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Card Shark

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Match Game '7x cues
« on: March 05, 2004, 04:43:16 PM »
I seem to recall someone having a page with the various cues used on MG '7x. Can anyone point me in this direction? Also, does anyone have a copy of the opening in the actual format used on the show, i.e., not the "fake" version from the Game Show Theme CD from 1998? Thank you in advance.

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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2004, 04:52:43 PM »
Thank goodness I remember the address by heart....

http://www.thermodynamic-online.com/mg

Card Shark

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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2004, 07:16:31 PM »
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 04:52 PM\'] Thank goodness I remember the address by heart....

http://www.thermodynamic-online.com/mg [/quote]
Thank  you for the link. What section is it under?

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« Last Edit: March 05, 2004, 07:16:56 PM by Card Shark »
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2004, 07:25:07 PM »
[quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 04:16 PM\'] Thank  you for the link. What section is it under?

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It's under "Quotes".

Last time I was linked there the main theme seemed to be the same as on the Game Show CD from Varese Saraband. It's not a "fake", it's just how the cue was originally supplied by Score to Goodson Todman. The difference: the version used on air had an edit or two made in the Jurassic era of music editing with a razor blade by GT Music Director Mike Malone.


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WhammyPower

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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2004, 07:42:09 PM »
I've put the regular version up on my webiste.... not the best quality, but the best you might find for a while.

Match Game theme  (Note: It won't be up 100% of the time, the site is hosted on my own computer)

Card Shark

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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2004, 08:01:32 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 07:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 04:16 PM\'] Thank  you for the link. What section is it under?

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It's under "Quotes".

Last time I was linked there the main theme seemed to be the same as on the Game Show CD from Varese Saraband. It's not a "fake", it's just how the cue was originally supplied by Score to Goodson Todman. The difference: the version used on air had an edit or two made in the Jurassic era of music editing with a razor blade by GT Music Director Mike Malone.


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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2004, 08:02:12 PM »
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 07:42 PM\'] I've put the regular version up on my webiste.... not the best quality, but the best you might find for a while.

Match Game theme  (Note: It won't be up 100% of the time, the site is hosted on my own computer) [/quote]
 Thank you, again, for your help!
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2004, 08:07:20 PM »
[quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 05:01 PM\'] Thank you for your help, Randy. If you don't mind me saying so, you are my favorite TPIR announcer and I hope you get the permanent gig. If you do, I hope you won't stop posting here :) [/quote]
You'll never get rid of me that easily... I'm posting for life!

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« Last Edit: March 05, 2004, 08:07:52 PM by tvrandywest »
The story behind the voice you know and love... the voice of a generation of game shows: Johnny Olson!

Celebrate the centennial of the America's favorite announcer with "Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time."

Preview the book free: click "Johnny O Tribute" http://www.tvrandywest.com

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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2004, 09:39:25 PM »
Ah, the perfect time to bring up my Match Game MP3; it sounds almost exactly like the TV version, except it's cleverly edited (even better than the real version in that regard!) from the GSN CD version, and I lowered the pitch, since the CD version's pitch is too high.

http://home.comcast.net/~caseybuck/matchgame.mp3
« Last Edit: March 05, 2004, 09:41:35 PM by Casey Buck »

Craig Karlberg

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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2004, 05:07:51 AM »
That theme sounded just like the one on that Game Show CD.  I remember hearing a slightly lower pitched theme.  Strange.  Apparently that file came from the CD copy & ripped somehow.

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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2004, 08:17:00 AM »
To be specific on the "recipe" for creating the MG7x opening music, I believe this is what they did:


•  Start with the classic "Wank" music cue (actually, the cue was created by 'looping' the wanks at the beginning of the theme heard on the CD), used during the show whan the stars are writing out their answers.  

•  Play looping WANK cue until Johnny Olsen says, "...Match Game!!!" and the sign lights up.

•  Switch to main theme, starting on the WANK of that main theme.

•  After the first 'verse', splice out the part of the theme where the the song goes into the 3 long organ notes and go right into the second 'verse' (where the horns are doing the higher notes), again starting from the WANK.

•  Put spliced theme in the oven for 13 minutes at 350 degrees, let stand for 5 minutes, and serve!



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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2004, 10:34:04 AM »
The actual MG '7x show opening consisted of two separate cues: the vamp and the theme. The vamp lasted about a minute. The segue (SEG-way) to the theme was done live on cue to synchronize with Johnny Olson. The VS CD version plays a few bars of the vamp and then goes into the theme.

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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2004, 03:06:08 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 10:34 AM\'] The VS CD version plays a few bars of the vamp and then goes into the theme. [/quote]
 4 bars of the vamp, if memory serves (and it usually does).

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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2004, 03:42:00 PM »
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Ah, the perfect time to bring up my Match Game MP3; it sounds almost exactly like the TV version, except it's cleverly edited (even better than the real version in that regard!) from the GSN CD version, and I lowered the pitch, since the CD version's pitch is too high.

Good job...I'd agree that it's WAY better than the on-air edit used for MG '7X.

And hey, if someone out there can try removing the banjo from the Dawson FF theme, you'll have the mix used as a TPiR prize/car cue from 76-83.

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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2004, 03:59:48 PM »
Here's another version:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClassicMatch...70%27s%20Music/

Click on the link, and click on the one that says matchgame.mp3
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