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‘A younger generation has grabbed it’: BBC pips composer on his tune’s Glastonbury remix
After drum’n’bass version proves a hit with festivalgoers, David Lowe tells the Guardian an album of iconic theme music updates may follow
When David Lowe composed the BBC news theme tune in 1999, he set out to find a sound that was unique and instantly recognisable. To Lowe’s “pleasant surprise”, fans posted videos of themselves playing pretend DJ sets to the tune on TikTok during the pandemic. While Atkins said the show was a “one-off drum’n’ bass’ set” in a tweet, this might not be the last BBC theme mix we hear from Lowe.
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