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Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:28 am
by ATS
Dies aged 79. Wrote theme tunes for last of the summer wine and
blankety blank. Also musical director for BBC at eurovision
A piccolo is mentioned on the beeb website but I can't confirm if he
ever played the drums - Steve it's over to you
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:59 am
by Trumpton
R.I.P Ronnie.
The piccolo piece was composed for 'Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em'.
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:31 am
by Jonone
Isn't it funny that the piccolo features in the Russell Brand promos on BBC2. Did Ronnie Hazelhurst do a double tracked piccolo with Peter Buck on 'Losing My Religion' ?
Respect to Ronnie H though .. maybe not as versatile as Tony Hatch, but he's definitely a name.
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:38 pm
by steve56
He did a lot of Montages for BBC and link tracks.
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:46 pm
by colonel
He did the themes to most BBC comedies from the late 60s to the mid 80s...most spectacularly the full orchestral theme to The Two Ronnies. Loved that.
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:51 pm
by dynatech
It has to be said, his themes for Some Mothers.., Last of the Summer Wine, The Two Ronnies & Are You Being Served? are superb (and sometimes the best thing about the show!)
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:55 pm
by colonel
Last of the Summer Wine being the only one of his themes still being played to 'new' material...I noticed he retired to Guernsey- I would presume his retirement package with Auntie included a large lump sum for their purchase of any residual copyrights for his tunes.
Re: Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:37 pm
by BGAFD Admin
?30 very well spent: