From: cs902050@ariel.yorku.ca (Rich Hawkes)
Subject: Re: REQ: Red Dwarf Theme Transcription.
Originator: cs902050@m01.ariel.yorku.ca
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:35:13 GMT




In article <1993Jan8.210716.62566@cc.usu.edu>, slqmr@cc.usu.edu writes:
>> 
>> 
>> Has anybody transcribed the opening or closing themes to this show? if so let
>> me know.
>> 
>> 	Thanks,
>> 		A Red Dwarf Fan
>> 
>> 

I got this off the net a while ago and just let it sit in my directory:

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From: hermit@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Ron O'Dell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Music for Red Dwarf closing


>RP>Does anybody have the music (melody and chords would be fine),
>RP>for the closing song of Red Dwarf?

Your wish is my command ... Got a tape, my ears, and a synthesizer here.

G major:

I, IV, I, vi, IV, IV, V7/IV, IV, vii(dim7), I

That's my guess.

Melody is easy enough to figure out.


But what the heck.  Chord sequence, for non-musicians:

G major, C major, G major, E minor, C major, C major, G dominant 7 (F natural),
C major, F-sharp fully diminished, G major.

And the melody, since it is all within one octave (lowercase `g' means higher
than the uppercase `G')...

G. B. D...  E. E, D E, F# g  (that's two measures, I and IV)

G B, D...  C B, E...  (I and vi -- melody is syncopated)

E. F#. g...  g, F# E, F# g...  (IV IV)

D. F. E...  E, C A. Eb. D...  (V7/IV, IV, vii(dim7), I.  Note F natural, E flat)

Oh, what about the cadence?  OK...umm... oh also, the lead-in note to the
melody is D, in both the beginning of the theme ("It's" and "I") and leading
into the second measure in the first verse ("there's").  Hmm, also the
"I'm in "I'm all alone" is D.  I think that takes care of added syllables.

Oh, duh!  The cadence is just the same as the first "Fun Fun Fun" time
round.  So, there you have it, kids.  At least, as my ears have it.
I've been considering today writing piano variations on this theme...
I've got ragtime, 9/8 baroque, waltz ... etc. possibilities in my head.
If I do any, it'll probably only be ragtime.  That's what I'm best at
composing.

I know what I forgot!  The most important thing!  The bass line.
I'll leave it 'til later, though.  Have fun ...

Remember:  Mail replies to keeper@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us
          (That's not to say you can't post, though!)

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And then a correction file:

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From: hermit@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Ron O'Dell)


>G major:
>
>I, IV, I, vi, IV, IV, V7/IV, IV, vii(dim7), I
                   ^^ that's wrong.

That's what happens when I don't listen to the actual piece enough!

It should be vii/V.  You can add the diminished 7th to it (B-flat), also.
It is definitely >not< a V7/V, though.

>G major, C major, G major, E minor, C major, C major, G dominant 7 (F natural),
                                              ^^^^^^^ C# diminished
>C major, F-sharp fully diminished, G major.
>
>I know what I forgot!  The most important thing!  The bass line.

It's too far in the background and jumping around too much for me to capture
in real time.  I'll write the music down and work from there.  I've always
been better at writing music down than poking it out.

>Remember:  Mail replies to keeper@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us
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And finally, someone posted the guitar parts from the beginning:

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From: Ted.Bebenek@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Ted Bebenek)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.red-dwarf,alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Red Dwarf Theme Music


I saw a request for this in both groups.  I think I have the guitar part
right, but I may be missing one or two notes.

Symbols
=======

b - bend note
\ - slide (down)

e:|------------5-7-8-10b-13-12-13-12-12\5-17\13-14-17-14-----13-12--------|
B:|---5-8-8b-8-------------------------------------------14b-------7b-6-5-|
G:|-5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ted

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   There you are!  All the Red Dwarf music I've been able to find.

						Rich!
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