Denton And Cook - Hong Kong Beat & Other BBC TV Themes (1980) [Full Album]

A1 Hong Kong Beat 00:00 A2 Tomorrow's World 02:52 A3 Jet Lag 05:30 A4 The Spangler 10:16 A5 Quiller 12:36 A6 Inside Story 15:29 B1 The Great Egg Race 18:08 B2 Diamonds In The Sky 21:05 B3 General Direction 24:02 B4 Circuit Eleven-Miami 27:34 B5 Chasing The Dragon 30:16 B6 Scramble 33:23 Compiled By – Mike Harding Written-By – Martin Cook, Richard Denton Profile: Richard Denton (guitar, keyboards), and Martin Cook (guitar, keyboards) were both orchestra leaders who teamed up in the late 70s to compose and produce theme and incidental music for BBC Television serials and documentaries, most notably for ‘The Theme From Hong Kong Beat’, a series examining the Hong Kong Police Force which, when aired in 1978, topped the ratings and pushed the programme’s theme into the UK singles chart. After this success they went on to produce themes for Diamonds In The Sky, The Great Egg Race and in 1980 a new electronic opening for the long-running science series Tomorrow’s World. Label: BBC Records – REH 385 Country: UK Released: 1980 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen Style: Synth-pop, Funk, Prog Rock.