I work for a local tv station and we had a guest came in today who had a chat show on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) from 1974-1990. When they showed a clip of her show i was like OMG, its the category cue for Joker's Wild. I know it is a classical-ish piece of music, but does anyone know the proper name for it? I have a copy of it but would just like to know the history behind it.


Thanks.

If it's the same category cue that's in JRJ Games' version of The Joker's Wild, I think it's just another arrangement of "The Savers", played on harpsichord, violin and other instruments.

It's not "The Savers"--Messrs. Perrey and Kingsley wouldn't have given their composition to conventional instruments (and it's not the same melody, anyway). I once saw the title somewhere, but can't remember where. It's a piece of stock music, like almost all of Barry/B&E music before they hired Hal Hidey.

I don't remember the name of the piece, but Jean Leroi was listed somewhere as its composer.

-Dan

He was indeed, and the title was Gamineries...in fact, two versions of the piece were actually composed: the one heard on-air, and a more orchestral arrangement.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")