Various - De Wolfe Music Presents Top Dog A Retrospective

this is the fourth album in the de wolfe 'commercial' series, collecting many well-loved british tv and radio theme tunes specially re-mastered from the original tapes. the album's content spans the complete spectrum of vintage broadcasting. from cult comedy sitcoms such as man about the house and never the twain to kid's favourites like vision on and rhoobarb, to oddball obscurities like angling today and queenie's castle, this is the first time that these 25 lost incidental themes have been collected together on one volume. also included are some exclusive unreleased cues that have never seen the light of day before (henry's cat / delia smith's cookery course etc). the catalogue of music libraries such as de wolfe have proven a treasure trove of unearthed soundtrack material for fans of cult film and tv. de wolfe music is the longest running and most important film music resource library in the world, having scored the likes of dr who, monty python's flying circus, the sweeney, shaw brothers kung fu flicks, emmanuelle, the list is endless 'top dog' has been lovingly compiled by joel martin of quiet village who heads the de wolfe commercial / reissue dept, having just released the critically acclaimed 'monty python's flying circus, the unreleased tv soundtrack 1969 - 1974'. forthcoming volumes in 2010 will include the lost soundtrack to infamous vincent price horror flick 'witchfinder general', the legendary monty python comedy 'holy grail', a long-awaited sequel to the trunk records compilation 'george a romero's dawn of the dead, the unreleased background music ii' and much more!