Thomas & Friends "Series 7" (partially found original music of British children's TV series American dub; mid-2000s): Difference between revisions

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Season 7 DVD cover.

Status: Partially Found

Thomas & Friends Season 7 was the last season in what fans refer to as the "classic era" of the TV series as it was last season feature many of the original crew such as producer Britt Alcroft, series director David Mitton, and composers Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell. The next season would feature new crew and would be produced by HiT Entertainment who acquired the brand shortly after season 7 finished production. The season would be narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and by Michael Brandon in the US. In the UK, Season 7 would first air in October 2003 with 26 episodes and original music by Mike and Junior.

For US audiences however, season 7 aired on TV another year later in 2004. It was also aired in-between episodes from season 8 on PBS Kids. For this, the season 7 episodes would have revised music by new series composer Robert Hartshorne, most likely to keep consistent with the season 8 episodes that aired with the new music from Hartshorne. The UK would do a similar thing to some of the episodes in re-airings the following year.

Availability

Only three episodes of the US dub have ever been released with the original music intact. The three episodes would be on the "Thomas, and the Jet Engine" DVD released on July 20, 2004, two months before season 8 would start airing in the US. The episodes would be "Harold and the Flying Horse", "Bulgy Rides Again", and "Salty's Stormy Tale." All releases of season 7 episodes since then featured Brandon's narration with Hartshorne's music.

It seems unlikely that season 7 will see light in the US with the original music aside from the three episodes mentioned above. Fans of the older series have tried editing the original music back into Michael Brandon's narration. However, these are generally poor quality due to the noise removal drowning the narration and vocal removal from stereo sources. Some have also produced instrumentals of season 7 music from both the UK and US dubs to varying degrees of success.

Gallery

Thomas and the Jet Engine DVD with the three American dubbed episodes with O'Donnell and Campbell's music.

External Links

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-''Thomas & Friends Season 7'' was the last Season of the Classic era of the Thomas TV Series, before HiT Entertainment's take over of the series. Season 7 first aired in the UK in 2003 with 26 episodes. The Season was the last to be directed by David Mitton and the last to feature music from veteran composers Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell.
+'''''Thomas & Friends'' Season 7''' was the last season in what fans refer to as the "classic era" of the TV series as it was last season feature many of the original crew such as producer Britt Alcroft, series director David Mitton, and composers Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell. The next season would feature new crew and would be produced by HiT Entertainment who acquired the brand shortly after season 7 finished production. The season would be narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and by Michael Brandon in the US. In the UK, Season 7 would first air in October 2003 with 26 episodes and original music by Mike and Junior.
-In the US, Season 7 was aired in-between Season 8 episodes on PBS Kids. For this, the Season 7 episodes would have revised music by new series composers Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne -- most likely to keep consistent with the new series music. The UK would do a similar thing in re-airing. All DVD releases since the release of "Hooray for Thomas & Other Stories" in 2005 have featured these revised soundtracks, even in compilation releases with the original series.
+For US audiences however, season 7 aired on TV another year later in 2004. It was also aired in-between episodes from season 8 on PBS Kids. For this, the season 7 episodes would have revised music by new series composer Robert Hartshorne, most likely to keep consistent with the season 8 episodes that aired with the new music from Hartshorne. The UK would do a similar thing to some of the episodes in re-airings the following year.
-Only 7 episodes of Season 7 in the US have been shown with the original music by Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell. The DVD release "New Friends for Thomas" featured veteran UK narrator Michael Angelis, due to Alec Baldwin stepping down as US narrator after Season 6. The second release containing Season 7 Episodes, "Thomas & the Jet Engine", featured Michael Brandon as the narrator of the Season 7 Episodes, from there on he would continue as narrator of Season 7-16. This DVD would be the only one to feature Brandon's narration with the original music. The Season 7 episodes featured on this DVD would later be shown on PBS Kids with revised music, the same going for the Angelis episodes, though renarrated by Brandon.
+==Availability==
+Only three episodes of the US dub have ever been released with the original music intact. The three episodes would be on the "Thomas, and the Jet Engine" DVD released on July 20, 2004, two months before season 8 would start airing in the US. The episodes would be "Harold and the Flying Horse", "Bulgy Rides Again", and "Salty's Stormy Tale." All releases of season 7 episodes since then featured Brandon's narration with Hartshorne's music.
-Certain Season 6 episodes were aired alongside Season 9 episodes in 2009 with Michael Brandon's narration. However Season 6 with the original music can be heard in Alec Baldwin's original narrations released on DVD.
+It seems unlikely that season 7 will see light in the US with the original music aside from the three episodes mentioned above. Fans of the older series have tried editing the original music back into Michael Brandon's narration. However, these are generally poor quality due to the noise removal drowning the narration and vocal removal from stereo sources. Some have also produced instrumentals of season 7 music from both the UK and US dubs to varying degrees of success.
-It seems unlikely that Season 7 will see light in the US with the original music aside from the ones mentioned above. Fans of the older series have tried editing the original music back into Michael Brandon's narration -- however these are generally poor quality due to the noise removal drowning the narration and vocal removal from Stereo sources.
+==Gallery==
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+==See Also==
+===Thomas & Friends===
+*[[Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (partially found test animation of reboot of British children TV series; 2019)]]
+*[[Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (lost original cut of direct-to-DVD film; existence unconfirmed; 2011)]]
+*[[Thomas & Friends "Jack Jumps In" (found Alec Baldwin narration of British children's TV series episode; 2002)]]
+*[[Thomas & Friends "Series 12" (partially found Pierce Brosnan narrations of British children's animated series; 2008)]]
+===Thomas the Tank Engine===
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (lost pilot episode of unproduced 2D animated adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1976)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Down the Mine" (partially found pitch pilot version of British children's TV series episode; 1983)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "The Missing Coach" (partially found footage from cancelled British children's TV series episode; 1986)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 3" (found original Michael Angelis narrations of British children's TV series episodes; 1991)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 4" (found pre-recorded version of British children's TV series episodes; 1994)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (partially lost deleted scenes of British children's TV series; 1984-2021)]]
+===Other===
+*[[The Adventures of Thomas (partially found production material of cancelled "Thomas the Tank Engine" live-action film; early-mid 2010s)]]
+*[[Barry the Rescue Engine (lost production material of cancelled "The Railway Series" book; 1980s)]]
+*[[Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (partially lost episodes and production material of cancelled spin-off series; 2002)]]
+*[[Storytime with Thomas (partially found Fox Family series; 1999-2000)]]
+*[[The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (partially found informational short film; 2013-2014)]]
+*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)]]
+*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)]]
+*[[Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1991)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (found build of cancelled NES port of educational game; 1993)]]
+*[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (lost build of cancelled PlayStation educational game; 1999)]]
+*[[The Three Railway Engines (lost live BBC broadcast adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1953)]]
+*[[The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)]]
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasS7MBEdits ThomasS7MBEdits YouTube page.] Retrieved 28 Nov '18
+*[http://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasS7MBEdits ThomasS7MBEdits YouTube page.]
-*[https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Series_7 Thomas & Friends Wiki page on Season 7.] Retrieved 19 Jan '20
+*[https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Series_7 ''Thomas & Friends'' Wiki page on Season 7.]
+*[https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Jet_Engine_and_Other_Adventures TTTE Wikia page on "Thomas and the Jet Engine" DVD.]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jgmMzuCsSrxLbS98DEsN3LO2lICKx_7 A YouTube playlist of Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell's Season 7 music by Thomas & Friends N.S. Instrumentals.]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jgmMzuCsSqO0nyuHwqEGSCsmBgSB7-7 A YouTube playlist of Robert Hartshorne's US Season 7 music by Thomas & Friends N.S. Instrumentals.]
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