“Worth watching just for the intro theme song”
Reggae remix of Take Five, the show's intro theme.
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Worth watching just for the intro theme song, "The Russians Are Coming", a reggae remix of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five": * this video * link
The Russians Are Coming
44K views · Jan 7, 2022 · 3:34 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2023–2024
Val Bennett's reggae cover of Dave Brubeck's Take Five, titled The Russians Are Coming. It was used as the theme tune of The Secret Life of Machines.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN mentions it to identify the Secret Life of Machines theme music.
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“This is the "Take Five" variant by Val Bennett, "The Russians Are Coming”
Theme tune variant of Take Five used in Secret Life of Machines.
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This is the "Take Five" variant by Val Bennett, "The Russians Are Coming", used in the show Secret Life of Machines (awesome series, now freely/legally posted on YT): * link * this video * link
“The theme song is Bennett's "The Russians are Coming" (a reggae cover of "Take Five")”
Reggae cover of Take Five used as theme song.
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See also playlist from Tim Hunkin's channel: * link * link * link The theme song is Bennett's "The Russians are Coming" (a reggae cover of "Take Five"): * this video