The Stationary Ark [Theme] 

Interestingly, I came here from one of your videos, which led me to the C64 composition, which led me here.

+Tommy Dee It's a small world...

+8-Bit Keys I look up More song like this after watching your 1983 Yamaha video restoration demostation

+8-Bit Keys indeed it is, me 2 :D, may I ask where did you learn how to play it, or did you just figure it out be yourself, (I just started to learn piano this summer)

Me too :)

24 hours ago, I knew nothing other than I loved Synth Swinth's music. Now I'm fascinated by all the twists and turns.

beautiful, amazing composition on the commodore 64! one of the most beautiful arrangement on the system and thanks for you millions of people heard and kids grew with this music! i am one of them. amazing. and thank you!

John Mills-Cockell has released an album that has his Stationary Ark tunes here : johnmillscockell.bandcamp.com/album/pangalactic-performer Reply

@@russh9929 Thank you for the link! I´ve wanted to hear the original for 35 years! Well, now that I have... Georg Feil and Tim Donelly can take a good part of the credits for this amazing tune. I´ve loved it since I was a child!

@@russh9929 That's crazy. WAY more prog than I thought it would be.

Hello, George, do you still have that cassette tape? i would love to hear the original version, as i have never seen the show.

Nice! If I had money I would pay you to buy those, although all I can say right now is I hope it's legit and that we may some day soon see and hear the original opening to the stationary ark

@Ian Hodgson: Thanks. Unfortunately I couldn't find it. Maybe the auction has ended. Could you post a link? :)

Dude you need to get back to us if this turns out to be the real thing

@@CJWarlock Sorry for delay to your enquiries. Gmail notifications ended up in Promotions folder. Big news is I've bought all ten film reels of our beloved Stationary Ark miniseries. Ebay estimating July 22 for delivery. I'll then have to get at least the first episode converted to best format so I can upload to RU-vid. I just hope the 16mm filmreels are undamaged. All being well, our longed-for viewing isn't far off. Some good news in 2020, eh?

@@rzeka see my reply

+Jase Petersen Absolutely! Best demos for the C64 ... amazing what C64 could do. Wish I had thought of finding the original Stat. Ark music until just now.

Me too

Alan Postscript - Me too.. I came here because of Swynth.

+Alan Postscript Unfortunately this is not the original version... it is just a nice remix from the C64 version. The original version is lost.

+André Möller what do you mean it lost

same :)

@@andremoller Explain what you mean? People are asking.

I remember seeing the intro to The Stationary Ark for the first time as the cartoon animals come 2 x 2 and it starts to rain and I cried thinking it was too late for them. But then there is Noah, draw like Durrell, standing among them strong and reassuring as he gets them all aboard in time.

It means you're good people.

So you're saying there are NO tapes anywhere of Stationary Ark, let alone of the original song?

that's so weird

What about this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zVONJYw9gvU.html Is it a new performance by him?

@@FindecanorNotGmail Wow - that sure appears to be the real thing! Uploaded just 2 years ago!

@@saganandroid4175 Someone finally uploaded the original!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html They had to dig it out of an archive.

if you can find the tape, maybe you could post it online? it almost seems like this show is lost media at this point.

Pikgears it is. Not even the composer has the theme now.

@@pikgears I've found it!! Read above.

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial see my reply for good news

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html here is the tv show intro :) Someone finally put it up. Do a search, it's the one with older gentleman sitting with a book on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show video starts.

I'm guessing you're from Ontario. Good idea you have there.

I've just mailed TVOntario, CBC TV and the Patterson Ferns production company (I think it's the right one than back then was named Nielsen-Ferns) if they have any episodes of The Stationary Ark in their archive or online. I'm curious if and what they'll reply.

CJWarlock well?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

+writerpatrick Me too! Searching it. Can't get it yet(

You will see the opening animation. See my comments above.

@@StasSpaceLover I've just bought all 10 16mm film reels of the Stationary Ark. Check back here later in the year. Should be a special treat for many.

@@MrShockednomore That would be cool!)))

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html or do a search for it again. It's up now. The thumbnail is an older Gerral sitting with a notebook across his lap. He does a brief intro then the intro to the tv show begins. :)

TV Ontario or RetrOntario may be your last hope.

I have found and bought the whole series on 10 16mm film reels - see above

@@MrShockednomore Nice work, Ian! Where on earth would those 16mm films have been sourced from, I wonder? Please do let us know if you can convert the theme to digital and post a video ... even a lo-fi version of the original soundtrack music would be amazing! Funny how this music has affected so many people.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html they have it up now! The thumbnail is an older Gerral sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on! :)

@@tune4you112 AWESOME!! I was JUST thinking about this!! Thank you for letting me know, I can finally complete my 'synth sample - real song version' playlist to go with the Milkdrop2 visualizer! I can't wait to hear the original at last!

He's in Toronto, and on Facebook.

Ask TVOntario. Your best bet.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

Yes, that's the cool and funky 1970s original version by John Mills-Cockell, which influenced the C64 version and more.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

maybe you could try mailing PBS or some of their affiliates/local stations. They aired the show as well.

@@pikgears Actually I've got replies from TVO, CBC and Patterson Ferns. Stephen from TVO Customer Relations replied the most informational way: "We appreciate your interest in our archival program The Stationary Ark. I've checked with our media archivists who have indicated that this series is in que to be digitized and will then be available on our archive page. I would suggest checking and even bookmarking the archives page (tvo.org/archive) periodically for new content, as we don’t know at this time when it will be posted!". I quote it because people might find it useful. Patterson Ferns replied with a very informative letter covering wide range of topics, including the music. He explained he doesn't have the copyrights to the material. CBC's reply wan't really helpful. So, the only way seems to be to wait for TVO to digitize and to put it online The Stationary Ark.

Its great that somebody still has a copy. I was worried this show would become lost media.

@@pikgears I hope the informations I managed to get will be helpful to you and other people who'd like to see the show (and listen to the original music in it). :)

@@CJWarlock, don't hold your breath... most of those old 2-inch tapes have been discarded!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!

there is some software i got a while ago, free, 4k youtube to mp3. seems to work very well. No, not part of it, not some cheese dick hacker or anything, old guy here because he remembers his c64 and playing music on it

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAsv-nqJ4VY.html the tv show intro is now on :) or do a search again. IT's the thumbnail of an older Gerrall sitting with a notebook on his lap. He does a brief intro then the tv show intro comes on!