What is the music in the "California Postcards" on your HD channel?
2008 Postcards (currently airing):
"Mer du Japon" by Air
"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Eric Clapton
"A Brand New Day" by Van Morrison
"A Sunday Kind of Love" by Etta James
"Left Bank" by Air
"On a San Francisco High" by Sony Holland
2007 Postcards (now retired):
"California Rain" performed by Madeleine Peyroux
"You Do Something to Me" performed by Lori Carsillo
"California Stars" performed by Billy Bragg & Wilco
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" performed by Steve Tyrell
"Going to California" performed by The Led Zepplin’ Tribute Band
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" performed by Sam Cooke
"But It's Alright" performed by Huey Lewis & The News
Who sang "You Are the New Day" on the promo I used to see
between children's programs?
"You Are the New Day" was written by John David, and appears on
The King's Singers'
CD "New Day," Angel-EMI 49564. It can be
hard to find, so try a store with a good classical section. If you
can't find it locally, you can try online stores such as towerrecords.com
or amazon.com.
The instrumental rendition of the song and additional music was specially
done by Michael Whalen for this promo and is not commercially available.
The actual video promo itself is also not available for sale, or
for downloading over the internet.
Sheet
music for this song is included in The King's Singers' "25th Anniversary
Jubilee!" songbook. Two other sheet music versions (an a capella
SATB arrangement, and a simplified SSA arrangement) are published
by the Hal Leonard Corporation, and another version (an SATB choral
arrangement) is published by CPP/Belwin, now Warner Bros. Publications.
King's
Singers recordings and sheet music can be purchased in stores or
from:
DJ Records
Post Office Box 95
McMinnville, OR 97128
To
read the lyrics to "You Are the New Day," visit The
Princeton Footnotes
website
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Music during evening schedule billboards
The cut is from "Brooklyn Heights" by Down to the Bone, from their "From Manhattan to Staten" album. back to top
Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My way
The music heard during opening and closing credits was commissioned specifically for the series, and was
composed and performed by John Bayless. Unfortunately, recordings aren't available for purchase.
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NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
The theme music to the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer was originally written
by Bernard Hoffer for the MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Unfortunately,
recordings aren't available for purchase.
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Charlie Rose
Specifically composed for the series by David Lowe & David Schapiro
in Brooklyn, NY. Not available in any format.
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Masterpiece Theatre
Title theme is "Rondeau" from the album "Symphonies and Fanfares
for the King's Supper" (Nonesuch Label, H-71009). Composer is J.J.
Mouret (1682-1738).
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Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection
The original theme for MT's American Collection was created by
John Williams, Academy Award-winning composer of film scores and
laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Renowned cellist
Yo-Yo Ma is featured.
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Underwriting
credits for "Jazz"
The music under the credits is Duke Ellington's "I Let
a Song Go Out of My Heart."
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Reilly:
Ace of Spies
"The Reilly Theme" is Harry Rabinowitz's adaptation/arrangement
of "Romance" from Dmitri Shostakovich's "The Gadfly" suite (from
his film score).
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Mystery!
Cadfael
"Cadfael" opening and closing title theme "Cadfael of Shrewsbury"
and scores specially composed by Colin Towns. Soundtrack album (which
also includes some Gregorian chants performed by the Clerkes of
St. Albans Abbey) released 1/97 in the USA on the Angel (EMI-Capitol)
label, # 37086.
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Mystery! Inspector Morse
The following "bits" of classical music have been identified
as being in the original British versions of the following Inspector
Morse episodes. A few may not have been heard in the American versions
of the programs. Absolute Conviction - Chorale "Er kenne mich mein Huter"
from Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" & aria "Mitradi quell'alma ingrata"
from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Cherubim and Seraphim - Aria "Che faro senza Eurydice" from
Gluck's "Orphee" Day of the Devil - Andante from Brahms' "String Sextet No.
1 in Bb" (Op. 18) Dead on Time - Recurring piece is Schubert's Quintet in C,
D.956, 2nd movement. Deadly Slumber - Adagio from Mozart Piano Concerto in A, K.488.
Rondo from same concerto, and Beethoven Piano Sonata #31 in Ab,
Op.110. Death is Now My Neighbor - Nina Tilbury performing "No so
piu" from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"; "String Quartet, Opus 20,
No. 4 - Allegro di molto," by Haydn; the Andante movement from Mozart's
"Piano Quartet in G Minor," KV 478; Capella Bona of Oxford performing
Vivaldi's "Gloria". Death of the Self - Vivaldi "Concerto for 2 mandolins" &
aria "Signore, ascolta!" from Puccini's "Turandot". Fat Chance - "Laudate Dominum" from Mozart's Vespers, "Venetian
Gondola Song" from Mendelssohn's "Lieder ohne Woerte". Happy Families - Trio (Terzettino) "Soave sia il vento" from
Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte"; Andante from Mozart's Piano Sonata in
D; Beethoven Piano Concerto#4. Masonic Mysteries - Overture and "O Isis und Osiris" from
Mozart's "Die Zauberfloete" ("The Magic Flute"); "Bei Maennern,
welche Liebe fuehlen," also from "Die Zauberfloete". Promised Land - "Hab' mir's gelobt" from Richard Strauss'
"Der Rosenkavalier". Second Time Around - "Senza Mamma" from Puccini's "Suor Angelica," Twilight of the Gods - "Brunnhilde's Immolation" from Wagner's
"Goetterdaemmerung," "Traeume," from Wagner's "Wesendonck-Lieder". Way Through the Woods - Recurring piece is Barrington Pheloung's
arrangement of Debussy's String Quartet. Also used once, Pheloung's
arrangement of Debussy's Prelude No. 6. Who Killed Harry Field? - "Ain't Misbehavin," written by
Fats Waller & Andy Razaf, specially sung for show by Jon Satton;
Mozart Piano Concerto, K.450 played briefly.
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PBS promos by Fallon McElligott,
"Stay Curious" campaign:
"The Dishwasher"
(child puts plastic-wrapped videocamera into dishwasher)
Music specially composed for this spot by Thad Spencer (former drummer
for The Jayhawks) of Asche & Spencer Music, Minneapolis; not
commercially available. "The Fishbowl"
Music specially composed for this spot by Chris Beaty (formerly
of the band Beat the Clock) at Asche & Spencer Music, Minneapolis;
not commercially available. "Photo Booth" a.k.a. "The
Singer"
(man photographs himself in a photo booth and makes flip-book from
the photos to show him lip-synching to an opera record)
Enrico Caruso's recording (originally on Victor [now RCA Victor,
now part of BMG]) of "Di quella pira" from Giuseppe Verdi's
"Il Trovatore." "Pictures" a.k.a. "Curious Moment"
(woman looks at picture postcards from an envelope; puts a disposable
camera and a note "Please take a picture and return to Maggie…"
in a bag; attaches the bag to a helium balloon and releases the
balloon)
Specially composed music score (begins with a tinkly wind-chimes
sound with synth drone underneath) by Trivers/Myers Music, Los Angeles
(John Trivers & Elizabeth Myers, www.triversmyersmusic.com);
not commercially available. (They also wrote the original "CBS
Evening News with Dan Rather" theme.) "The Recording"
Music specially composed for this spot by Thad Spencer (former drummer
for The Jayhawks) of Asche & Spencer Music, Minneapolis; not
commercially available. "The Rooster" a.k.a. "Light"
(girl gets up before dawn to see whether her shining a flashlight
into a barn will cause a rooster to crow)
Instrumental portion of "Our Way to Fall," performed by
Yo La Tengo on their CD "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out"
(Matador label, released 2000). (The song was written by Yo La Tengo
members Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew.)
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PBS Promos: "Be More"
Campaign - “Be More: Jeff & Mr. Rogers” promo - the song
used at the beginning of the is called “O Leaozinho” by
Brooks Williams. The CD is called “Little Lion” from 1999
and available at www.brookswilliams.com
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