Rarefied Air

A universally known sporting event theme song. A track from an arranger who worked with a Beatle on a novelty album. Hear all this & more among this week’s vintage production library music tracks. All pieces were written to be used in film and television productions during the 1960s, 70s, & 80s. Check out the complete show notes at www.rarefiedairpod.com   01. Keeping Pace, Jim Lawless; 00:23 (APM)   02. Flowers Lane, Gary Bellington; 05:12 (Firstcom)   03. Through the Town, Roger Roger; 07:23 (Firstcom)    04. Crazy Ballerina, Gert Wilden; 11:17 (Megatrax)   05. West Coast Surf Ride, Keith Mansfield; 14:55 (APM)   06. Whiskey and Coda, Graham Preskett; 18:36 (De Wolfe)   07. Oriental Spy, Gert Wilden; 20:13 (Megatrax)   08. Heavy Action, Johnny Pearson; 21:09 (APM)   09. The King and the Clown, Simon Haseley; 24:23 (De Wolfe)   10. Fly Away, Barbara Moore; 30:34 (De Wolfe)

A track sampled by Beyoncé. A song written by one of Cher's songwriters, and another composed by a founding member of Genesis. Hear all this music & more among this week’s vintage production library music tracks. All pieces were written to be used in film and television productions during the 1960s, 70s, & 80s. Check out the complete show notes at www.rarefiedairpod.com   01. Industrial Power, Keith Mansfield; 00:20 (APM)   02. Auto Stop, Stanley Myers; 04:03 (De Wolfe)   03. Sweden Beat Polka, Ernst August Quelle; 06:22 (Megatrax)    04. Activator, Anthony Phillips; 09:29 (De Wolfe)   05. Safari, Jack Dieval; 12:00 (Firstcom)   06. Sand Yachting, Alan Hawkshaw; 15:05 (APM)   07. Seven Dwarfs, Gert Wilden; 16:15 (Megatrax)   08. Swell Girl, Jack Arel; 17:38 (Firstcom)   09. Hammerhead, Simon Haseley; 21:13 (De Wolfe)   10. Moogy Boogy, Jean-Jacques Perrey; 27:18 (APM)

This week’s vintage production music tracks include songs by composers whose music was used in the films of Monty Python and covered by the band Air, as well as our first piece from the NFL Films collection. Check out the complete show notes at www.rarefiedairpod.com   01. Top Rally, Jack Arel & Pierre Dutour; 00:14 (Firstcom)   02. Free As The Wind, Steve Gray; 03:18 (APM)   03. Derby, Gert Wilden; 05:53 (Megatrax)    04. Kids, Jack Trombey; 09:17 (De Wolfe)   05. Question and Answer, Gert Wilden; 11:44 (Megatrax)   06. Blue Shadow, Alan Parker; 14:47 (De Wolfe)   07. Boss Boogaloo, Russ Savakus; 17:59 (Firstcom)   08. Big City Sidewalks, Sam Spence; 19:01 (APM)   09. Power Games, Malcolm Ironton & Francis Monkman; 21:22 (APM)   10. Corinne, Paul Bonneau & Yves Lamand; 26:59 (Firstcom)

This week’s vintage production music tracks include pieces by composers who have worked with Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, and more. Check out the complete show notes at www.rarefiedairpod.com   01. Coast to Coast, Ray Cameron, Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw; 00:14 (APM)   02. International Event, Keith Mansfield; 04:48 (APM)   03. Blue on Blue, Roger Jackson; 06:51 (De Wolfe)    04. Touch of Warmth, Barbara Moore; 11:26 (De Wolfe)   05. Banana Split, Roger Webb; 14:03 (Firstcom)   06. I Like Italy, Gert Wilden; 17:03 (Megatrax)   07. Leslie, Paul Bonneau & Yves Lamand; 19:31 (Firstcom)   08. Time and a Half, Johnny Dankworth; 21:05 (APM)   09. Great Day, Simon Haseley; 23:47 (De Wolfe)   10. Scotch Wedding Waltz, Gert Wilden; 28:36 (Megatrax)

This week’s vintage production music tracks include pieces by composers who have worked with The Beatles, Radiohead, Portishead, and more. Check out the complete show notes at www.rarefiedairpod.com for details.   01. Finale Finale, Ernst August Quelle; 00:14 (Megatrax)   02. Kaleidoscope, Mike Vickers; 04:56 (APM)   03. Blue Eyes, Reg Tilsley; 06:58 (De Wolfe)    04. Grandpa In A Funny Mood, Gert Wilden; 10:11 (Megatrax)   05. Quarry (version 2), Simon Haseley & Walter Warren; 12:26 (De Wolfe)   06. Peek Around the Corner, Peter Yorke; 15:58 (Firstcom)   07. Fever Point, David Perian; 17:37 (Firstcom)   08. Half Time, Nick Ingman; 21:09 (De Wolfe)   09. One Step Ahead, Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker; 23:34 (APM)   10. Old Chelsea, Alan Hawkshaw; 27:37 (Firstcom)

This week’s vintage library tracks include songs by arrangers & musicians who have worked with Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Hanson, and Black Sabbath. Our final track, “The Big Guitar,” was popularized by guitarist Bert Weedon as the theme song to the 1950s BBC series “Stranger Than Fiction.”   01. Grand Slam, Reg Tilsley; 00:14 (De Wolfe)   02. Reflections, John Renbourn; 03:38 (APM)   03. Soul Sounds, Lee Mason; 05:31 (Firstcom)    04. Kittenish Day, Hans Posegga; 09:23 (Megatrax)   05. The Big Day, Nigel Hess; 12:09 (De Wolfe)   06. Speed Speed Speed, Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker; 15:40 (APM)   07. Nara, Beda Folten; 16:52 (Megatrax)   08. Make It Simple, Laurence Cottle; 18:46 (APM)   09. Three Lovers, Ernst August Quelle; 20:39 (Megatrax)   10. The Big Guitar, Howard Shaw; 27:20 (Firstcom)

I’m happy to announce that RAREFIED AIR is now available on SoundCloud!   This week’s tracks include a groovy adaptation of a piano etude by Johann Baptist Cramer. Hear the original Piano Etude #36 by following this link.    We’ve also got a track by Ron Aspery, a member of the British jazz/rock band Back Door. Hear some of their music here.   Thanks again to all of our listeners from around the world. It’s great to hear from you, so please feel free to reach out on Twitter. And if you’re enjoying the show, please share it and leave a review on iTunes.   01. Classical Revival, Francis Monkman; 00:13 (APM)   02. Portola Drive, Roger Webb; 04:24 (De Wolfe)   03. Move, Move, Move, Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker; 07:11 (APM)    04. Cauldron (1), Alan Parker; 10:53 (De Wolfe)   05. Stax, Reg Tilsley; 14:05 (De Wolfe)   06. Tropical Summer, Ernst August Quelle; 17:01 (Megatrax)   07. Hard Work, Gert Wilden; 20:09 (Megatrax)   08. The Easy Life, Ron Aspery; 22:43 (Firstcom)   09. Church Is Calling, Ernst August Quelle; 24:50 (Megatrax) 10. Scat-Song, Roger Webb; 29:51 (Firstcom)

We’ve got some great vintage production library music tracks this week, including one by Johnny Pearson, who also composed the theme to Monday Night Football, as well as leading the Top of the Pops orchestra throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Here’s the opening segment of that show from the mid-1970s: a Pearson arrangement of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”    Thank you for listening, and if you’re enjoying the show, please share it and leave a review on iTunes!     01. Giants Causeway, Johnny Pearson; 00:14 (APM)   02. Movin’ Along, Dave Richmond; 04:23 (APM)   03. Les Jardins De Cannes, Jack Dieval; 06:17 (Firstcom)    04. Sunflower (Version One), Simon Haseley & Walter Warren; 09:47 (De Wolfe)   05. Taste for Adventure, John Scott; 12:40 (APM)   06. Detective Scott, Gert Wilden; 15:44 (Megatrax)   07. Riding for Home, Nigel Hess; 18:37 (De Wolfe)   08. Breakdowns, Steven Jeffries; 21:19 (Firstcom)   09. Flittering Skirts, Ernst August Quelle; 24:28 (Megatrax) 10. Snuff Box, Roger Roger; 29:07 (Firstcom)

Thanks to all the new listeners from around the world — greetings to Australia, the UK, Romania, Germany, and everywhere else. I’m excited to share some of these great pieces of television and film production library music with you, and hope you enjoy them. Please chime in on Twitter and let me know where you’re listening from!

  This week we’ve got a variety of tracks from around the world, as well, including France, Germany, England, and the Czech Republic. We also finish up with a cute track by electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, whose music you have heard in places ranging from the Disney Main Street Electrical Parade to The Joker’s Wild, among countless others. Learn more about Perrey here.     01. Next Stop LA, Alan Hawkshaw; 00:15 (De Wolfe)   02. Wild Flight, Richard Harvey; 04:18 (APM)   03. Good Going, Nigel Hess; 07:12 (De Wolfe)    04. First Affair, Alan Hawkshaw; 10:00 (APM)   05. Leaving For Cosmos, Jack Arel & Pierre Dutour; 12:55 (Firstcom)   06. Italian Street Music, Walter Stott; 15:57 (Firstcom)   07. Cats on the Roof, Hans Posegga; 17:26 (Megatrax)   08. Monotory, Karel Mojmir Balling; 18:53 (Megatrax)   09. The Spy Theme, Ernst August Quelle; 23:05 (Megatrax) 10. Colonie Celeste, Jean-Jacques Perrey; 29:18 (APM)

This week’s tracks include pieces by Francis Monkman, formerly of the prog rock band Curved Air, as well as Mike Vickers from Manfred Mann. 01. Classical Odyssey, Francis Monkman; 00:17 (APM) 02. Night Flight, Mike Vickers; 06:23 (APM) 03. Good Cop Theme, Ernst August Quelle; 08:36 (Megatrax)  04. New Dimension, JD Mumbles; 13:39 (De Wolfe) 05. Swing Over, Barbara Moore; 16:24 (De Wolfe) 06. Cakes and Doily, Heinz Kretzschmar; 18:39 (Firstcom) 07. Brass In Action, Keith Mansfield; 22:04 (APM) 08. Rokoko Cats, Ernst August Quelle; 23:29 (Megatrax) 09. Yoohoo, Johnny Hawksworth; 28:32 (Firstcom)