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    The Russians Are Coming

    Val Bennett - Topic

    1 HN recommender · recommended in 3 months, 2023–2024

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    3:34 · 44K views · Jan 7, 2022

    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.

    HN mentions it to identify the Secret Life of Machines theme music.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @throw0101aAug 2023· in “Tim Hunkin (Secret Lives of Machines)”

      Worth watching just for the intro theme song, "The Russians Are Coming", a reggae remix of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five": * this video * [LINK]

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    2. @throw0101bMar 2023· in “Apple Music Classical”

      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]

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    3. @throw0101dJan 2024· in “The Secret Life of Machines (1988)”

      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

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