagazine show):
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Points: 1035 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2009 at 02:31
The World in Action music is great. I think the Hammond was played by Blue Weaver (Strawbs, Amen Corner) with Shawn Philips on guitar.

In the 1980s there was a BBC programme about newspapers called The Editors which had Brandenburg by The Nice as its theme tune.
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

"He's up the pub"
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