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Mehr News Agency – Art Group – Alireza Saidi: The function of the title is something similar to the cover of a book The designer It tries to select elements, forms and Arrangements With the help of graphics and music, to inform the audience of a work. conditions that are sometimes very critical, thoughtful And he puts it in front of the audience in a calculated way and sometimes to a certain extent Sad school And it is built on the fulfillment of a mandatory task that leaves the viewer with a visual effect far he does.
What became an excuse to once again return to the keyword “title”, a review of the most lasting and the most memorable The music is related to some programs and works of cinema and television, which for many audiences contain bitter and sweet memories, and referring to them again can bring a world of memories for us in any situation. The memory game, which after its launch and publication in Nowruz, was welcomed by 1400 audiences, prompted us to entrust our souls and minds to it in the form of a weekly memory game on Fridays every week, and from its passage to the years when we are better than these troubled days. It was, let’s go.
“Memory Game with Lasting Titles” is the title of a series of archival reports with the same approach, which you can follow on a weekly basis in the art group of Mehr news agency. do.
In the eighty-third issue of this media narrative, we went to the title music of a long-lasting foreign series that in conversion time to one of the most important and memorable series It became the music of the sixties when who were no more than children, it has strong memories that still have the pleasant taste of fantasy of this music in their minds and in a way it has become one of the important components of the children’s and teenagers’ memories of those years when the children’s program of those years, especially in Fridays had a strange mood.
Yes, you guessed it right; The sound you hear is from a very memorable series called “The Adventures of Skippy”, whose title music is one of the classics that takes the famous sixties back in time, whose fantasies, pleasures and all that is called nostalgia. We remember, it was different. it when that the sound of an Australian kangaroo called “Skippy” became an introduction to the beginning of a simple but memorable music that the charming voice of Attaullah Kamli perpetuated this lasting memorable puzzle.
It seems that this music is still with us moment by moment. When Mr. Kameli Aziz said after this title music: “The company of Ed Devereaux, Tony Banner, Ken James, Gary Pancrest and the bush kangaroo; Skippy!
And this memorable puzzle left from the 60s and 70s was completed along with our other simple memories from this era until we reached a time when we don’t hear about these memorable music and series as much as we should.
A unique and creativity-oriented music that created sweet dreams for us since those days and we can still play memories in our minds by returning to these elements. We still occasionally hum these “musical notches” for flashbacks to our childhood, and we love it. A real love that had so much salt for us that we can’t forget its attractive taste at all. It is a very interesting atmosphere that, along with the fantasy and animal-friendly content of the series, was full of memories and charms for us children that we wish we could return to once and get rid of the evil and screams that have badly messed up our minds. .
“Skippy the bush kangaroo” is the original name of an Australian television series directed by John Malcolm, which was produced between 1965 and 1968 and was shown in many countries around the world. At the time of Skippy’s production, the Australian television broadcasting system was still in black and white. But this series was filmed in color with a 16 mm camera for the possibility of global release, especially in America and Canada.
This collection, which was somehow made for the age group of children and teenagers, tells the story of a very different kangaroo named “Skippy” and his teenage owner, who face different stories due to the work of his father and brothers as forest rangers in Waratah National Park. in which this tongue-tied kangaroo played a very important role in the fight against the bad guys of the series, which could definitely be part of the visual appeal of a generation of children and teenagers who only had Channel 1 and there was not much news about these various media.
Skippy’s adventures took place in Watara National Park near Sydney in the state of New Salt Wales; Sonny Hammond (son of National Park Director Matt Hammond) befriends a smart kangaroo named Skippy and helps him solve problems in his father’s personal life and business. Along with Sonny and his father, his older brother Mark Hammond (helicopter pilot) and the daughter of their family friend Clarissa Merrick, whose father worked in another forest park, played roles and accompanied Skippy and his adventures in various episodes of the series.
John McCallum, the designer of the Skippy series, who died in 2010 at the age of 91, initially wanted to name this kangaroo “Hoppy”, but Lee Robinson, another producer of this series, suggested “Skippy”. Interestingly, the name Skippy is taken from the name of a brand of peanut butter. Of course, the most interesting thing is that this factory also copied the name of Skippy from a children’s comic strip series written by “Percy Crosby”.
We still occasionally hum these “musical notches” for nostalgic throwbacks to our childhood, and we love it. A real love that had so much salt for us that we can’t forget its attractive taste at all What the late John McCallum prepared as the director of this ninety-one episode series was the narration of interesting stories about respecting the environment and fighting against people who intend to attack the natural environment. The stories that, by adding the dramatic elements that were designed for it in different parts of the series, along with the presence of a kangaroo named Skippy, who seems to care more about his living environment than a hundred humans, provided an interesting atmosphere for the viewers of that time. Was.
One of the interesting points about the “Skippy” series, which first introduced us to distance learning and virtual education, is that more than 9 kangaroos played the role of Skippy during the making of this series. In fact, there is no intelligent kangaroo named Skippy.
The only European country that refused to broadcast Skippy was Sweden. Because Swedish doctors believed that the children of this country would be misled by seeing this collection and think that kangaroos can be tamed and befriended.
If you want to know more about the cast of Skippy series, Gary Pankhurst, who played the role of “Sonny”, who is now 55 years old, was not an actor at all and did not continue his career after playing Skippy despite his worldwide fame. After the end of the Skippy series, he left acting and started exporting meat to Malaysia, and later left this job and started working in hotels and restaurants.
Mr. Ed Devereaux, who played the role of Matt Hammond, was also one of the famous Australian actors who died in 2003 at the age of 78. During his lifetime, he played more than 100 different roles and directed the 68th episode of Skippy.
Another interesting point is that in 1969, after Skippy’s popularity in Australia, the movie “Skippy and the Intruders” was also made by Lee Robinson.
Leaving aside all this, naturally, what became an excuse to return to this popular sixties TV series was the title music of this series, which Mr. Eric Jupp, as the composer of the series, created a space for the audience with the utmost intelligence. He was made to believe from the beginning that he is going to be a viewer of a series that includes differences.
The differences are that the lead actor is a kind of kangaroo, as if all the actors of the series are supposed to play their role in the script around his sometimes exaggerated bravery against the events and events designed in the series. A situation that can definitely become an important challenge for a composer whose attention to the “creativity” element is considered the main component of making music.
This is exactly what happened, and the viewers of the series, by watching this series of stories, noticed the design of the melody that the nech nechs of a kangaroo became the basis and the beginning of the music, which can now be mentioned as one of the most enduring melodies associated with television series, which is still after several years. The decade includes an interesting mood.
What seems to have been focused on by the composer of this series is, naturally, attention to the melody in the path and situation of the story to complete the sense of excitement and emotion on the audience and special attention to the element of creativity, which, although it did not include the native music components of the Australian region, but a A special effort was made to harmonize the music with the concepts presented in the image, which can definitely be considered valuable components in the performance of an art activity.
Undoubtedly, one of the components of the popularity of the “Skippy” series is the title music, which has been used in a smart format, as the saying goes, and has turned it into one of the most popular series of its time. An authentic and challenging path where the simplest melodies, even Sunny’s special whistles to call the kangaroo, can be considered part of the serial music, which originates from the good interaction of the director with his composer.
Maybe if this collection wasn’t made with these interesting songs and melodies, no one would even care what kangaroos sound like. The sounds are very similar to our Iranians’ nach nachs and still when someone uses these words, we unconsciously remember Skippy!