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Keith Mansfield
Keith Mansfield
Born	1940 (age 84–85); Slough, England
Genres	Television score
Occupation(s)	Composer, arranger

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Keith Mansfield (born 1940 in Slough, England)^[1] is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the Grandstand theme for the BBC.^[2]

Career

Mansfield's other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to The Big Match), "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships), "World Champion" (the closing theme for NBC's coverage of the same tournament), and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage). One of his library music recordings, "Teenage Carnival", was used as the theme to the cult 1960s ITV children's television series Freewheelers. He has also composed film scores for British movies such as Loot (1970) and Taste of Excitement (1970), and the western Three Bullets for a Long Gun (1971). He also scored the start-up and shutdown themes for Granada Television in 1978, which were used for ten years before it switched to 24-hour television.

Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", used for underscoring in NFL Films productions and the Astro Daters series of snipes produced by the National Screen Service in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show Pit Boss on Animal Planet, as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the Sklarbro Country podcast. Mansfield also composed the brass tune "Superstar Fanfare", which was notably used (in several variations) by Channel Television in the Channel Islands, RTL plus's news programme 7 vor 7, Worldvision Enterprises, and by the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) as a idents jingle for British Forces TV in West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Astro Daters' "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill and Death Proof. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by James Royal in 1969. Another Mansfield composition, "National Pride," was the opening theme to the 1980 movie Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, which utilizes Mansfield's library music score, and as the logo jingle for CBS/Fox Video. A song remix was also used in the game, Saints Row: The Third.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a significant figure in the UK library music scene and recorded many materials for the production music company KPM. His work has been sampled by prominent hip-hop producers such as Danger Mouse ("Funky Fanfare" on the Danger Doom track "Old School Rules", "Junior Jet Set" on "Run" by Gnarls Barkley, and "Morning Broadway" on the Danger Doom track "Space Ho's"), Madlib, as well as Fatboy Slim ("Young Scene" on the track "Punk to Funk") and most recently, "Walkin" by Denzel Curry, produced by Kal Banx. American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on NFL Films team highlights and Super Bowl documentaries. American sports journalist Jon Bois uses Mansfield's work ("Love De Luxe", "Style City") in his videos.

Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on Dusty Springfield's 1968 UK album Dusty... Definitely,^[3] and acted as orchestral arranger on some hits for Love Affair ("Everlasting Love") and Marmalade ("Reflections of My Life"), among others. Mansfield wrote material for and produced albums with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson: M.F. Horn, Maynard Ferguson (album) and M.F. Horn Two.

Success in Brazil

Mansfield was one of the collaborators of Carnaby Street Pop Orchestra (1969). The album didn't become very famous, but his song, "Hyde Park", was used as the opening theme of the Brazilian sports program Esporte Espetacular since 1977. The song was soon associated with sports in Brazil, and it was used as the theme song of the F-1 racer Ayrton Senna. Esporte Espetacular stopped using the song in the 80s, but it came back in 1994.^[4]^[5]

Even though Hyde Park was a success, Mansfield was unknown in Brazil for many years due a printing error in the LP record that wrongly stated his name and the name of the song. The first time he heard about his popularity was in the 90s. A friend of his was reached out by a Brazilian reporter for a interview and he explained that Mansfield was the actual composer, but the story was quickly forgotten. In 2009, Mansfield was intrigued when he discovered by chance that his song was being used on a YouTube video about Bruce Lee, and he soon discovered many other videos created by the Brazilian community. In 2018, he stated: "Money can't buy stuff like that. They use my song to motivate themselves. Wow! This is a great feeling".^[4]^[5]

References

^ Bramley, Gareth (21 July 2014). "The World of Keith Mansfield".
^ Davies, Hugh (25 April 2006). "Grandstand finish as BBC blows the whistle". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ "Dusty Springfield - Dusty... Definitely (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "A história da música-tema do 'Esporte Espetacular'" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b Helena Rebello; Marcelo Courrege (9 December 2018). "Conheça Keith Mansfield, o fã de samba e bossa nova que compôs a abertura do Esporte Espetacular" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 December 2024.

External links

Keith Mansfield discography at Discogs
Go Home Productions "Grandstand Supreme" Keith Mansfield-Supremes on YouTube

[Bramley-1] Bramley, Gareth (21 July 2014). "The World of Keith Mansfield".

[Davies-2] Davies, Hugh (25 April 2006). "Grandstand finish as BBC blows the whistle". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[discogs.com-3] "Dusty Springfield - Dusty... Definitely (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[Memoria_Globo-4] "A história da música-tema do 'Esporte Espetacular'" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024.

[Globo_Esporte-5] Helena Rebello; Marcelo Courrege (9 December 2018). "Conheça Keith Mansfield, o fã de samba e bossa nova que compôs a abertura do Esporte Espetacular" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 December 2024.

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+'''Keith Mansfield''' (born 1940 in Slough, England)<ref name='Bramley'> {{cite web|last=Bramley|first=Gareth|URL=https://www.robertfarnonsociety.org.uk/index.php/jim/jim-new-articles/2014/the-world-of-keith-mansfield|title=The World of Keith Mansfield|date=21 July 2014}}</ref>  is a British [[composer]] and [[arranger]] known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the ''[[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'' theme for the [[BBC]].<ref name="Davies">{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Hugh|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1516601/Grandstand-finish-as-BBC-blows-the-whistle.html|title=Grandstand finish as BBC blows the whistle|date=25 April 2006|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=28 June 2014|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-Other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to ''[[The Big Match]]''), "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Tennis Championships]]), "World Champion" (the closing theme for [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]'s coverage of the same tournament), and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage). One of his library music recordings, "Teenage Carnival", was used as the theme to the cult 1960s [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] children's television series ''[[Freewheelers]]''. He has also composed film scores for British movies such as ''[[Loot (1970 film)|Loot]]'' (1970) and ''[[Taste of Excitement]]'' (1970), and the western ''Three Bullets for a Long Gun'' (1971). He also scored the closedown of [[Granada Television|ITV Granada]] in the 1980s, before it switched to 24-hour television.
+Mansfield's other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to ''[[The Big Match]]''), "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Tennis Championships]]), "World Champion" (the closing theme for [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]'s coverage of the same tournament), and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage). One of his [[Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society#Production music|library music]] recordings, "Teenage Carnival", was used as the theme to the cult 1960s [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] children's television series ''[[Freewheelers]]''. He has also composed film scores for British movies such as ''[[Loot (1970 film)|Loot]]'' (1970) and ''[[Taste of Excitement]]'' (1970), and the western ''Three Bullets for a Long Gun'' (1971). He also scored the start-up and shutdown themes for [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] in 1978, which were used for ten years before it switched to 24-hour television.
-Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", used for underscoring in the Astro Daters series of [[snipe (theatrical)|snipes]] produced by the [[National Screen Service]] in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show ''[[Pit Boss (TV series)|Pit Boss]]'' on [[Animal Planet]], as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the ''[[Sklarbro Country]]'' podcast. Mansfield also composed the [[Brass instrument|brass]] tune "Superstar Fanfare", which was notably used (in several variations) by [[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]] in the [[Channel Islands]], [[RTL Television|RTL plus]]'s news programme [[RTL aktuell|7 vor 7]], [[Worldvision Enterprises]], and by the [[Services Sound and Vision Corporation]] (SSVC) as a [[Station identification|television ident]] jingle for [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|British Forces TV]] in West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar in the 1980s and 1990s.
+Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", used for underscoring in [[NFL Films]] productions and the Astro Daters series of [[snipe (theatrical)|snipes]] produced by the [[National Screen Service]] in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show ''[[Pit Boss (TV series)|Pit Boss]]'' on [[Animal Planet]], as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the ''[[Sklarbro Country]]'' podcast. Mansfield also composed the [[Brass instrument|brass]] tune "Superstar Fanfare", which was notably used (in several variations) by [[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]] in the [[Channel Islands]], [[RTL (German TV channel)|RTL plus]]'s news programme [[RTL aktuell|7 vor 7]], [[Worldvision Enterprises]], and by the [[Services Sound and Vision Corporation]] (SSVC) as a [[Station identification|idents]] jingle for [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|British Forces TV]] in West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar in the 1980s and 1990s.
-The Astro Daters' "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by [[Quentin Tarantino]], ''[[Kill Bill]]'' and ''[[Death Proof]]''. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by James Royal in 1969.  Another Mansfield composition, "National Pride," was the opening theme to the 1980 movie ''[[Fist of Fear, Touch of Death]]'', which utilises Mansfield's [[library music]] score, and as the logo jingle for [[CBS/Fox Video]]. A remix of the song was also used in the game, ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]''.
+The Astro Daters' "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by [[Quentin Tarantino]], ''[[Kill Bill]]'' and ''[[Death Proof]]''. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by [[James Royal]] in 1969.  Another Mansfield composition, "National Pride," was the opening theme to the 1980 movie ''[[Fist of Fear, Touch of Death]]'', which utilizes Mansfield's [[library music]] score, and as the logo jingle for [[CBS/Fox Video]]. A song remix was also used in the game, ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]''.
-In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a major figure in the UK library music scene and recorded a great deal of material for the production music company [[KPM Musichouse|KPM]]. His work has been sampled by prominent [[hip-hop]] producers such as [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] ("Funky Fanfare" on the [[DANGERDOOM]] track "Old School" and on "Run" by [[Gnarls Barkley]], and "Morning Broadway" on DANGERDOOM track "Space Ho's"), [[Madlib]] as well as [[Fatboy Slim]] ("Young Scene" on the track "Punk to Funk").  American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on [[NFL Films]] team highlights and [[Super Bowl]] documentaries.
+In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a significant figure in the UK library music scene and recorded many materials for the production music company [[KPM Musichouse|KPM]]. His work has been sampled by prominent [[hip-hop]] producers such as [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] ("Funky Fanfare" on the [[Danger Doom]] track "Old School Rules", "Junior Jet Set" on "Run" by [[Gnarls Barkley]], and "Morning Broadway" on the Danger Doom track "Space Ho's"), [[Madlib]], as well as [[Fatboy Slim]] ("Young Scene" on the track "Punk to Funk") and most recently, "Walkin" by [[Denzel Curry]], produced by Kal Banx.  American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on [[NFL Films]] team highlights and [[Super Bowl]] documentaries. American sports journalist [[Jon Bois]] uses Mansfield's work ("Love De Luxe", "Style City") in his videos.
-Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on [[Dusty Springfield]]'s 1968 UK album ''[[Dusty... Definitely]]'',<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dusty-Springfield-Dusty-Definitely/release/2119706|title=Dusty Springfield - Dusty... Definitely (CD, Album) at Discogs|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> and acted as orchestral arranger on some hits for [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]] ("[[Everlasting Love]]") and [[Marmalade (band)|Marmalade]] ("[[Reflections of My Life]]"), among others. He also produced some work with [[Maynard Ferguson]].
+Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on [[Dusty Springfield]]'s 1968 UK album ''[[Dusty... Definitely]]'',<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dusty-Springfield-Dusty-Definitely/release/2119706|title=Dusty Springfield - Dusty... Definitely (CD, Album) at Discogs|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> and acted as orchestral arranger on some hits for [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]] ("[[Everlasting Love]]") and [[Marmalade (band)|Marmalade]] ("[[Reflections of My Life]]"), among others. Mansfield wrote material for and produced albums with trumpeter [[Maynard Ferguson]]: [[M.F. Horn]], [[Maynard Ferguson (album)]] and [[M.F. Horn Two]].
+==Success in Brazil==
+Mansfield was one of the collaborators of ''Carnaby Street Pop Orchestra'' (1969). The album didn't become very famous, but his song, "Hyde Park", was used as the opening theme of the Brazilian sports program [[Esporte espectacular|Esporte Espetacular]] since 1977. The song was soon associated with sports in Brazil, and it was used as the theme song of the [[Formula One|F-1]] racer [[Ayrton Senna]]. Esporte Espetacular stopped using the song in the 80s, but it came back in 1994.<ref name="Memoria Globo">{{cite web|url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/esporte/telejornais-e-programas/esporte-espetacular/reportagens/noticia/a-historia-da-musica-tema-do-esporte-espetacular.ghtml|title=A história da música-tema do 'Esporte Espetacular'|date=2023-10-24|language=pt-BR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221161910/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/esporte/telejornais-e-programas/esporte-espetacular/reportagens/noticia/a-historia-da-musica-tema-do-esporte-espetacular.ghtml| archive-date=2024-12-21}}</ref><ref name="Globo Esporte">{{cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/programas/esporte-espetacular/noticia/conheca-keith-mansfield-o-fa-de-samba-e-bossa-nova-que-compos-a-abertura-do-esporte-espetacular.ghtml|title=Conheça Keith Mansfield, o fã de samba e bossa nova que compôs a abertura do Esporte Espetacular|author1=Helena Rebello|author2=Marcelo Courrege|date=2018-12-09|language=pt-BR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221162913/https://ge.globo.com/programas/esporte-espetacular/noticia/conheca-keith-mansfield-o-fa-de-samba-e-bossa-nova-que-compos-a-abertura-do-esporte-espetacular.ghtml| archive-date=2024-12-21}}</ref>
+Even though Hyde Park was a success, Mansfield was unknown in Brazil for many years due a printing error in the LP record that wrongly stated his name and the name of the song. The first time he heard about his popularity was in the 90s. A friend of his was reached out by a Brazilian reporter for a interview and he explained that Mansfield was the actual composer, but the story was quickly forgotten. In 2009, Mansfield was intrigued when he discovered by chance that his song was being used on a [[YouTube]] video about [[Bruce Lee]], and he soon discovered many other videos created by the Brazilian community. In 2018, he stated: "Money can't buy stuff like that. They use my song to motivate themselves. Wow! This is a great feeling".<ref name="Memoria Globo"/><ref name="Globo Esporte"/>
 ==References==
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 ===Books===
-* Hollander, David; Masi, Dominic (2018). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Unusual_Sounds/izQNMQAACAAJ?hl=en ''Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music'']. Anthology Editions. {{ISBN|9781944860127}}.
+* Hollander, David; Masi, Dominic (2018). [https://books.google.com/books?id=izQNMQAACAAJ ''Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music'']. Anthology Editions. {{ISBN|9781944860127}}.
-* Kerridge, Adrian (2021). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tape_s_Rolling_Take_One/PKQSEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22keith+mansfield%22&pg=PT243 ''Tape's Rolling, Take One!'']. UK: M-Y Books. {{ISBN|978-1-911124-23-8}}.
+* Kerridge, Adrian (2021). [https://books.google.com/books?id=PKQSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22keith+mansfield%22&pg=PT243 ''Tape's Rolling, Take One!'']. UK: M-Y Books. {{ISBN|978-1-911124-23-8}}.
 ==External links==
+{{wikiquote}}
 *{{Discogs artist}}
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfvIkDYnNR4 Go Home Productions "Grandstand Supreme" Keith Mansfield-Supremes] on [[YouTube]]
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Keith Mansfield: Difference between revisions

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Career

Success in Brazil

References

Further reading

Articles

Books

External links