Library Music Themes

General Sharing & Discussion => DIY Comps and Other Musical Creations => Topic started by: Retronic on April 07, 2020, 04:07:43 PM

Title: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 07, 2020, 04:07:43 PM: I'm half way through this endeavour, with the music from the first two series already posted up:
https://retroteque.wordpress.com/category/the-sweeney/ (https://retroteque.wordpress.com/category/the-sweeney/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/J0sm7XTm/THE-SWEENEY.png)(https://i.postimg.cc/9M3Nw7FC/THE-SWEENEY-2.png)(https://i.postimg.cc/nrfzW0Fg/THE-SWEENEY-3.png)(https://i.postimg.cc/Ss6V2QKP/THE-SWEENEY-4.png)(https://i.postimg.cc/zfs8D7Lj/THE-SWEENEY-5.png)
So far it is 147 tracks across five volumes
Even if you don't like 'The Sweeney', a 1975-1978 UK cop show if you didn't know the five individual posts all include snapshots of the LPs for a retro contextual vibe. I have to day I really enjoyed pulling them off the shelves and holding them again- some after many years of being unloved, neglected since their FLAC-friends distracted me with their shiny modern ways.
This show heavily used UK libraries; initially very KPM and De Wolfe heavy with smatterings of Chappell and Themes with a splosh of Selected Sound and what-not.
The latter episodes (not got to those yet) bought lots of Bruton in to the mix.... *dusts off Drama Montage*...
Anyway- get your trousers and yer headphones on!
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Flemming on April 07, 2020, 11:20:26 PM: Oh, you been a busy boy Retronic. Fabulous work, really, really appreciate it. Thank you very much. : )
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Greta on April 08, 2020, 12:32:16 AM: Wow, I wasn't aware of this project you started to publish two days ago.
Great work Retro.
And thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: n6 on April 08, 2020, 12:34:45 PM: Thank you very much Retronic for your amazing & fantastic work !
better than any official label release !!

Super :)
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 08, 2020, 01:39:22 PM: I’ve been eating, sleeping & breathing The Sweeney for days!! Hope you like them :-) You guys will have pretty much every track anyway but Ive always wanted to sort them out properly and have in one place.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 08, 2020, 02:11:24 PM: BTW one track is a fake FLAC, converted from a 320 mp3. It just makes it look better and most people won’t care about one track.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Greta on April 08, 2020, 07:45:36 PM: Quote from: Retronic on April 08, 2020, 02:11:24 PM
BTW one track is a fake FLAC, converted from a 320 mp3. It just makes it look better and most people won’t care about one track.
Wich one Retro? Maybe the LMT community can help with the flac version?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 08, 2020, 08:01:02 PM: I think I did ask in the request section. It’s Patchwork Orchestra 3, with Dramatic Minutes and Norfolk Fog.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Greta on April 08, 2020, 11:54:27 PM: Oh, I see.
It's Disques Magellan 526054 and also Sylvester 538.
Unfortunately I have both of them in mp3 only.
Let's hope someone can help to complete your project.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Slothish on April 09, 2020, 09:26:57 PM: My patchworks are.. patchy. :)

This is making me feel like going out to buy some tights and a parka. What a superb collection so far Retronic - thank you (you slag).
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 09, 2020, 09:46:22 PM: ;D Same here. I’m looking forward to having a drive around with these blasting on my stereo but I always end up speeding to ‘Heavy Lead’. Series 3 coming tomorrow. ;)
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on September 15, 2022, 12:01:29 PM: The discussions since April 2020 have been lost but the remaining volumes are here:
retroteque.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/music-from-the-sweeney-series-one-1-1/
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: zoomo on December 14, 2022, 02:30:59 PM: Do all versions of the closing theme by Harry South have the beginning with part of the programme sound?

I suppose it can be easily edited out using Audacity but just wondered if the closing theme appears on any particular library album apart from Shut It?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on December 14, 2022, 02:50:47 PM: There is a 7" single from 1975, which has opening and closing themes on each side.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: zoomo on December 14, 2022, 02:57:57 PM: Quote from: Retronic on December 14, 2022, 02:50:47 PM
There is a 7" single from 1975, which has opening and closing themes on each side.
Be interesting if the start of the closing theme has the first 3 seconds edited out?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: ringstone round on December 07, 2023, 04:43:44 PM: Hi Retronic , just found this great site while searching for incidental music from the sweeney and these comps look amazing , any chance of getting a working link for them ?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on December 07, 2023, 05:05:11 PM: They should be at retroteque.wordpress or similar if you google that + The Sweeney. If not all there give me a shout.
Meanwhile
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: kpmhill on December 29, 2023, 03:52:39 AM: All great stuff. Which makes me curious- considering that there were 53 episodes, that’s a lot of music. I’m wondering how much of this weekend set represents a typical Sweeney episode, and to what extent does it represent your personal taste, drawing selectively from a quite large body of music?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on December 29, 2023, 07:34:46 AM: I doubt it captures 'The Sweeney'. I generally select stuff a bit randomly, but with variety in tempo/mood and always leave some for a Pt II. 'Acquital' & 'Holy Mackerel' always reminds me of the show. and there's definitely be some of my favourites in there.

01 – Jingle 1 – Benoit Kaufman
02 – The Action Scene – Alan Hawkshaw/Keith Mansfield
03 – Movement One – Herbie Flowers/Barry Morgan
04 – Tension In The City – Miki Antony/Tom Parker
05 – Acquital – David Lindup
06 – Watchful Eye – James Clark
07 – Travelling To Meet – Gordon Grant
08 – Hogan’s Thing – Simon Haseley
09 – Steam Heat – Barbara Moore
10 – Undergroove – Alan Hawkshaw
11 – Name Of The Game- Brian Bennett/Alan Hawkshaw
12 – Money Runner – Alan Tew
13 – Thug – Brian Bennett
14 – Productivity – Les Hurdle/Frank Ricotti
15 – Contact - Peter Reno
16 – Heavy Lead – Dave Richmond
17 – Gear Shift – Dave Richmond
18 – The Journey – Duncan Lamont
19 – Drama Special Pt. 1 – Ralph Marco
20 – Smooth and Cool – Nick Ingman
21 – Underlying Expectancy – John Cameron
22 – Encounter – Ted Sommer
23 – Holy Mackerel! – Brian Bennett
24 – Little Big John – Simon Haseley
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: kpmhill on December 30, 2023, 03:23:24 AM: Quote from: Retronic on December 29, 2023, 07:34:46 AM
I doubt it captures 'The Sweeney'. I generally select stuff a bit randomly, but with variety in tempo/mood and always leave some for a Pt II. 'Acquital' & 'Holy Mackerel' always reminds me of the show. and there's definitely be some of my favourites in there.

Interesting- thanks. There's so much cool music there- I feel like I should try finding the show to see how it was used.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on December 30, 2023, 08:52:19 AM: dailymotion.com/video/x7x4r33
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: kpmhill on December 31, 2023, 09:08:17 PM: Thanks. And- no international copyright problems from the US…

I realize now that "Life on Mars" needed library music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOzsIhCPgs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOzsIhCPgs)
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: clintrubber on January 05, 2024, 05:48:19 PM: Quote from: kpmhill on December 31, 2023, 09:08:17 PM
I realize now that "Life on Mars" needed library music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOzsIhCPgs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOzsIhCPgs)

Thanks for the mentioning of "Life on Mars", hadn't heard of that one before. :)
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: clintrubber on January 05, 2024, 05:56:11 PM: Quote from: Retronic on April 07, 2020, 04:07:43 PM
I'm half way through this endeavour, with the music from the first two series already posted up:

What an incredible great nice great piece of work, thanks for making this available!

I just was granted access here and after having found various nice stuff here already (Roubaix, Bruno Nicolai, ...),
today I thought, let's hit the search engine with 'Sweeney'...
OMG, so I found all this, pretty overwhelming. :)

I've collected several so far, also thought to have seen the rest on old mediafire-links,
but let me first listen to all the goodies I was able to find so far (CD 1-3, 6-8), those will keep me already busy for a while. 8]

Thanks again Retronic!
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on January 05, 2024, 06:21:17 PM: As far as I know they are all still available on the retroteque Wordpress blog- again search Sweeney. Pretty much every cue other than the original Harry South music and a handful of unknowns.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: kpmhill on January 13, 2024, 05:55:03 AM: Quote from: clintrubber on January 05, 2024, 05:48:19 PM
Thanks for the mentioning of "Life on Mars", hadn't heard of that one before. :)

It's a nice time capsule of 70's rock/pop. I wonder how much "The Sweeney" inspired the "Life on Mars" depiction of 70's cops.
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: man_in_a_suitcase on April 16, 2025, 04:54:52 PM: The marvels of google and an amazingly good memory on my part (remembering my username and password which I registered 6 years ago!) have lead me to this thread. Amazing. Thank you. A dream come true - in advance of the bluray of series 1 being reissued in June. But I was wondering if it would be possible to reupload the non-mega links as they seem to be broken. These are CDs 4, 5 and 9. Many thanks!
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 16, 2025, 04:59:46 PM: Sure and you picked the perfect time to ask- I can do Friday if no one beats me to it. Weekends are always the best time to ask me as I'm too busy in the week and miss things. I have Series 1 Blu but hopefully the other three will follow
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: man_in_a_suitcase on April 16, 2025, 05:03:06 PM: Quote from: Retronic on April 16, 2025, 04:59:46 PM
Sure and you picked the perfect time to ask- I can do Friday if no one beats me to it. Weekends are always the best time to ask me as I'm too busy in the week and miss things. I have Series 1 Blu but hopefully the other three will follow

Thank you - that would be wonderful!

This new release seems to have collected all of the previous extras from the UK (network) and Australian dvd releases, including music tracks. So I wonder if they'll be as before (ie truncated) or taking advantage of the bluray format and including the full tracks...?
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: nidostar on April 16, 2025, 05:29:05 PM: I think these are the ones you're after man_in_a_suitcase (brilliant TV theme by Ron Grainer btw). All credit to Retronic for these excellent compilations. ==> h***s://pixeldrain.com/l/tSK3Utnp
Title: Re: 'THE SWEENEY' Library Music Cues: "Collect the Set!"
Post by: Retronic on April 16, 2025, 06:02:38 PM: Cheers nidostar. Save me a job. I do have tine this weekend though to do some LP recording.