What was the music used for the 1983 London-Brighton video?

[317663]

Not the original video, but the music is the one from the 1983 version. I wonder if it has a name, or it's just a single piece of "private" music created only for that specific video.

Thank you

 

[Railsigns]

I think the answer's in the YouTube comments.

 

[Ediswan]

A different edit

includes the credit "Soundtrack Kim McCroddan" at 4:05.

Some searching suggests that Kim McCroddan was then working at the BBC Radiophonc Workshop. So it does look like a piece composed specifically for that short film.

His current contact details appear to be here: https://www.twodogstv.com/home

 

[swt_passenger]

Theres a wiki page on this video, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_to_Brighton_in_Four_Minutes

It reckons the 1953 music is called Sabre Jet, by composer David Hart (real name William Granville Chapman). iTunes carries the track under those details.

 

[Ediswan]

Theres a wiki page on this video, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_to_Brighton_in_Four_Minutes

It reckons the music is called Sabre Jet, by composer David Hart (real name William Granville Chapman). iTunes carries the track under those details.

That matches the 1953 original.

 

[Ashley Hill]

The 1983 music certainly sounds like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Comparing it with the incidental music from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Paddy Kingsland?) it’s certainly from the same stable.

 

[Strathclyder]

A full-screen/stabilized copy of the 1983 version (uploaded by RollsRoyce) attached below.

This has always been my favourite of the 3 London to Brighton films, not just due to the prevalence of BR Blue & Blue/Grey, but the sound effects used whenever passing through stations/tunnels, under bridges/other structures and past other trains. And the music ofc, which to my ears at least, is BBC Radiophonic Workshop through and through.

 

[317663]

A full-screen/stabilized copy of the 1983 version (uploaded by RollsRoyce) attached below.

This has always been my favourite of the 3 London to Brighton films, not just due to the prevalence of BR Blue & Blue/Grey, but the sound effects used whenever passing through stations/tunnels, under bridges/other structures and past other trains. And the music ofc, which to my ears at least, is BBC Radiophonic Workshop through and through.

Absolutely, I think the sound effects make it miles better also.

 

[Strathclyder]

Absolutely, I think the sound effects make it miles better also.

Indeed, very much of it's time as a result, but all the better for it. In my opinion at least.

 

[nlogax]

Music for the 1983 version is by Kim McCroddan who indeed worked at the Radiophonic Workshop at the time.

 

[Taunton]

Notable how much of the London end in 1953 was semaphore signalling, even through Clapham Junction, and there was still some lower quadrant, which must date from LBSC days.

 

[nw1]

One thing I'm curious about: the indicator at Victoria suggests it's a 14:00 service, yet during this period the Brighton fast departed at 8 minutes past the hour. Also the fast stopped at East Croydon, while in the video it appears to fly through. Was it a special?