Ta-dum: How the Netflix sound was born (it almost had a goat's bleat)

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And even that one used the electronic jiggery-pokery to emulate a brass fanfare.

They were all at it:

Except for Southern, who played the folky/greensleeves card

Actually there were quite a few variations. Tyne Tees went through a brass phase but also went electronic and plinky-plonk for a while. Grampian did guitar and brass (IIRC) but this is in danger of becoming another thread, so probably best if I don’t post any more.

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An audio identifier is called an “earcon” (as opposed to the visual “icon”).

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Quite a few of the shows I grew up on were announced by this one:

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No Yorkshire Television?

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HBO intro was so interesting that a TV station in my country licensed the music for their own intro

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