Oliver Sacker's Theme Tune Recreations

Also worth pointing out that there's a big difference between sample quality and quality of the arrangement (i.e. how the lines have been reproduced, etc) I'd like to think that I could do a reasonable quality of transcription of a TV theme, given time and effort, but I don't have the sequencer skills or the sample libraries to make it sound any good when exported as an audio file (I do all my work in Sibelius, which is very much within the notation field, with any audio export an added bonus, really). So whether the guy's string libraries (for example) are any good or not isn't really a matter of arrangement skill - that's what you're nitpicking on when you say it sounds 'cheesy'. What's really impressive are the recreations of each individual musical line within the arrangement. If you spent megabucks on a really good string library, you could easily map that into the VST engine in Cubase and instantly make any Cubase project sound much 'better' instantly (and then, much more work when it comes to tweaking MIDI values etc would give it an even better quality of 'performance').

Thanks for the sharing of these, BTW - I hadn't come across them before and they really are rather fab.

Considering what the YouTuber is up against (like what's festering in the Gallery), I'd say these are rather good...

http://files.jamescraker.com/Music/BBC%20Victoria%20Derbyshire%20Show%20Remakes/BBC%20VD%20Show%20Remake%20V1.mp3

These are good recreations, but compare his Brookside to the original and (in my opinion anyway) there's a clear winner.

There's a new Sacker recreation!

Holiday theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS1SsL_uRZA

Agree 100%. Sublime.

Howard's Way is also excelent.

This guy is very, very good. That's just made my day listening to those.

The Treasure Hunt recreation is absolutely spot on - the Zack Lawrence theme always sent a thrill down my spine and remains one of my all-time favourites.