The Music of the Avengers

[Lerpiniere]

Screening the library music used for Series 2-3, so far I have identified the following:

Backstreet - Trevor Duncan
Badahe - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Bar Twist - The London West End Orchestra
Bouddah - The Cousins
Cafard - Philippe Pares et son orchestre
Contrabasse-Blues - Pierre Array
An der schonen blauen Donau, Op. 314 - Jack Ledru et son orchestre
Dick's Bandstand - Tony Crombie and his Orchestra
Drumbeats 1-2 Ceremonial - Jean Francaix
Drumbeats 1: 4. Call to Arms - Jean Francaix
El Caballero de la Noche - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Family Fireside - The Westway Studio Orchestra
ganda Tribe: Kyuma - Entenga Royal Drummers
Himalaya - Roger Roger et Son Grand Orchestre
Holiday for Drums - Pierre Arvay
La Mandragore - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Lullabye - Tommy Whittle
Move Over Tiger - Vince Taylor
Passport to Soho, Section 1, 2 & 3 - The Lansdowne Jazz Orchestra
Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -"Heroic" - Julius Katchen
Rat race - Kenny Graham
Road To the Isles: Original / Angus MacKinnon / Wade's Welcome to Inverness -Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388 - Jack Ledru et Son Orchestre
Short Circuit - Lee Allen
Short Prelude (Organ) - KPM Music - KPM Brownsleeves (APM KPM KPMLPB)
Shrouded Trees - Trevor Duncan
Snap Decision - The Skymasters Dance Orchestra
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile - Kulius Katchen
Space-Time Music - Westway Studio Orchestra & Wilfred Joseph
Stings (1-9) - Sideny Torch And Orchestra
Stroll With Me, baby - Tubby Hayes (No relation to Tubby Vincent!)
Tension Sequence 1 - Frank H. Smith
Try A Little Tenderness - Laurie Johnson and the London Studio Orchestra
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 - Jack Ledru et Son Orchestre

[darren]

Thank you so much, Lerpiniere (and Welcome!!).

I've always wanted to know what the pieces were!

[darren]

Short Circuit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReSav8-jqdg
Heard in Build a Better Mousetrap, played on the jukebox in the barn.

Bouddah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAw74kPFxvo
Heard in the funfair in Man in the Mirror

An der schonen blauen Donau, Op. 314 - Jack Ledru et son orchestre https://youtu.be/AxcOhCgp_XI
For the wonderful fight scene in Man with Two Shadows

Move Over Tiger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqtdaVgbqo
Heard in the cafe in Mr. Teddy Bear.

Passport to Soho Sect. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07SyYHJYDG8
I recognise from The Golden Eggs but it's in a few episodes

Snap Decision - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDUe_T5C0Vg
Most notably used in The Frighteners

Space Time Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz00SXxaufs
A brief bit heard in Lobster Quadrille in the Alice restaurant. A piece well known to Doctor Who fans for appearances in Tomb of the Cybermen and The Web of Fear.

Tension Sequence 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQXABbPMJ8
Appears in Mandrake.

Try a Little Tenderness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43iGlHS7tY0
An pre-1965 appearance by Laurie Johnson in Man with Two Shadows (...I think). Also notable for being the title track to Dr. Strangelove.

[mousemeat]

Screening the library music used for Series 2-3, so far I have identified the following:

Backstreet - Trevor Duncan
Badahe - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Bar Twist - The London West End Orchestra
Bouddah - The Cousins
Cafard - Philippe Pares et son orchestre
Contrabasse-Blues - Pierre Array
An der schonen blauen Donau, Op. 314 - Jack Ledru et son orchestre
Dick's Bandstand - Tony Crombie and his Orchestra
Drumbeats 1-2 Ceremonial - Jean Francaix
Drumbeats 1: 4. Call to Arms - Jean Francaix
El Caballero de la Noche - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Family Fireside - The Westway Studio Orchestra



























































Stroll With Me, baby - Tubby Hayes (No relation to Tubby Vincent!)
Tension Sequence 1 - Frank H. Smith
Try A Little Tenderness - Laurie Johnson and the London Studio Orchestra


Cripes, that's a impressive amount of info....thanks for taking the time to list it..






































































Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 - Jack Ledru et Son Orchestre

[dissolute]

Screening the library music used for Series 2-3, so far I have identified the following:

Backstreet - Trevor Duncan
Badahe - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Bar Twist - The London West End Orchestra
Bouddah - The Cousins
Cafard - Philippe Pares et son orchestre
Contrabasse-Blues - Pierre Array
An der schonen blauen Donau, Op. 314 - Jack Ledru et son orchestre
Dick's Bandstand - Tony Crombie and his Orchestra
Drumbeats 1-2 Ceremonial - Jean Francaix
Drumbeats 1: 4. Call to Arms - Jean Francaix
El Caballero de la Noche - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Family Fireside - The Westway Studio Orchestra
ganda Tribe: Kyuma - Entenga Royal Drummers
Himalaya - Roger Roger et Son Grand Orchestre
Holiday for Drums - Pierre Arvay
La Mandragore - Pierre Arvay et son orchestre
Lullabye - Tommy Whittle
Move Over Tiger - Vince Taylor
Passport to Soho, Section 1, 2 & 3 - The Lansdowne Jazz Orchestra
Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -"Heroic" - Julius Katchen
Rat race - Kenny Graham
Road To the Isles: Original / Angus MacKinnon / Wade's Welcome to Inverness -Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388 - Jack Ledru et Son Orchestre
Short Circuit - Lee Allen
Short Prelude (Organ) - KPM Music - KPM Brownsleeves (APM KPM KPMLPB)
Shrouded Trees - Trevor Duncan
Snap Decision - The Skymasters Dance Orchestra
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile - Kulius Katchen
Space-Time Music - Westway Studio Orchestra & Wilfred Joseph
Stings (1-9) - Sideny Torch And Orchestra
Stroll With Me, baby - Tubby Hayes (No relation to Tubby Vincent!)
Tension Sequence 1 - Frank H. Smith
Try A Little Tenderness - Laurie Johnson and the London Studio Orchestra
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 - Jack Ledru et Son Orchestre

This is such a great list, thank you for sharing it with us.

[Frankymole]

Brilliant! I love library music. 1960s series used it with such panache.

[Lerpiniere]

Thank you so much, Lerpiniere (and Welcome!!).

I've always wanted to know what the pieces were!

You are very welcome. Unfortunately I have been unable to identify the familiar, frequently utilized cues heard in the early episodes. Does anyone have cue sheets from series 2-3?

[Lerpiniere]

Try a Little Tenderness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43iGlHS7tY0
An pre-1965 appearance by Laurie Johnson in Man with Two Shadows (...I think). Also notable for being the title track to Dr. Strangelove.

Darren, I believe it was indeed used in Man With Two Shadows, Season 3, Episode 3.

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Most of the original scripts that still exist are camera scripts and refer to the music vaguely (e.g. the jukebox music in "Build a Better Mousetrap" is simply referrred to as JUKE BOX TWIST and TWIST MUSIC UP. FAST.; the music in "Man in the Mirror" is ARCADE MUSIC.

There's a music cue sheet for Mission to Montreal:

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1 45 I/BG "Opening & closing theme" Johnny Dankworth " MSS
2 25 " "Incidental linking music " (9 cues)         - do- "
0 20 " "Tension links" - Impress IA.219a
0 10 "                     , - " IA. 219b
1 15 " "How about you")
0 30 , "Should I"     )      Special tape supplied
2 20 " "1 know why"   )      by Francis, Day & Hunter .
2 20 " "Temptatlon"   )
0 45 " "Shrouded trees" Trever Duncan     Boosey & Hawkes 0T.2195
0 45 , "Back street"          - do-            - do -      - do-
0 25 V/BC " Auld Lang Syne" -    Decca LK.4026

Dead on Course:

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0 45 I/BG "Opening theme J . Dankworth MSS
4 14 .. "Original incidental music"          - do- ..
1 05 .. "Closing theme "              - do- ..
1 10 V/BG "Nuns: chanting" Specially recorded .

[Lerpiniere]

Most of the original scripts that still exist are camera scripts and refer to the music vaguely (e.g. the jukebox music in "Build a Better Mousetrap" is simply referrred to as JUKE BOX TWIST and TWIST MUSIC UP. FAST.; the music in "Man in the Mirror" is ARCADE MUSIC.

There's a music cue sheet for Mission to Montreal:

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1 45 I/BG "Opening & closing theme" Johnny Dankworth " MSS
2 25 " "Incidental linking music " (9 cues)         - do- "

Thank you very much for that. The cue sheets are helpful. We see that Dankworth composed the signature "Incidental & linking music" heard regularly throughout the early series. Was his incidental/linking music ever pressed on vinyl, either as library music or commercially?