11-12-2023, 09:35 AM
With regard to the 'original' soundtrack - aside from the CD releases, Muff Murfin who produced and created it all had had the master tapes degrade over time to the point of being unusable, or had demanded ridiculous fees for their commercial use to help him fund his local radio endeavours (depending on which rumour you chose to believe). By sheer coincidence the Gladiators podcast Gladpod had an interview with him recently where amongst other things he mentioned he had the entire original score fully digitised and was keen to start sharing it. Whether some BBC/Hungry Bear money oiled the vault door I don't know, but it does key in with what I was hearing about the presentation - namely, that they were trying to something a bit like the LWT shows, but for a modern audience.