12-03-08 - The first music BBC2 Sunroof Ident 2007

They have changed the music to a piece by Vince Pope but the piece of music I am talking about was used by the BBC 2 ident (with a sunroof in the shape of a "2"). BUT - many years ago (maybe 10+?) it was used for a car advert. Which make of car I cannot remember but in this advert various pieces of machinery would watch the car go by and 'be-in-love' with it. the most memorable was the jaws of some digger or rock crusher - whos jaw would drop as the car went past.

Not knowing what this music is has been really bothering me for years. It is always to hand in my head and when I head it agin recently I was able to capture it - albeit with talking 'on top'. Believe me when I say that I have spent many (many!) occasions searching for this with no joy!

Please have a listen and let me know. Wait until after the man has finished talking and it comes on then.

Click to download the sample: BBC2- sunroof Ident.mp3

Voice sample from Stem/Long Stem on DJ Shadow's amazing album: Endtroducing...

I know that this isn't actually a tune but it has bugged me for years. I always thought that it may well come from a film that I have never been able to remember the name of. Where a man is scared of sleeping and in the end doesn't know if his dreams are reality and reality is a dream. Anyway that's another investigation now - the sample in DJ Shadow's track Stem/Long Stem goes like this:

"I say parking tickets? you're crazy! I don't... He says well, they have some outstanding warrants left on you, and they want to just solve them you know, whatever it'll be. So they take me in on a chain to Long Beach. And now they lock me up in the cell behind the courtroom in Long Beach, while I'm awaiting to be heard on my traffic offences! parking tickets! And I panicked, I'm thinking, oh my god, man, while I'm here, you know, holding me, actually what's to stop them? I mean what's really to stop them? oh, I assumed that maybe some day my mother would realize that I should have gotten out! But ah, she was nice, she would have known but still, what's to stop them? And I'm panicking... And finally they call me...Sorry, Oh my god...I am... Scared."

Anyhoo, I finally found out where it comes from - thanks to Wikipedia - it comes from an album by 60s comedian, Murray Roman. The spoken track "Freedom"is the last track on side one of his LP "Busted" from 1972.

A Jolly Violin/Viola (some sort of stringed instrument) Tune

This lovely piece of violin music is something my wife particularly likes. She says she remembers it from the end credits of a film. I have heard a few times including where this clip comes from. In the foreground you will hear a clip from Gordan Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (Sandgate, Kent, first shown on Ch 4 on the 28th February 2006). Beware the clip does contain some swearing.

Click to download the sample: thatviolinmusic.mp3 Beware the clip does contain some swearing.

Update 31st May 2006

A kindly soul has emailed me to tell me that this piece is "Music For A Found Harmonium" by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - this is great news as it was really staring to bug me.

A Moody Guitar Piece

This is a tune that I have known for some years. A friend of my brother placed some Pulp Fiction dialogue over the top of it. I remember being told at the time that the music was in some spanish (or Italian) film he had seen and he took the recording directly from that.

The track you are downloading is the full version I got off him and I have called it 'Itty Bitty Pieces of Skull (Matt Pinder Mix)' as I was never told its name.

The part I am interested in is of course the guitar. Its a lovely piece of music and I would love to know what it is so that I can get some more of it. I even heard it while driving on Classic FM the other day (Sept 2005) and failed to hear the name of the piece as the LandRover was so loud. DOH!

Click to download the sample: ity bity pieces of skull (matt pinder).mp3

UPDATE: 15th January 2006

Exciting News - I found out what it is! Hoorah!

Its called "Romance D' Amour" and its a tradition Spanish piece of music. The version I have used in the track above is an arrangment for two guitars. But I have found a version for the piano too.

Related Sites:

What's That Tune? - Ever find that you hear a tune used in an advert, it goes through your head all day and yet you can't find the name of it? Here will help.

Sounds Familiar - Ever heard a Movie soundtrack or tv advert and wondered.. Who sang that?, What's the name of that track? Look no further,

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