Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!tellab1!barth From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) Newsgroups: net.music,net.tv.drwho Subject: re: THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY signature tune Message-ID: <705@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 13:05:10 EST Article-I.D.: tellab1.705 Posted: Wed Nov 13 13:05:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 08:02:01 EST Reply-To: barth@tellab3.UUCP (Barth Richards) Followup-To: net Distribution: net Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 24 Keywords: I found it! Xref: watmath net.music:10276 net.tv.drwho:1567 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.