Music Editor Robin Clarke

Music Composed & Conducted by

Choral Associate Owain Arwel Hughes

"Someday" Theme by Winifred Atwell

All the choir performances were done to pre-recorded music. According to one comment on a database, the performances were done by a Welsh school choir.

Harry Secombe, well known as a tenor, does get a chance to sing along to one song, while lying in his bed and regretting his decision to leave . The song is ostensibly sung to music on his tape recorder, but is clearly done to a pre-recording.

(Below: Harry Secombe with his one song, until he gets to do the song over the end credits).

During the film there’s a brief outing for a bush band, with accordion and largerphone.

(Below: the bush band) As well as their competition songs - apparently sung by a Welsh schoolchildren’s choir - the children’s choir performs the nonsense Scout song, called Ging Gang Goola on the EP released in association with the film (see below), though this too looks like it was performed to pre-recorded music.

(Below: the children’s choir doing the scouting song).

The song has a wiki here, where it’s called Ging Gang Goolie.

Winifred Atwell provided the very brief end song, which nonetheless allows Harry Secombe to crank it up to full volume for the closing line. The lyrics for the song:

Some day you’ll fall in love Some day the call of love Will bring to you somewhere Someone else with love to share Some day you’ll know somehow Some day you’ll make a vow Love for ever more Someone … somewhere … some day …

Peter Knight:

Peter Knight was an English composer, arranger and conductor, who worked extensively in television as a music director and arranger, especially on comedy shows (such as and ). He was the conductor for The Last Goon Show in 1972, which naturally featured Harry Secombe. Yorkshire Television created an annual Peter Knight award to honor excellence in musical arranging on his death in 1985. (He shouldn't be confused with Australian trumpeter- composer Peter Knight. He also had a son Peter Knight Jr, which creates confusion, as does Peter Knight who worked in Steeleye Span).

He has a wiki here.

Winifred Atwell was a Trinidad-born British pianist who was popular in Australia and Britain in the 1950s. She was so well received in Australia that she moved there in the 1970s and two years before her death became an Australian citizen. By the time she did the theme for this movie, she was still well known, but it also reflects the desire to make a somewhat nostalgic, inoffensive and amiable movie, with matching soundtrack.

She has a wiki here.

(Below: Winifred Atwell)

An EP was released in relation to the movie: EP (Stereo) Philips 6205 022 1972

Vocals: Harry Secombe, arranged and conducted by Peter Knight, produced by J. Franz

Side A:

Someday (J. Grafton - W. Atwell) (Intersong) Come With Me and Be My Love (Bugailior Gwyneth Gwyn) (Trad. Adapted: J. Grafton - J. Gilbert) (Intersong)

Side B:

Ging Gang Goola (Trad. Adapted: J. Grafton - J. Gilbert) (Intersong) Song of Summer (Dippy-Diddle-I- Ay) (P. Knight - J. Grafton - J. Gilbert)

Following in the movie's footsteps, the EP didn't do any meaningful business.