barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (11/12/85)
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.
Sorry about the cross posting.
Barth Richards
Tellabs, Inc.
Lisle, IL
"This must be Thursday.
I never could get the hang of
Thursdays."
-Arthur Dent