"Although Ron Grainer wrote that cracking opening theme, and even reworked it four year later for The Omega man, Grainer himself was responsible for only about a third of The Prisoner’s incidental music. The rest came from the Chappell Recorded Music Library and a pool of equally unsung composers such as Wilfred Josephs and Albert Elms. But even if The Prisoner had never existed, this would still be one of the best library music collections ever assembled. Thrill again to Number 6 Chops Down The Tree, from the Chimes Of Big Ben episode where Patrick McGoohan fashions himself a sturdy seagoing craft in under three minutes. Relive those hairs on the back of the neck moments from the final episode where McGoohan and Angelo Muscat chase a 59 bus and the god-like Alexis Kanner goes zen hitch-hiking. Moodily pace your kitchen while looking for hidden cameras to…" - Mojo
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