barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (11/13/85)
In article <704@tellab1.UUCP> barth@tellab3.UUCP (Barth Richards) (me) writes: >I remember seeing an article, either in net.music or net.tv.drwho asking if >anyone knew where one could get the ORIGINAL version of the HITHIKER'S >GUIDE TO THE GALAXY theme music (the version used in the radio series). >Since I regularly read both nets and have not seen a follow-up, I have to >assume the question was never answered. > >In the new HITCHHIKER'S book (the one with the complete set of the original >radio scripts), a footnote says that Douglas Adams spent much time >searching for the right signature tune for the radio series, and that he >had a specific idea of what he wanted in mind. He was looking for "an >electronic piece" but it had to have a banjo in it, because it would lend a >certian "on-the-road/hitchhiking" feel to the show. He found the piece he >was looking for in "The Journey of the Sorcerer" from (now get this) the >Eagles album ONE OF THESE NIGHTS. > >I have yet to independently verify this, but I thought that whoever had >asked would like to know. I obtained a copy of the album and checked this out. Bizarre as it may seem, it is true.