BBC World Music

Hey everybody

I remade David Lowe's 'Asian Dream' from BBC World quite a while ago but never actually did anything with it.

Figured I'd give it a share ^_^

His countdown track for BBC News is what made me want to be both a newsreader when I was younger, and a musician as I grew up. It's weird for such an obscure thing to have so much influence, but in a sense I owe everything to David Lowe. I became obsessed with that track, and then other TV tracks... and then I wanted to write music for TV... and then I did. It shifted me from taking biology to choosing music... the contrast is extraordinary.

Hope I've done him justice, as they say... and I hope you enjoy

I think this is really good, more please.

Agree with DTV, this is fantastic.

Thank you!

I recreated quite a few of his things in '06 because I figured that way I'd learn how to use the software quicker, I'll see what I can dig up.

Fantastic - what software you have used?

Thank you!

I used Logic Studio with a ridiculous amount of plugins, LA Scoring Strings for the string section, Lexicon for the reverbs, T-RackS for the mastering.

Sadly you've not done him justice.




You've far exceded his standards Well done!

Absolutely the best compliment ever haha. I'm not nearly as good as him yet though, some day...!

I'd say you have, without wishing to bad mouth the great man himself your second video shows you've taken the existing sonic branding forwards in a new and different, and bolder direction than he has - there is room for improvement, but your second one sounds a lot more 2012 than the current music!

I agree, the 2nd video sounds fantastic. Really, really good!

I don't think that's something we can fault David Lowe on - he has proven with World News Today/America, GMT and The Hub that he can taken the music in different directions but the 2008 brief was "back to basics". I think the move to Broadcasting House should come with some new ideas with music, but retaining the fundamental elements, similar to what has been done here.

With the titles piece, I would make the ending a little more dramatic. The opening also wouldn't quite work as the heavy bass wouldn't be easily mixed into the headline bed, unless you had different ideas of how the bulletin would be opened, in which case ignore me.

Superb though!!!

Really interesting twist on the titles piece, both chords in major key instead of the usual minor > major - a surprising change, very good indeed!