productionmusic
Production music
I don't think music belongs on this show.
— Gregg Turkington, Oscar Special 4
On Cinema makes use of a large amount of production music in its episodes, Oscar Specials, and spinoffs. The following is a comprehensive but by no means exhaustive list. Links are included where possible.
Please expand as much as possible. Many production tracks can be identified through Shazam/Google sound search but some require deeper searching.
Main themes
- On Cinema main theme (seasons 1-13): Enjoy The Show by Videohelper production music (Modified/arranged for seasons 12 and 13)
- On Cinema On Demand theme (season 14): Knockout by The Arcitype
- Oscar Special theme/Trivia theme: Detective Funk by Carl Giacco
Recurring segment themes
- Popcorn Classics: “Utterly Adorable” by Tom Moss (from De Wolfe Music album "Quintessentially English" DWCD 0530, track 1)
- On Cinema On Location: That Funky Chick by Royalty Free Music Crew
Other segment & episode themes
- Popcorn Classics Behind the Curtain: Aggressor by Patrick Wilson (from album Highlights: Entertainment 8 MHE-8, Music House label)
- On Cinema On Popcorn: Most Every Night by Jamie Dunlap, Marc Ferrari, Scott Nickoley, Stephen Lang (MasterSource Music Catalog album “Big Band Swing & Lounge, MSTR121, on Universal Production Music)
- On Cinema Presents Stars on Directors: Game Show Tune by David Farnon (Warner-Chappell Production Music)
- S04E06 opening theme: Fries With That by Mark Harrison Quintet
- Golden Age Comedies: Mister Good Mood by Didier Viseux (CDM Production Music album CDM141 Happy Comedy, track 4)
Trivia/Oscar Special break music
From Upright Production Music:
- Funky Donkey by Laszlo Bencker (SCD 737 Fun & Funk- Laszlo Bencker)
- City Drive A (SCD 868 Beauty and Grace)
- Total Control A (SCD 835 Jazzcraft 4)
- Quiz A (SCD 749 Showbiz Plus 6 - TV Shows & Games)
Second Oscar Special
- Gregg's Dolby Theatre tour: My Song 3 by Charles Kreamer
- Oscar Memory Lane photo tribute: Remembrance by George Panayiotou Kallis (no longer exists online)
- W.C. Fields/Mark pantomime: Silent Screen Rag by David Graham Farnon; Boston Rag by Jason Mason
Third Oscar Special
- On Cinema Movie Awards: American Civil War by Udi Harpaz (Sonoton Production Music)
- Mark Prosh Three Stooges: The Three Stooges by Television's Greatest Hits Band
- Hobbit music: So Far Away by Ron Alan Cohen (can be found on Universal Production Music UK) album BR352_BRJ52 track 3
- James Dean tribute: Adagio for Wind Quintet and Strings by Otto Sieben; Pop Goes the Orchestra by Syd Dale; Emotional Rescue by Moritz Bintig & Ramona Dives
Fourth Oscar Special
- Talking Points by Martin Sponticcia (Sonoton Music)
- Mark's Marx Brothers: Heroines by Trevor Barstow (Bruton BRO6: Mad Movies); Happy Hippo by Eric Winstone;
- James Bond tribute: Evil Strike by David Arnold and Paul Brian Hart (can be found on Soho Production Music album 139, or search track name); A Pair of Aces by John Cacavas (Universal Production Music album “Big Screen Legends Two,” track 11 BR462-11)
Fifth Oscar Special
- Jaws 2 40th Anniversary Tribute: Star Boogie by Phillippe Guez; Innocence by Alan Hawkshaw (Bruton Music album “Tranquility”)
- Mark's Jaws scenes: Lurkers by Richard Ames (Quint's monologue); Shark Bait by John Lawrence Schick (available on Stock Music Site, catalog no. 475295)
- Electric Sun 19/Mark tribute: All About You by Matthew Todd Naylor and Jonathan Josue Monroy (Bruton)
- George Lucas guilty/Super Oscars: Excellence by Wolfgang Kafer (Warner-Chappelle Production Music)
- Gregg visits Universal Studios: Movie Premiere by Gregor F. Narholz (on Sonoton SCD 329 Flying Logos, track 286, available on Upright Music); Where Dreams Come True by Ron Goodwin; Constant Flash by Frederic Sicart
- Close Encounters of the Movie Kind (Mark/Joe dialogue):
- Intro music: Disco version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme, composed and arranged by John Williams
- Alien music: Höllische Lacher by Gerhard Trede (available on APM Canada, album Wonder of Nature (GT-0014) track 22
Seventh Oscar Special
- Gregg's grand entrance: Heroes of the West by Gregor F. Narholz
- Arthur traveling museum tour: Machines in Motion by Cedric King Palmer (Soho)
- Joker tribute:
- Caliope Carousel from Universal Production Music
- Birdplay 2 by John Tender
- Thug by Matthew Sanchez, Nick McEnally, Sam Taylor (BTV/pitch album “Urban Beats” BTV230)
- Newport by Zbigniew Gorny Orchestra & Stanislaw Bartosik
- It's a Wrap: Celebration 1 from SCORE 100 Celebrations 1, track 1 (Upright Music)
- Tim & Toni wedding montage: Feels Like Sunshine by John Pregler, David Rockower, and Anthony Militello
Tenth Oscar Special
- Forgotton but not Gone: “Announcement Fanfare” by David Arnold (SOHO Production Music album "Fanfares" Track 5, SOHO 139-5)
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