

Carl Davis has been penning music for television and cinema on and off for many years, but this represents one of his earliest efforts for Auntie.

Music for documentaries is a difficult thing to place as, even more than with drama, it mustn't overwhelm the commentary and real life events featured. It took on the presence of an epic miniseries, even if it remained at heart, a detailed and substantial documentary. I’m Going To Get Lit Up (When The Lights Go Up On London)Īlthough satellite channels now have endless documentaries about every aspect of the Second World War, thirty years ago, the memories were only just becoming distant enough to produce an objective (at least, as objective as could be allowed) documentary on the war. We’re Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line

The World At War – Theme And German March
