A Remix of the TV Theme
Countdown 2000 was remixed in May 2001 as a bit of a joke. At the time I was studying for my PGCE (teacher training) and part of the course involved a skills audit. This audit was supposed to record our strengths and weaknesses - the weaknesses we had to improve upon. I put down electronic music as one of my weaknesses and was informed that I would have to generate something over the course of the year that demonstrated an improvement. My colleagues knew what I was like and bet that I would end up doing some humorous dance remix - Countdown 2000 was born!
The piece has served me very well over the years as I have used it regularly to teach GCSE Club Dance Remix. Below you can download the graphic score in two versions. Both these scores were created for teaching purposes to introduce the techniques behind remixes. The full score is the teacher's version and the pupils score contains gaps to be filled in whilst listening to the piece as well as other questions.
If you wish to use these resources and print them, please contact me for permission.
The piece was created using samples from Dance eJay and also samples that I created and recorded myself.
Enjoy!