I created a longer version of the BBC News Theme - The News Countdown.
With its dramatic build, and the combination of rave sounds, pulsing beat and pips,
and the BBC Concert Orchestra at
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This is how It happened.
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Would You...? This is a full breakdown of how I composed this track:
I started with a Latin dance loop in the studio, recorded trumpet riffs, and chopped them into keyboard segments. To give the track an edgy vibe, I switched the chords to minor. Finally, I sampled a vocal from
@albionroar
@BBCNews
Yes glad you spotted that! The pip stays constant on the same note and the Chords change around it- gives the feeling of a single constant direction
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Can I just say I put this out thinking basically no-one would care and I am shocked this has got anything over two likes. I'm thrilled there's this much love elsewhere for it.
@the_jl73
@BBCNews
Amazing thanks - I love that breakfiller too, I wanted it to sound calm, the modern musical equivalent of the BBC's old Radio announcement "This is London" "London Calling" - the BBC beaming out across the world. I put it together fairly quickly in a studio session with the BBC
@Rusty123B
Hi Rusty - i originally meant it to be in the same key as the radio GTS pips which is actually B - for some reason i never got round to checking before starting in B flat! - a pretty close guess though and its a lovely key for this
@MartineBBC
I know it does surprise people Martine! and also
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which is really the cousin of Would You..? Same Trumpet sounds and Jim lynch performing - with extra vocals from myself too
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@SnowyBrighton
Hi Snowy - the original version is pretty much two sections repeated and sounds amazing - i repeated them to get to 10 minutes - adding different world music sounds and instruments to each section
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@carlwaring
You’re right they are amazing! It was a combination of both Carl- check out the previous versions all done with samples- It was more an opportunity offer to work with the BBC Concert Orchestra rather than a decision
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