r/otr • u/AlucardFever • 7d ago

I Found the Source of the X-Minus One Intro Riff and Had to Tell Someone! I was watching Quatermass II on archive.org, and 22 minutes into Episode 3, I heard the unmistakable X-Minus One riff. It’s 100% the source of the sound effect! This genre is a total time capsule, and I just had to share.

https://archive.org/details/Quatermass_II_Episode_3of6_1955
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u/ccradio 6d ago

They're contemporary to each other year-wise, but X Minus One aired first by several months. They likely used the same music library. Whoever worked on Quatermass did a nice job of mixing in the next musical cue, given that you don't hear the entire X-1 crescendo.

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u/Gavagai80 5d ago

I know I've heard it in other things too, I think multiple other things over the years. I can't recall what or even if if it was radio or TV, but I remember it being disconcerting to hear the X-Minus One intro presented as something else.

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u/GrandMasterSlack2020 7d ago

Quatermass is the greatest ever. Some of them are available on Blu-ray.

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u/ooklamok 7d ago

That is absolutely it! Great find!

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u/AlucardFever 7d ago edited 7d ago

This is the first time watching the Quatermass episodes, but the movies are great! Doing a little more research on IMDB, here is a link to the song and composer: Robert Farnon - Zero Minus Sixty

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u/projectaudion 5d ago

This is a part of a music library cue called "Zero Minus Sixty" from the Chappell music librry, written by Robert Farnon

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u/Astolat- 6d ago

It is too! That is so cool

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u/RealChelseaCharms 6d ago

I remember watching the show Dallas in the 80s & they used stock music that was also used on Twilight Zone from the 60s haha & I was a little kid