Surprising incidental music on crap telly

straight · Nov 23, 2007

just a silly one for friday, anyone heard any surprisingly awesome/weird/apt music in gutter tv programming lately? Ive heard some wonderful stuff in bbc4 docs recently, particularly the genius/science/madness series they had on earlier in the year with some wonderful original max de wardener pieces but i want to hear about esoteric music finding its way into telly of negligible intellect. I heard steve reichs msuic for 18 musicians used heavity in a recent wife swap so it led me to thinking that if i was a researcher etc on on some horrorible reality telly (as a few friends of mine are part of their attempted journey to TV stardom) it would be of great pleasure to sneak something interesting into the mix.

zhao · Nov 23, 2007

i saw an episode of this show called dubplate drama on myspace which had some dodgy bass-heavy beats type thing or other on it...

lamp post · Nov 23, 2007

Skins series one had all kinds of amazing stuff that you wouldn't normally expect in a teen drama;
Wolf Eyes, Broadcast, Grizzly Bear, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Skream, Clogs, Magnetic Fields, Summer Night Air, The Fall...

swears · Nov 23, 2007

It's still rubbish though, even my 15 year old brother thinks it's bullshit.

straight · Nov 23, 2007

so therefore its relevant. acually i quite liked skins, silly fun.

rockypoppy2 · Nov 23, 2007

in eastenders the other day when steven (the weirdo one) is running a market stall called "urban alternative" he puts on Mainstream Money by Tinchy Stryder for about 3 seconds.

straight · Nov 23, 2007

been waitin for the big enders/grime crossoevr, my skins been crawling in anticipation. thought it was finally goin to happen a couple of months ago when dino was trying get peggy to put on a grime night on in the vic but to no avail.

slackk · Nov 23, 2007

"bow e3" has been on eastenders about five times.

mos dan · Nov 23, 2007

i think skins is a larf too fwiw.

maybe this isn't in the spirit of the thread, but it seems a good moment to share it..

about 5-10 years ago there was some 'light hearted' primetime celeb docu on bbc2 i was half-watching. they were talking about ulrika jonsson, and how she'd been the victim of domestic abuse courtesy of her boyfriend stan collymore... the backing music for this segment, loud and clear and audible, was 'hit me baby one more time'.

for once in my life i got off my arse and filed an official complaint to the bbc, who eventually got back to me with a pathetic 'ah well it was all in the ironic and light-hearted spirit of the programme, but we're sorry you were offended' cop-out letter. fucking disgraceful.

sodiumnightlife · Nov 23, 2007

jesus christ, i'm laughing at that but i really shouldn't. that's terrible!

tom pr · Nov 23, 2007

straight said:
been waitin for the big enders/grime crossoevr, my skins been crawling in anticipation. thought it was finally goin to happen a couple of months ago when dino was trying get peggy to put on a grime night on in the vic but to no avail.

Did this really happen?!

UFO over easy · Nov 23, 2007

mos dan said:
about 5-10 years ago there was some 'light hearted' primetime celeb docu on bbc2 i was half-watching. they were talking about ulrika jonsson, and how she'd been the victim of domestic abuse courtesy of her boyfriend stan collymore... the backing music for this segment, loud and clear and audible, was 'hit me baby one more time'.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sounds like a proper chris morris moment

Slothrop · Nov 23, 2007

I once saw a montage of (iirc) England's worst moments of some football tournament - the sort of thing that would normally be done over Why Does It Always Rain On Me or something - with Arvo Part's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten as the backing.

don_quixote · Dec 1, 2007

i find that 'push the button' advert really really amusing

mms · Dec 1, 2007

zhao said:
i saw an episode of this show called dubplate drama on myspace which had some dodgy bass-heavy beats type thing or other on it...

haha
tempa are supplying the music for that .
its an interactive urban telly programme.

Pangaea · Dec 2, 2007

i think richard james is living comfortably just from telly use of SAWII. last time i remember, 'watchdog' had used about six or seven tracks, just in one segment about a faulty vauxhall or summit.

music researcher/consultant for programmes must be one of the best jobs ever!

michael · Dec 4, 2007

I found it kinda funny when some Oval track (maybe off Systemisch?) was used in a perfume ad... worked quite well, though.

Top Gear have used one of my tunes, which was a bit odd. Guess it's cheap to pick up stuff from NZ.

zhao · Dec 4, 2007

michael said:
I found it kinda funny when some Oval track (maybe off Systemisch?) was used in a perfume ad... worked quite well, though.

Top Gear have used one of my tunes, which was a bit odd. Guess it's cheap to pick up stuff from NZ.

oh yeah that Oval spot! i had forgotten all about that (or filed it away as possible hallucination or fictional memory)

and of course they didn't even ask much less pay you?

Dr Venom · Dec 4, 2007

I once did work experience at Saatchi and Saatchi and there was a young guy who had taken a job as a music consultant, his job was to liaise with record and publishing companies and select potential tracks for adverts. Fucking nice office, full of CDs, decks, promos and unreleased shit and he was only about 24. Very decent job.

noel emits · Dec 4, 2007

Did anyone ever see the Tia Maria ad that used one of the rehearsal tracks on the reissue of the second Suicide album?

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