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Favourite Barry Gray music/theme

posted 18 years ago by divvydalek
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So what's your fave music from all the Gerry Anderson series?
Mine are
1.Thunderbirds theme
2.Fireball XL5 theme(end of show)
3.Zero X theme(from Thunderbirds Are Go!)
4.UFO
5.Marina(Stingray)

[–] dirt-box 18 years ago

UFO had the all time best theme and opening credits.

[–] johntracytb5 18 years ago

1. March Of The Thunderbirds
2. Captain Scarlet (opening theme)
3. Stingray (opening theme)
4. Joie D'Vivre
5. Supercar theme

[–] blackman_806 17 years ago

The opening title score for Thunderbirds 6 i thought was marvellous

[–] bazwilkinson85 17 years ago

I always thought John Barry's Zero-X Theme from THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO was very impressive. Just listening to it on CD gives me goosebumps!

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[–] ACtheLegend 17 years ago

1.March of the Thunderbirds
2.UFO instrumental theme
3.Dangerous Game
4.Easy Listening Radio Music

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[–] gojohnniegogo 17 years ago

Not in any particular order:

1. March of the Oysters (mainly in Stingray, but also Day of Disaster)
2. March of the Thunderbirds
3. Radio Theme from Captain Scarlet
4. Collision Course

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[–] rudeboy8080 17 years ago

I have the Thunderbirds soundtrack on CD. Barry Gray composed some solid work for the TV show. It rocks!

[–] johntracytb5 17 years ago

I have the Thunderbirds soundtrack on CD. Barry Gray composed some solid work for the TV show. It rocks!

Which one do you have? (There are so many of them floating around these days). Did you pick up the ulitimate collection with the CD-Rom disc with all the promotional stuff on it?

[–] moysant 17 years ago

UFO for sure. I used to rush home from school to make sure I saw it one time. I loved the beeping at the beginning and the wigs of the women (very punky for the era). This thread reminds me to get it out of DVD if it is available (although I'd be disappointed if it wasn't that good, since I remember it so fondly).

[–] swami73 16 years ago

Not too certain but I think it could be "The March Of The Thunderbirds", but it's the score for when the Crablogger runs into trouble.

One question though even though it may be off topic. Is the music in "Pit Of Peril" when the armies thing majig gets stuck in the pit, the same music as in "Path Of Destruction" when the Crablogger runs into trouble?

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[–] johntracytb5 16 years ago

If it's the theme I *thinking* that you're referring to, it's actually "March Of The Oysters," which was originally written for the series "Stingray." It's used pretty liberally in "Thunderbirds" as well, whenever Gray wanted a theme which encouraged the sense of a marching, marauding or invading entity.

[–] swami73 16 years ago

No I don't think it is "March Of The Oysters" John, because i know a bit in
a Stingray episode that I watch religiously where the oysters attached to the Stingray craft leave to go home to their giant cursed pearl and oyster etcetera and so fourth. They carry the huge pearl infact. However the music seems different to the track I'm thinking of.Pit of Peril etc, and Path Of Destruction. I wonder what it is?

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[–] johntracytb5 16 years ago

You must be right...

[–] Actorman-5 16 years ago

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Joe 90." That is my favorite Barry Gray theme. "UFO" is a very close second and "Thunderbirds" would be a close third.

My favorite incidental (non-theme) music is probably "White As Snow" from Captain Scarlet.

"Dangerous Game" is a great tune, too. I'd love to perform that one sometime.

[–] bigal_a 7 years ago

The music when the Martian Space Probe rocket is crossing Allington Suspension Bridge (and in several other scrapes)

The minor-key reworking of the Thunderbirds theme when the guys are rolling up their sleeves and getting down to business

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