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Worst Music?
Chief-O:
Going back to the subject---I can also name "Catch Phrase" as a non-fave. Almost everything else the Ellis's did seemed better.
chargeradiocom:
--- Quote from: snowpeck on April 26, 2020, 04:54:26 PM ---I wouldn't quite call it a "real" song. It's a production library piece from KPM. It's possible that KPM's licensing fee was cheaper than Score Productions' was.
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Fair enough. I’m not as knowledgeable on smooth jazz/instrumental easy listening as some other styles (most production tracks would probably go into that category, if I had to give them a genre label). And since tyshaun1’s list included some more mainstream songs, I thought maybe I’d missed something that was a minor hit. ;D
--- Quote from: tyshaun1 on April 27, 2020, 08:46:40 AM ---From what I understand, the PYL package was found to be usuable several years ago, and Terry Wilkie from TVPMM mentioned that the Carruthers family does have their own reel, but they have declined to release it.
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I guess that explains why some of the classic cues were missing from PYL 2019. Though if Fremantle was able to remake the theme for PYL ‘19, I’m kind of surprised it would have been out of reach for the Ludia game. Maybe the Carruthers family just thought they could make more money licensing the theme for TV than for some piddly video game.*
(*I’m assuming the PYL ‘19 theme is an approved remake, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. If it’s not an approved remake, though, it’s a ripoff so close that Vanilla Ice would be proud.)
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: Chief-O on April 27, 2020, 11:31:34 AM ---Going back to the subject---I can also name "Catch Phrase" as a non-fave. Almost everything else the Ellis's did seemed better.
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That reminds me. The Scrabble '93 and Scattergories themes. Did Marc Ellis just switch around notes and call it good?
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on April 27, 2020, 01:32:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: snowpeck on April 26, 2020, 04:54:26 PM ---I wouldn't quite call it a "real" song. It's a production library piece from KPM. It's possible that KPM's licensing fee was cheaper than Score Productions' was.
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Fair enough. I’m not as knowledgeable on smooth jazz/instrumental easy listening as some other styles (most production tracks would probably go into that category, if I had to give them a genre label). And since tyshaun1’s list included some more mainstream songs, I thought maybe I’d missed something that was a minor hit. ;D
--- Quote from: tyshaun1 on April 27, 2020, 08:46:40 AM ---From what I understand, the PYL package was found to be usuable several years ago, and Terry Wilkie from TVPMM mentioned that the Carruthers family does have their own reel, but they have declined to release it.
--- End quote ---
I guess that explains why some of the classic cues were missing from PYL 2019. Though if Fremantle was able to remake the theme for PYL ‘19, I’m kind of surprised it would have been out of reach for the Ludia game. Maybe the Carruthers family just thought they could make more money licensing the theme for TV than for some piddly video game.*
(*I’m assuming the PYL ‘19 theme is an approved remake, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. If it’s not an approved remake, though, it’s a ripoff so close that Vanilla Ice would be proud.)
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Remember, when Ricki Lake's Game Show Marathon played out many years ago, all the original PYL cues were used except for one: The opening vamp, which was "re-created" for the PYL day.
Joe Mello:
I don't think I have an answer right now, but I feel like we're being pretty generous to the game shows of the past decade or two.
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