Esso Theme Music - Full Version (The Tiger Mix)
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2023
- Full length version of the theme music from the Esso TV ad from the mid-70s by Jeff Wayne - The Tiger Mix by Cut & Thrust.
Jeff Wayne’s Tiger Theme music was first used in the Esso TV ads on British TV in 1975 and was still being used 12 years later - a real testament to Jeff Wayne’s talent as a composer.
For this mix, I’ve used what appears to be the only existing instrumental version (without voice over), which I sourced from UA-cam. It wasn’t the best quality by any means, but I’ve tried to restore the audio as much as I can while imagining how a full length version might have sounded. I’ve also included parts of a voice over used in another Esso ‘Tiger’ ad from 1981. Interestingly, this ad talks about finding "new forms of energy" and "affordable alternatives to oil". It's sad that, over 40 years later, we’re still talking about the same thing.
If an oil company advertised on TV today, I’m pretty sure they would have an incredibly tough time to gain the love and fondness that this advertising campaign received back in the 70s/80s. I remember watching the Esso TV commercials as a child and being totally captivated by the aerial shots of land and sea and the beautiful tiger running along the beach to the dramatic music by Jeff Wayne. They don't make 'em like that anymore!
No copyright infringement intended. This is a tribute remix born out of my love for the show and childhood memories. Copyright belongs to Jeff Wayne/Esso.
This advert gave me goosebumps when I was a kid
Magnificent! Where is our youth!? I want to go back to the eighties!
Fun fact: Esso is actually an initialism. S-O, for Standard Oil, or more specifically Standard Oil of New Jersey. Of course, in many U.S. states, Esso couldn't call themselves Esso because other companies held the Standard Oil trademark in those states. That's why Esso is called Exxon in the U.S., because it's a trademark they could use nationwide.
Yes on repeatttt!! It's so good!!!
Love this ❤❤
Just Brilliant 👏👏👏
Absolutely stunning 🐅😎
Incredible!
Thank you so much for this true labour of love.
Fabulous. I have the ad version, without voice, as my ringtone. Gets people guessing where they've heard it before
The name ESSO, is based upon S-O, for STANDARD OIL. The ES part (if I assume correctly) is for Eastern States, since on the East Coast of the United states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mass, Rhode Island, Connecticut, NY, Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, DC, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the Standard oil name rights went to Jersey Standard (ESSO).
That is despite the existence of Mobil Oil (Standard Oil of New York State) who one would think would give objections to the trademark.
In actuality, Standard NY ACTUALLY gave the OK for Jersey Standard/Humble Oil to use the ESSO name in their own territory (which is New York and New England).
Court Cases in Mississippi involving Kentucky Standard (KYSO), who is linked to Standard Oil of California (Chevron) in the mid 1960s voided the ESSO name rights in M.S. making some, but in the end not everybody, having to rebrand.
But, by that time, the US base of Jersey Standard-Humble Was on their way to adopt a National brand name, which would be called EXXON, after two scrapped plansZ
The original plan was to use the name ENCO, which was used in the Western half of The States, but due to its meaning in Japanese being Stalled Car, that name was Scrapped.
And the second suggestion? EXON. That ALMOST took the green light, Until it was noted that the Governor of Nebraska at the time (1971) was James EXON, and the company thought that using a politician’s name didn’t sound like a right idea, a second X was added, giving us EXXON. The branding was rolled out during 1972, with a board meeting confirming the name that October. Effective on Jan 1 1973, the group was formally re-named as “EXXON CORPORATION”
In Canada and elsewhere, the ESSO name is still used.
WOW, amazing job!! I'm not an audio tech, but I was trying to restore this track the best I could with Izotope 10 around the time you released this, coincydink! That PC died & the version I made hadn't been uploaded for safety for some reason, so I'm going to have another go. However, as you love this track too, I'd love to hear a restored version from you as well, all the crackle gone, with a deeper rich tone, it deserves it. Hopefully one day an original will be found, they're out there... somewhere?!?!
Superb.
Omg I remember this ad and the music great mix as always and great detective work locating a long version amazing thank you .👌❤😀
Another absolute stunner by you.. Taking those little sparks of nostalgia into a furnace of memory lane! Love it!!!!!
It's a old Esso TV advertisement bgm. Nice collection. Thankyou.
Holy cow... That's magnificent! Absolutely one of your very best pieces thus far, and a great contrast to the TV show themes you've done previously. More music from great adverts of the past, please! 👍👍👍
Awesome as ever! Please can you do something with the original Casualty theme or the Crystal Maze - thanks 😊
Your choice of themes to remix are EPIC!
Any chance of doing something with the Knott's Landing theme?
Keep up the great work. Absolutely love this channel!
Thanks. I’d forgotten how good the theme to Knots Landing is! It’s on my list! 😊
@@CutThrust The French theme to Cote Ouest is pretty awesome, too. Composed by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, if I recall.
You’re right in saying such a campaign today by oil companies would struggle to gain the popularity these did in the 70s and 80s but it was a different world back then. If you think the U.K. economy is bad now it really was on its arse by the mid-70s so these oil giants labouring away in the North Sea were really seen as our economic saviours, which of course they were, and duly lionised (or should that be tiger-ised?)
Richard Burton's voice was a pleasant surprise.
It is the actor Richard Johnson who did the voiceover. Great talent for writing advert music that Jeff Wayne. 📺⛽
@@davidstewart2996 Are you sure? He sounds just like Burton who worked with Wayne on his musical version of "The War of the Worlds".
@@ThiloAdamitz He was the narrator in Moses The Lawgiver, ITC/RAI Production.
Meow!
Now you're cooking with gas.
do highway theme mix