adventure, and of course preposterously attractive cars. to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of doctor no, a charity auction has been taking place in london. among the items up for grabs, one of bond s famous aston martins as the bbc s tim allman explains. bond theme plays the theme tune almost as iconic as the man himself. 007, licence to kill, you know the rest. it s 60 years since james bond first appeared on the silver screen and a secret agent can collect quite a lot of stuff in that time. so an auction in london of clothes, props and a very special automobile. it s one of eight aston martin replicas that were made especially for no time to die and used in matera on location in italy for the chase scene,
to celebrate the 60th anniversary of dr no a charity auction has been taking place in london. among the items up for grabs one of bonds famous aston martins as the bbc s tim allman explains. bond theme plays the theme tune almost as iconic as the man himself. 007, licence to kill, you know the rest. it s 60 years since james bond first appeared on the silver screen and a secret agent can collect quite a lot of stuff in that time. so an auction in london of clothes, props and a very special automobile. it s one of eight aston martin replicas that were made especially for no time to die and used in matera on location in italy for the chase scene, so it is one of the stunt cars
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that is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you re trying to adapt music from a 1980s computer game, you re basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that s all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that s a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it s something that astounded a young matt rogers, who s now been asked to arrange a new version of the theme tune to this the 1987 zx spectrum game chronos. i did like the game, but i used to load the game more to listen to the music. so i d be loading that game and then sitting with my ear to the.to the spectrum. and that s. .. the thing was, when i came to arrange it, i already knew it inside out be
and they re being controlled individually and blended in with what the orchestra are doing. a lot of modern video games come with ready made orchestral scores. that is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you re trying to adapt music from a 1980s computer game, you re basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that s all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that s a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it s something that astounded a young matt rogers, who s now been asked to arrange a new version of the theme tune to this the 1987 zx spectrum game chronos.