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« on: December 06, 2011, 07:33:25 PM » |
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Hmmm - never done a poll before. Hope I've done it right!
Well, my favourite HAS to be the original oboe & guitar version by Tony Hatch (with harp!). I quite liked the Paul McCartney version - for sad endings only! It didn't fit right with normal episode endings.
The piano theme was a refreshing change - and we got FULL on-screen credits and that Maestro car!!
King's Oak theme was pleasant - but more Emmerdale Farm than Crossroads!
Mark II was a nice refreshing version of the original.....but I missed the oboe bit of it!
Well, that's what I think - what's the rest of you gonna vote?
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2011, 07:36:31 PM » |
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By the way - I didn't include the Mark 3 version - for obvious reasons!!!  |
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2011, 07:41:19 PM » |
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Have voted. Has to be original theme for me.
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 12:18:47 AM » |
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I like the original TV version and the MK2 one. But went with the original. The 1985 piano was nice, but was better suited as a new sad theme rather than a main theme.
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I'll never forget that night at Crossroads, when you said 'all good things must come to an end'. And then you smiled. And I knew that you meant it.
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Aston Cross
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 11:01:45 AM » |
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I went for the original Tony Hatch theme too as it suits the show perfectly.
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 06:48:21 PM » |
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Hmm - 39 views and 7 votes?
I can't vote again, but my secondary one would be the piano theme. It was so refreshing to see Crossroads starting with a new revamped theme and a proper opening sequence.....and that effect of the blinds throughout (based on Nicola's office window! They were the 'in-thing' back then!)
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 11:05:47 PM » |
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I have voted and it has to be the original!
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 02:41:42 AM » |
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Yep I've cast my vote,and it's for the original also.
However Xrds mark two in 2001 wasn't too bad.
If you wanted a vote for the worst one then it would have to be,without a doubt,Xrds King's Oak,that was dire.
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 10:17:21 AM » |
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However Xrds mark two in 2001 wasn't too bad.
That comes a very close second for me. A very good arrangement of the theme bringing it into the 21st Century and yet making it still accessible. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 03:47:45 PM » |
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I didn't think the Crossroads Kings Oak was a bad piece of music, I just hated it as it wasn't right for the programme. I could imagine an upmarket drama set in the country having that theme and it being very appropriate. Its just a mad idea to change a recognisable theme after so long, it took away the show's identity.
US daytime soaps are the only long running shows that occasionally changed their theme tune (that i'm familiar with). I used to watch Another World occasionally on Sky One and they went through a few different theme tunes on that show and I'm sure there were others. But that type of thing doesn't work in the UK.
Can you see anyone seriously suggesting as a programming meeting that the theme of any UK soap - even Hollyoaks - be changed and everyone thinking it a good idea? Smethurst was barmy and that's the proof of it.
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2011, 07:20:34 PM » |
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It's the Paul McCartney version for me.
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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2011, 09:48:19 PM » |
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Has to be the original theme tune for me. Just hearing the tune brings out goosebumps. Second would be the Paul McCartney theme. I remember getting the Venus and Mars LP for Christmas and playing that track over and over! Brilliant.
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Daniel Freeman
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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2011, 10:13:32 PM » |
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Tony Hatch is certainly in the lead isn't he so far? And rightly so. I must admit I didn't like his PYE record version - the one on the Wedding Album. It sounded a bit lame to me - the TV version was much more dramatic, and the drums were far more adventurous - and as for that piano-banging between guitar and oboe themes...well!!
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