That rolling timpani. These glistening flutes. All of us recognise that tune and what it symbolises, however who’s the composer behind the theme tune to the BBC Proms?
Who wrote the BBC Proms theme tune?
The present BBC Proms theme tune was written by composer Ian Arber in 2019. It was the primary time a composer was formally commissioned to put in writing a theme and has remained a function of the TV broadcasts of the BBC Proms ever since.
‘From being a runner on the occasion a decade in the past and listening to the theme echo across the Royal Albert Corridor, to being a part of the present this yr on this manner is fairly surreal,’ he mentioned of the challenge again in 2019.
The recording of the theme tune was captured at Maida Vale Studios by the BBC Live performance Orchestra, carried out by Eimear Noone.
Ian Arber is a movie and TV composer who has labored on programmes together with Netflix’s The One and Medici, in addition to BBC’s thriller The Seize.
What music has beforehand been used for the BBC Proms theme tune?
Earlier than Ian Arber was commissioned in 2019, current classical music was used for the competition’s theme tune.
An extract from the top of the ‘Crimson’ motion of Bliss’s A Color Symphony was used till the 2011 season.
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