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BettyLouSpence
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Re: Theme Songs

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The theme song for Barney Miller. It's so unmistakeably seventies :lol:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=roHYXrLhmHc
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Dick Cavett had a number of incarnations of his television show, and a for the end theme of one, there is this kind of haunting song that the band plays. Tonight I googled it, and found out that it's Glitter and Be Gay from a play called Candide.
Here's a piano version.

And listening to the whole thing, I just realized the happy, quick opening is also this song! :lol: The power of revelation!
https://youtu.be/1EIg8ykuVh4
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Re: Theme Songs

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That's a really unique theme for the show, isn't it? :)

The only part of the Candide operetta I'm familiar with is the sparkling overture. That's been one of my favorite pieces to listen to for a long time. Bernstein scored it for orchestra, but there's also a much-played arrangement of it for wind band. I was in on a performance of it in college. A fun piece, but easy, it ain't. :)

So it was interesting to hear this other piece from it, so different in character.

Here's the overture, if you want to give it a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haYuPdKZKYc

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