Laurie Johnson - Started composing when? 1961?! or 1965?

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:51 am

Frankymole wrote:
Dandy Forsdyke wrote:To confuse you, The Shake wasn't the official name of The Avengers theme, but just a piece of music The Avengers theme was adapted from.
It's so close that one is just a tiny variation on the other.

Definitely not "The Age of Elegance" though - that's by Ron Grainer!

Yeah, that was just added to the menu of the Contender DVD, I think someone was just having a laugh.

It seems Laurie Johnson didn't just have a blank sheet when he was asked to write the then new Avengers theme tune but, in the best 'Blue Peter' tradition, presented one he'd made earlier!

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:45 am

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:
Frankymole wrote:
Dandy Forsdyke wrote:To confuse you, The Shake wasn't the official name of The Avengers theme, but just a piece of music The Avengers theme was adapted from.
It's so close that one is just a tiny variation on the other.

Definitely not "The Age of Elegance" though - that's by Ron Grainer!
Yeah, that was just added to the menu of the Contender DVD, I think someone was just having a laugh.

It seems Laurie Johnson didn't just have a blank sheet when he was asked to write the then new Avengers theme tune but, in the best 'Blue Peter' tradition, presented one he'd made earlier!

well..that sorta reminds me about the uproar over who 'WROTE' the
James Bond theme, as first heard in Dr.No..

John Barry claimed it came from an old tune, called 'bees knees'

well, at least the bulk of it...while Monty Norman claimed it came from
an older tune he wrote a few yrs before Dr.NO..

I knew they went to court over this....several times..

Funny, Norman never did another BOND film....while Barry went on to
do many of them...and I believe NORMAN only did one final film
for Harry Saltzman...a Bob Hope film, 'call me bwana' which the poster
is seen in a scene in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE...

Laurie Johnson film career, wasn't as big, as I thought it could have been.

strange...

ikbtops · Post by **ikbtops** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:27 pm

If Anyone likes Laurie Johnson it might be worth checking out Les Baxter on iTunes. Some of my faves off "The Exotic moods of Les Baxter":
-Nightingale
-Busy Port
-Temptation
-Acapulco
-Jungle Flower
-Quiet Village
-The Left Arm of Buddha

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:49 am

I think I have some Les Baxter on one or two of my Ultra-Lounge CDs.

By the way ikbtops, you have some gr-ea-t pics on your Avengers photo gallery. I've been an Avengers fan for some decades now, but have never seen some of those photos. Where'd ya find 'em?

Love pics 1, 9 (Diana does Dirty Harry), 11, 12, 18 and 20 is very

!! Emma Peel v. Hana Wilde.

ikbtops · Post by **ikbtops** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:30 am

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:I think I have some Les Baxter on one or two of my Ultra-Lounge CDs.

By the way ikbtops, you have some gr-ea-t pics on your Avengers photo gallery. I've been an Avengers fan for some decades now, but have never seen some of those photos. Where'd ya find 'em?

Love pics 1, 9 (Diana does Dirty Harry), 11, 12, 18 and 20 is very !! Emma Peel v. Hana Wilde.

Thanks! I got those images from a google search. I'm still trying to get my sig banner to work...uggh! I'll keep trying. I'm a big fan of the telephone beach shot which is what I'm trying to use. I can't even get these to show in my posts

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:31 am

^ Not sure if it will work that way. Try this ...

Go into your photobucket page. See all the images you've uploaded.

Point your curser over the image you want to use.

Cut-and-paste the IMG code onto your message.

"Seemples!"

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:46 am

ikbtops wrote:If Anyone likes Laurie Johnson it might be worth checking out Les Baxter on iTunes. Some of my faves off "The Exotic moods of Les Baxter":
-Nightingale
-Busy Port
-Temptation
-Acapulco
-Jungle Flower
-Quiet Village
-The Left Arm of Buddha

oh Lord, some of those Les Baxter tracks, are a howl...I have a couple of
his 60's LP's on Capitol..with cheeze-ola covers...

very campy stuff...

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:53 pm

ikbtops wrote:
Dandy Forsdyke wrote:I think I have some Les Baxter on one or two of my Ultra-Lounge CDs.

By the way ikbtops, you have some gr-ea-t pics on your Avengers photo gallery. I've been an Avengers fan for some decades now, but have never seen some of those photos. Where'd ya find 'em?

Love pics 1, 9 (Diana does Dirty Harry), 11, 12, 18 and 20 is very !! Emma Peel v. Hana Wilde.
Thanks! I got those images from a google search. I'm still trying to get my sig banner to work...uggh! I'll keep trying. I'm a big fan of the telephone beach shot which is what I'm trying to use. I can't even get these to show in my posts

Works for me! You seem to be using the "view" version of the picture, whereas what you need to use is the url given in the actual album. Anyway, if you "quote" this post you can see what I've entered and cut and paste it into your sig. Hope that helps.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:10 pm

I hadn't thought of 'quoting' the post!

Duhh!

ikbtops · Post by **ikbtops** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:02 am

Cheers guys!...finally got it. you were right Dandy,wrong form.
Here the link to those photos for anyone interested...
http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Avengers/88490/photos