God, how I miss the original theme tune! And out of all the opening closing credit sequences they used throughout the years, I always thought this was the best one. The ambulance driving off into a dark and uncertain city against over a haunting theme tune summarized what Casualty is all about - dedicated folk going out to do a grim and upsetting job, providing a lifeline for those who are trapped, injured, frightened and in need of help.
As a -Bristolian- Holbonian local historian I looked over this intro for about two hours and figured out that the ambulance is going down Sylvia ave and turns into Ravenhill rd at the roundabout. The silhouettes of the buildings and where they are in the city matches up and the terrace of inter-war houses has the second house in the row as the only house with a chimney (Same as in the outro if you look closely). You can also see that after dissapearing for about a second, the ambulance's lights appear again and it's curving left with the road, which is true for Ravenhill rd.
That’s brilliant! I can’t believe I didn’t notice this before. A subscriber on my channel commented the same just now. Shame the end of Ravenhill Road is blocked off now. Would be great to try and recreate this
Anyone else think this score is much better than the more recent ones? Sounds far more dramatic, and I like how they incorporate the ambulance two tones into the music.
Aargh this arrangement is so much better than the current one! Why is everything in popular culture so stripped out and dumbed down today? Current theme could not be more flat and dull. Just can’t get the artistry these days 😂
I used to follow the ambulance at the end aswell! used to follow it with my finger till it vanished out of sight! what a lonely childhood i must of had hahaha Not seen the ending of this in years thanks for uploading, brings back memories :)
I was the same, I am now in my mid 30's. My children watch Casualty. When I showed them them this my youngest followed the ambulance with his finger. It bought back the memories of me jumping off the sofa and trying to follow the ambulance lights. My wife said she did it also.
Possibly an unpopular opinion but Casualty has been ruined now. Not because of Covid but it has been turned into too much of a soap opera. These were the days. I miss the days of Lara and Harry Harper RIP 😭
It's the ending that does it for me - signifies when they get to the emergency and find the person involved and the trauma of it. That lowering, almost threatening drop in pitch.
Helen Fox That sums it up perfectly. From beginning, right up to that point you describe, the music symbolises the patient being rushed to the ED in the Ambulance ☺
Makes me kinda emotional listening to this - memories of being sat there as a kid watching this. The strings are quite powerful as well in their own right. Gen X - we are so lucky we had what we had 💪🏼
I’ve got 90s Casualty to thank for sparking my interest in scriptwriting as a kid and eventually going on to get a film and screenwriting Masters! Weirdly it still influences my writing even today.
ken freeman was brilliant did the theme tune to tripods- which is very similar and also invented the string synth thats heard on load of s70/ 80s stuff
Try this series of images on for size as you listen. 1:16 A patient is rushed into A&E on a gurney and the team is told he needs emergency surgery. 1:24 Duffy measures out the anesthetic and injects him. "Alright, Mr Johnson. Start counting down from 100." 1:33 The patient begins counting down. "One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight, ninety-s..." 1:40 The patient groggily asks; "Nurse... I will be alright, won't I?" His eyelids flicker shut. Duffy sighs. 1:44 "I hope so, Mr Johnson. I hope so..."
How weird seeing the old cast list - the days when Ash was a nurse, when Josh was still saving lives in the ambulance, when the Greatjon was in charge of Holby ED...
Great end credits, to a brilliant series. Miss the Charlie and Baz years. I also like the later ones by Kemistry (the flying pieces of broken glass that forms the Casual+y logo) from around September 1997 onwards.
These titles remind me of an old Windows 3.1 PC we had with a faulty monitor that kept bathing everything in a blue tint. First time I saw those titles I thought the same had happened to the TV.
god i remember this very well as a kid thinking where is that ambulance going lol, what id like to know more is from what year did they start using that version of ending credit's with the ambulance ect.
my mum got me into watching casualty in 1997. my first episode i saw was that motorway pile up withthe tanker in 1997, if anyone remembers 'The Golden Hour' in series 12?
Severe element of fear and despair listening to this as a kid but deep down knowing it was special even though it scared the life out of me.Story lines were perhaps more intense in the 90s as well. After my beautiful Daughter had open heart surgery I took a step back from anything hospital related. There is no getting away from this being one of the best sounds of all time though.
I loved those solemn horns building up to the theme at the start, gave a perspective of the mix of emergencies and tragedies being evaluated at the end (though ironically it's for a happier ending here :P). The original theme was the top one, not just for that great 80s synth, but for the noticably sadder more mournful tone, which kinda fits a premise which is doomed to be hit and miss in terms of saving everyone in the end, even the main stars. The end credits theme almost sounds like a funeral march due to its slower pace and sadder strings and fade out.
@@ismayb754 It's kind of reminiscent of the sad piano build up in some episodes of Eastenders or, for a funnier childhood one, the closing cresendo from the 80s Thomas the Tank Engine episodes, this rather dramatic closing fanfare as the story and characters bow out.
The current theme variation, as of 09/08/2014, is absolutely awful. The theme here is the one they should have stuck to, and in my opinion, is the best out of all of them since it's launch way back in 1986. :)
Haha I used to follow it to the end! Got a right chuff-on just now when I spotted it straight away at 1:00 after not seeing this clip for over 15 years. Yes, I am a sad bastard, but I'm on the cider so right now I don't give a toss.
Back when they used to play the closing credits of TV shows in full. Now they disappear into a box in the corner and "NEXT ON BBC ONE..." drones out any music.
It's in South-East Bristol. The ambulance starts going west along Sylvia Avenue then turns right down Ravenhill Road. The road is now blocked off so the ambulance couldn't make the same turn now.
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Very Atmospheric i remember this i was very young at the time, and quite scary music too. Im glad it was announcer less, i wish all credits on all shows were announcer less. Dont need to interrupt it, we all have EPGs now
what's the episode called where a woman gets an infection and they close a beach because of it also this ending is better because I use to watch the ambulance driving down the hill
that Charlie one walked in a -e department for the very first time goodgradulations on the anniversary can not believe it has been on so many years I love watching you and I am very proud to calling you my best friend to can you do me a favour it is because I want to be on casualty working with the staff cast thank you and well done love you all Louise lamkin
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I use to watch this religiously as a child every Saturday night, now I’m an A&E nurse 🙂
Thank you for what you do 👌
Amazing!
@Charlotte Taylor respect to you too 💂♂️🙌
I hope you are well my friend #toughtimes
I use to watch this religiously as a child too.... Then I ended up in A&E
God, how I miss the original theme tune! And out of all the opening closing credit sequences they used throughout the years, I always thought this was the best one. The ambulance driving off into a dark and uncertain city against over a haunting theme tune summarized what Casualty is all about - dedicated folk going out to do a grim and upsetting job, providing a lifeline for those who are trapped, injured, frightened and in need of help.
Sangrenegra9 As the Littlest Hobo used to do
Saturday nights with Grandma I remember this for :-)
You wouldn't get an ambulance driving off now - just stuck at some desperately overloaded ED........
So true
Where was it originally filmed? It looks like Bristol
As a -Bristolian- Holbonian local historian I looked over this intro for about two hours and figured out that the ambulance is going down Sylvia ave and turns into Ravenhill rd at the roundabout. The silhouettes of the buildings and where they are in the city matches up and the terrace of inter-war houses has the second house in the row as the only house with a chimney (Same as in the outro if you look closely). You can also see that after dissapearing for about a second, the ambulance's lights appear again and it's curving left with the road, which is true for Ravenhill rd.
You are definitely eagle eyed to spot the ambulance in the distance!
That’s brilliant! I can’t believe I didn’t notice this before. A subscriber on my channel commented the same just now. Shame the end of Ravenhill Road is blocked off now. Would be great to try and recreate this
Loved those long old credits and you got the whole theme ! This was a classic! Even though I was terrified of it
At the end of the episode I saw the ambulance driving to an emergency and I followed it with my finger till it was out of sight.
Me too!!!
Hahah me too
Same here. The good old days. U will never get them back. Wish we could!
Anyone else think this score is much better than the more recent ones? Sounds far more dramatic, and I like how they incorporate the ambulance two tones into the music.
Yes - it's an absolute masterpiece.
Resident Elect yes it was brilliant music! i wish they never changed it, the more modern ones are just so dull :((
Aargh this arrangement is so much better than the current one! Why is everything in popular culture so stripped out and dumbed down today? Current theme could not be more flat and dull. Just can’t get the artistry these days 😂
Very much agree.
Oh my god yes. I really dislike the current one. This is so much better.
Without a shadow of the the original casualty theme is the best casualty theme tune ever no doubt about it I love it so much
I used to follow the ambulance at the end aswell! used to follow it with my finger till it vanished out of sight! what a lonely childhood i must of had hahaha
Not seen the ending of this in years thanks for uploading, brings back memories :)
I was the same, I am now in my mid 30's. My children watch Casualty. When I showed them them this my youngest followed the ambulance with his finger. It bought back the memories of me jumping off the sofa and trying to follow the ambulance lights. My wife said she did it also.
It's only when listening back on this after so many years that I realise, the Casualty theme is basically an ambulance singing
Possibly an unpopular opinion but Casualty has been ruined now. Not because of Covid but it has been turned into too much of a soap opera. These were the days. I miss the days of Lara and Harry Harper RIP 😭
I’m an A&E doctor, I couldn’t agree more.
Yes dreadful now, I’m rewatching on drama as I dipped in and out as teen/youngster.
01:24 to 01:33 still gives me chills to this day :)
I get what you mean 😂😂
It's the ending that does it for me - signifies when they get to the emergency and find the person involved and the trauma of it. That lowering, almost threatening drop in pitch.
Helen Fox That sums it up perfectly. From beginning, right up to that point you describe, the music symbolises the patient being rushed to the ED in the Ambulance ☺
1:41 to 1:50 does it for me... that low frequency teetering off.
It feels like the music fades as a patient's strength may be failing.
..I enjoyed hearing this outro because it meant Match Of the Day was on it's way!
yawn
Makes me kinda emotional listening to this - memories of being sat there as a kid watching this. The strings are quite powerful as well in their own right. Gen X - we are so lucky we had what we had 💪🏼
I like this version of the end credits theme. So dark and dramatic. It would had made a good theme for a vigilante series.
0:28 Epic
@@danielwilliamson6180 The new violin version at the end is trying to copy this one but with no gaps.
I used to follow the ambulance to the end as we.
best ever end theme tune ever miss the old themes
God I remember growing up watching this was a great show not seen it for for a few years
I’ve got 90s Casualty to thank for sparking my interest in scriptwriting as a kid and eventually going on to get a film and screenwriting Masters! Weirdly it still influences my writing even today.
This reminds me it was bedtime after this!
ken freeman was brilliant did the theme tune to tripods- which is very similar and also invented the string synth thats heard on load of s70/ 80s stuff
My college had Renault Master minibuses (like the ambulances in this video) in the late 90s / early 2000s; very rare now!
Try this series of images on for size as you listen. 1:16 A patient is rushed into A&E on a gurney and the team is told he needs emergency surgery. 1:24 Duffy measures out the anesthetic and injects him. "Alright, Mr Johnson. Start counting down from 100." 1:33 The patient begins counting down. "One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight, ninety-s..." 1:40 The patient groggily asks; "Nurse... I will be alright, won't I?" His eyelids flicker shut. Duffy sighs. 1:44 "I hope so, Mr Johnson. I hope so..."
How weird seeing the old cast list - the days when Ash was a nurse, when Josh was still saving lives in the ambulance, when the Greatjon was in charge of Holby ED...
They need to bring this awesome tune back
Wow I was 11 years old going by the date in the caption..... this has taken me right back to my childhood!
Great end credits, to a brilliant series. Miss the Charlie and Baz years. I also like the later ones by Kemistry (the flying pieces of broken glass that forms the Casual+y logo) from around September 1997 onwards.
That's the version I remember when I was a kid. The newer ones are fucking shite! Bring back the old writers please!!!!
Yea i used to follow the ambulance as far as i could see it lol. I was only 6 years old then!!!!! Still remember it thos
Proper Tele,Reminds me of being exited for Match of the day and sunday league foorball as a kid
These titles remind me of an old Windows 3.1 PC we had with a faulty monitor that kept bathing everything in a blue tint. First time I saw those titles I thought the same had happened to the TV.
god i remember this very well as a kid thinking where is that ambulance going lol, what id like to know more is from what year did they start using that version of ending credit's with the ambulance ect.
my mum got me into watching casualty in 1997. my first episode i saw was that motorway pile up withthe tanker in 1997, if anyone remembers 'The Golden Hour' in series 12?
When Casualty was excellent. Bring back these days
My first birthday! And now I'm 20 how time flies :(
I remember it when I was 7 - 10.
Severe element of fear and despair listening to this as a kid but deep down knowing it was special even though it scared the life out of me.Story lines were perhaps more intense in the 90s as well. After my beautiful Daughter had open heart surgery I took a step back from anything hospital related. There is no getting away from this being one of the best sounds of all time though.
Never watched casualty but always loved the theme tune
brilliant this
The old ambulance's 😜I feel old lol
This one is much better than the replacement theme why did they change it?
Maybe they wanted something less dark and dramatic and lightened it up a bit. But keep the tone of what the series is about.
Brilliant
Great...watched when I was a teenager..now I'm 46😁😁😁🤗🤗🤗
Used to try seeing the lights going down the road haha
I loved those solemn horns building up to the theme at the start, gave a perspective of the mix of emergencies and tragedies being evaluated at the end (though ironically it's for a happier ending here :P).
The original theme was the top one, not just for that great 80s synth, but for the noticably sadder more mournful tone, which kinda fits a premise which is doomed to be hit and miss in terms of saving everyone in the end, even the main stars. The end credits theme almost sounds like a funeral march due to its slower pace and sadder strings and fade out.
The haunting horns leading into the closing theme were so effective and should never have been dropped.
@@ismayb754 It's kind of reminiscent of the sad piano build up in some episodes of Eastenders or, for a funnier childhood one, the closing cresendo from the 80s Thomas the Tank Engine episodes, this rather dramatic closing fanfare as the story and characters bow out.
0:30 haunts me every time
The current theme variation, as of 09/08/2014, is absolutely awful. The theme here is the one they should have stuck to, and in my opinion, is the best out of all of them since it's launch way back in 1986. :)
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Almost, the first few minutes are missing. I haven't planned to upload any time soon however.
Haha I used to follow it to the end! Got a right chuff-on just now when I spotted it straight away at 1:00 after not seeing this clip for over 15 years.
Yes, I am a sad bastard, but I'm on the cider so right now I don't give a toss.
+andrew1984uk I used to as well :D
I've never even seen the show, but this song is so great that I can totally empathize growing up hearing it every week. #SoSolid
1:04 I ended up to.
How I miss the old days 😞😢
baz and charlie were my favourite charaters
This show was so good until it wasn't. Man I miss these years....
@AidanLunn I just use VDub through xvid. I wasn't aware they were that bad??
Back when they used to play the closing credits of TV shows in full. Now they disappear into a box in the corner and "NEXT ON BBC ONE..." drones out any music.
If anyone knows where the name of the road the ambulance goes down, but much appreciated. Apparently its in Bristol? 💚
It's in South-East Bristol. The ambulance starts going west along Sylvia Avenue then turns right down Ravenhill Road. The road is now blocked off so the ambulance couldn't make the same turn now.
Louise Tyler Azuka Oforka
Iain Dean Michael Stevenson
Connie Beauchamp Amanda Mealing
Dylan Keogh William Beck
Charlie Fairhead Derek Thompson
Jade Lovall Gabriella Leon
Marty Kirkby Shaheen Jafargholi
Ruby Spark Maddy Hill
David Hide Jason Durr
Gem Dean Rebecca Ryan
Robyn Miller Amanda Henderson
Noel Garcia Tony Marshall
Kim Harrison Sian Reeves
Ceri Kaplan Linda Armstrong
Lilley Maxwell Sacharissa Claxton
Rob Reeder Ewan Bailey
William Miller Christopher Ravenscroft
Isabella Broadgate Perveen Hussain
Ernest Maxwell Paul Barber
Back when the acronym "NHS" stood for "national health service"
Now it stands for "national hell service"
i remeber the end credits to s8 and 11
Charlie and Duffy were legends lol :).
Very Atmospheric i remember this i was very young at the time, and quite scary music too. Im glad it was announcer less, i wish all credits on all shows were announcer less. Dont need to interrupt it, we all have EPGs now
ITV Movie Premiered RoboCop 2 came on that day away back in 1995 25 Years Ago... So it did ok
I think the show should launch a new arrangement nearer to this one. The current variation on the theme is very poor.
Coolest theme
For those interested You can watch the full episode here and others on my channel: ruclips.net/video/DZaH73WZmrM/видео.html
Classic...😢😢😢
Its ironic there is 111 comments
... well 112 now.
Yeah I would follow the ambulance to the end too haha
Why did causualty leave Bristol for wales bring back the original theme tune it was the best😊😊
hahaha i remember this when gladtior was on 3 and the crystal maze
what's the episode called where a woman gets an infection and they close a beach because of it also this ending is better because I use to watch the ambulance driving down the hill
Not Waving But Drowning written by Ashley Pharoah. It was Episode 23 of Series 9 and was transmitted on Saturday 18th March 1995.
@MiaMantri thank you so much
Saturday 9th December 1995
Series 8, 9 or 10???
Series 8 through to Series 11. This video is from the end of an episode from Series 10.
along time ago
I must say, I don't like this show much (sorry, just not my thing ^^;) but their theme is absolutely epic ^-^
that Charlie one walked in a -e department for the very first time goodgradulations on the anniversary can not believe it has been on so many years I love watching you and I am very proud to calling you my best friend to can you do me a favour it is because I want to be on casualty working with the staff cast thank you and well done love you all Louise lamkin
These programmes are unreplaceable causulty should of never left Bristol terrible