Is Red Dwarf theme tune a take off of Blake's 7 theme tune ?

[catfood12]

Righty. Clearly lock down taking it's toll on Mrs CFXII and me. Apart from the fact that I just explained we (she) can't say 'of off' ever, after catching up on old missed Blake's 7 during the lockdown, it's clear to me that the theme tune for Red Dwarf is a very clever, and not that subtle, take off of (fk, there we go again) the Blake's 7 theme tune. Check up on YouTube as required. The chords are the same, just on Red Dwarf they go off and play jazz part way in.

It's so obvious, I don't know why she can't see it. Help me lads, you're my only hope..................

[Flumpo]

Erm, not sure if I’m falling for a joke here, but no. I can’t hear any similarities, although I’m happy to admit I don’t have a musical ear.

[catfood12]

Flumpo said:

Erm, not sure if I’m falling for a joke here, but no. I can’t hear any similarities, although I’m happy to admit I don’t have a musical ear.

No joke, it seems obvious to me........ I thought OH was COVID+ for not seeing same. It can't be me surely..............

[Mcphisto]

Nope , nothing like it, time for you to hand in any sharp object and get strapped down in the comfy chair.

[Flumpo]

op, sit somewhere quiet, take some deep breaths and clear your mind.

Now ask yourself this question, IS there even a wife?

[jules_s]

Not even close

Randomly the missus suggested the Tomorrow People theme.....She's wrong but blimey it's weird/spooky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei7i7RFvrUM

[Patch1875]

Noticed all episodes of Blake’s 7 is on YouTube.

[catfood12]

Not even a bit similar...... I'm sure it is....

Mcphisto said:

Nope , nothing like it, time for you to hand in any sharp object and get strapped down in the comfy chair.

I can't quite believe it. Last time I was wrong was 1988....

I will have to sit in a darkened room... the themes going round in my head - indistinguishable from each other.....

Flumpo said:

op, sit somewhere quiet, take some deep breaths and clear your mind.

Now ask yourself this question, IS there even a wife?

She was there last time I looked.... She is real, honestly.

Oh, she's out at the moment doing her hour's permitted exercise out on her broomstick..
I am going to have to admit she may have been slightly more accurate than me here....

[Big-Bo-Beep]

One is a Rock n Roll homage and the other a low rent Vangelis rip-off on a Yamaha PPS composed by John Shuttleworth,

Get a grip that man.

[thegreenhell]

It has all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

[bigandclever]

[droopsnoot]

bigandclever said:

I loved that episode, I used to be able to recite that scene. "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Great.