The Long Polar Walk
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Delia's created music for two episodes of the programme The Long Polar Walk, of which two extracts were reused in the 1972 documentary On The Rim in Spitzbergen.[1].
I loved creating the score for the TV programme The Long Polar Walk, I had to get the feeling of trudging through snow. I worked all night on that one, until the cleaners came in. I remember using one of them as a guinea-pig on that track. I asked her how my music made her feel and she said, 'Oh really shivery!' I knew I'd succeeded.
-- Delia in the Soundhouse interview
Dudley Simpson also created music in 1968 for "The Long Polar Walk: Wally Herbert expedition".[2]
Availability
- In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6830: "The Long Polar Walk", broadcast on 22nd April 1968 at 8.30pm on BBC2, credited to Brian Hodgson.[3]
- The BBC Sound Archive's tape TRW 6944: "The Long Polar Walk No. 2", credited to Delia with catalogue entry date October 1968, is missing.[4]
- In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 7067: "The Long Polar Walk No. 3", with catalogue entry date May 1969 and notes "Treatment of music TRW 6830, 6944 & 7067".[5]
- "On The Rim in Spitzbergen" contains two extracts totalling 1'07",[1] broadcast on 8th September 1972 and in the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 7463.[6]
- Possibly on DD226: "Various Delia makeup raw materials & possibly The Long Polar Walk".[7]
- Maybe on DD233: "D.D. Material 7 (Long Polar Walk?)".[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DD134239: Memo dated 29 October 1971 from Dianne Forsyth to Delia about reusing two extracts from "The Long Polar Walk" in "On The Rim - Spitzbergen".
- ↑ The Dudley Simpson discography on dudleysimpson.com, saved on archive.org
- ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6830.
- ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6944.
- ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 7067.
- ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 7463.
- ↑ The Initial Catalogue's entry for DD226.
- ↑ The Initial Catalogue's entry for DD233.
