[Solved] Can you name this tune for me?

bat999

Hi

Please can you name this opening theme tune for me...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTJ2CZm-xY

oldernonethewiser

It is from the soundtrack composed by Robert Mellin & Gian-Piero Reverberi

Here is the whole thing

matelodave

I guess that its called the theme tune for Robinson Crusoe and would have be written for the film. Much in the same way that the music for Gladiator or Star Wars was written specifically for the films.

Made by Franco-London Films and filmed in black and white on location in the Canary Islands in 1964 and syndicated in America in the same year before airing in Britain in 1965 on BBC television commencing 19 October, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe soon established itself in the UK as a vital part of children's early evening broadcasting. Especially remembered is the haunting theme tune and musical score which were the work of Robert Mellin and Gian-Piero Reverberi and have become forever etched into the consciousness of a generation of children and many modern day musicians, including 'The Art of Noise' have recreated it in their own styles

try this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwp4D8KY-c

bat999

Yes I know what it is.
But not its name.

Sometimes I fall asleep with Radlo 3 playing.
Then in the middle of the night I wake up with that tune playing.

"Especially remembered is the haunting theme tune and musical score which were the work of Robert Mellin and Gian-Piero Reverberi and have become forever etched into the consciousness of a generation of children"

I was one of those children.

Seems a bit generic...
Hey, you at the piano play Robinson Crusoe.

oldernonethewiser

bat999 said:

Yes I know what it is.
But not its name.

Sometimes I fall asleep with Radlo 3 playing.
Then in the middle of the night I wake up with that tune playing.

"Especially remembered is the haunting theme tune and musical score which were the work of Robert Mellin and Gian-Piero Reverberi and have become forever etched into the consciousness of a generation of children"

I was one of those children.

Seems a bit generic...
Hey, you at the piano play Robinson Crusoe.

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Opening Titles.

Here is the full track listing from the CD

1	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Opening Titles
2	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Main Theme
3	Friday
4	Exploring the Island
5	Smugglers
6	Crusoe's Youth Remembered
7	The Englishman Abroad
8	Away from Home
9	Memories
10	Alone (Part One)
11	Adrift
12	Palm Trees (Part One)
13	Solitude
14	The Shelter
15	Scanning the Horizon / Flashback - Escapades in York
16	Cannibals
17	Crusoe Alert
18	Wild Goats
19	Palm Trees (Part Two)
20	Pirates!
21	In Search of Rescue
22	A Civilised Man
23	Distant Shores
24	Alone (Part Two)
25	Catching Dinner
26	Poor Robinson
27	Danger!
28	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Closing Titles

HillStreetBlues

bat999 said:

Yes I know what it is.
But not its name.

Sometimes I fall asleep with Radlo 3 playing.
Then in the middle of the night I wake up with that tune playing.

"Especially remembered is the haunting theme tune and musical score which were the work of Robert Mellin and Gian-Piero Reverberi and have become forever etched into the consciousness of a generation of children"

I was one of those children.

Seems a bit generic...
Hey, you at the piano play Robinson Crusoe.

The link oldernonethewiser gives the name, it's simply called "Opening Titles".

Track Listings

1	Opening Titles
2	Main Theme
3	Friday
4	Crusoe's Youth Remembered
5	Away From Home
6	Adrift
7	Solitude
8	The Shelter
9	Scanning The Horizon/Flashback-Escapades In New York
10	Cannibals!
11	Wild Goats
12	Palm Trees
13	In Search Of Rescue
14	A Civilised Man
15	Distant Shores
16	Alone
17	Catching Dinner
18	'Poor Robinson'
19	Danger!
20	Closing Titles

Lorian

I must have been a listener of it second time round. I dont recall it as early evening g viewing. I remember it being on every morning in the summer holidays. 

IvanOpinion

Gosh, that brings back memories, along with White Horses (another great theme tune), Casey Jones, Belle & sebastian, Black Beauty, Champion the Wonder Horse and I am sure others I have forgotten.

p00hsticks

bat999 said:

Sometimes I fall asleep with Radlo 3 playing.
Then in the middle of the night I wake up with that tune playing.

If you go to the Radio 3 page on Sounds and find the program on at the time (it'll probably be 'Through the Night') and click on it it will give you a list of the titles and composers of all the pieces played in the program., as well as links on where to obtain them

HillStreetBlues

IvanOpinion said:

Gosh, that brings back memories, along with White Horses (another great theme tune), Casey Jones, Belle & sebastian, Black Beauty, Champion the Wonder Horse and I am sure others I have forgotten.

Definition of an intellect, someone that listens the William Tell Overture and doesn't think of the Lone Ranger.

bat999

matelodave said:

I guess that its called the theme tune for Robinson Crusoe and would have be written for the film. Much in the same way that the music for Gladiator or Star Wars was written specifically for the films.

...the work of Robert Mellin and Gian-Piero Reverberi...

I can go along with this.

Those two dudes didn't bother to give it a fancy name.

So my question doesn't really have an answer.

I've heard the tune on Through the Night a few times.

Different versions.

Not heard them play The Art of Noise one yet.