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The Russians Are Coming

Val Bennett - Topic · 43.6K views · 2022-01-07 · 3:34

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Overview

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.

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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throw0101a · 2023-08 · Recommendation

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

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throw0101d · 2024-01 · Reference

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"): * [VIDEO]

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throw0101b · 2023-03 · Reference

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] * [VIDEO] * [LINK]

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