Via
this blog, I try to offer assistance to people presenting pantomimes, whether they
are using one of my scripts or not. Also, whenever I send letter to a group that
has decided to produce one of my pantos, I conclude the communication with… “If you require any
further help or information, please do not hesitate to contact me.”
Well, someone
took me up on that recently, and it was for a non-pantomime presentation as
part of their company’s season. They asked if I knew where they could obtain
the villain’s ident music that was played on the piano over silent films. It’s
the one that goes… “Dah-dah-dah-dah-daaah-ra-ta-ta-ta.
I had a reference for it on – freesfx.co.uk – where it is listed as ‘Cartoon piano riff – sneaky
sounding’, but it ends rather abruptly.
Then I remembered that I had it on an LP entitled, ‘Music
from the Silent Films’, played by one Mike Napoli. When I found the dusty disc
in a cupboard full of vinyl, I discovered there are no sleeve notes, and the
record label simply lists the track as ‘The Villain Theme’. However (CUE
FANFARE) a Google search, ‘Villain Theme’ brought up the website – soundandthefoley.com/2013/04/04/villains-
theme – which
solves the mystery.
It’s available on – amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GITW8G/ref=oss_product
Always glad to be
of assistance, or as the French say… knobblyknees oblige.
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