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Mock the week - theme tune

(July 2007)

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MA
markstewart
Anyone know where I can find the theme tune please? It sounds like something released away from the programme itself, so does anyone know the name and who it's by too?
JA
Jamesypoo
How can anybody not know what that song is!?

It's News of the World by The Jam!
MA
markstewart
oops

thanks Laughing

I'm sure the show has modified it a bit though - any idea where to get the actual version they use?
AN
Ant
markstewart posted:
oops

thanks Laughing

I'm sure the show has modified it a bit though - any idea where to get the actual version they use?

It's just an edit of the song. The section with 'read all about it' only appears at the end.
MA
markstewart
Ant posted:
markstewart posted:
oops

thanks Laughing

I'm sure the show has modified it a bit though - any idea where to get the actual version they use?

It's just an edit of the song. The section with 'read all about it' only appears at the end.


How do you mean?
PC
Paul Clark
markstewart posted:
Ant posted:
markstewart posted:
oops

thanks Laughing

I'm sure the show has modified it a bit though - any idea where to get the actual version they use?

It's just an edit of the song. The section with 'read all about it' only appears at the end.


How do you mean?


He means the Mock The Week version has just taken the full song and taken parts of it out. In the full song, the line 'Read all about it' is towards the very end, but in MTW it's straight after the first 2 lines, so a huge chunk was removed from the song in order to do that.

I've had a go at editing it myself here - Hope it's alright for you.

Although I suppose, as an alternative, you could just record the programme titles and tack the end part from the actual song onto it, to cover the audience noise; but you'd have to make sure both sources have the same volume level.
MA
markstewart
That's bang on, thanks Paul.

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