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The Russians Are Coming

Name: The Russians Are Coming
Description: Val Bennett's reggae cover of Dave Brubeck's Take Five, titled The Russians Are Coming. It was used as the theme tune of The Secret Life of Machines.

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1 HN user recommended this music video1 month2023–2024 score 1

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HN mentions it to identify the Secret Life of Machines theme music.

Val Bennett's reggae cover of Dave Brubeck's Take Five, titled The Russians Are Coming. It was used as the theme tune of The Secret Life of Machines.

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@throw0101a Aug 2023 Recommends

on HN thread Tim Hunkin (Secret Lives of Machines)

Worth watching just for the intro theme song, "The Russians Are Coming", a reggae remix of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five": * [this video] * [link]

Reggae remix of Take Five, the show's intro theme.

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@throw0101b Mar 2023 Cites it

on HN thread Apple Music Classical

This is the "Take Five" variant by Val Bennett, "The Russians Are Coming", used in the show Secret Life of Machines (awesome series, now freely/legally posted on YT): * [link] * [this video] * [link]

Theme tune variant of Take Five used in Secret Life of Machines.

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@throw0101d Jan 2024 Cites it

on HN thread The Secret Life of Machines (1988)

See also playlist from Tim Hunkin's channel: * [link] * [link] * [link] The theme song is Bennett's "The Russians are Coming" (a reggae cover of "Take Five"): * [this video]

Reggae cover of Take Five used as theme song.

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