I'm 53. Tears and goosebumps accompany the listening of this. 🙂

@andyturner3056

5 ай бұрын

Me too lol. The piece of music is called Galloping Home..

@littlemissmuppet40

3 ай бұрын

and memories of when both my parents were alive

@markscott6414

3 ай бұрын

@@littlemissmuppet40 Me too & I was just about keeping it together’til I read your comment. Great memories ❤️

I remember it well. So simple, beautiful and innocent, any of us who grew up in England in the 1970s were blessed.

@rayfinnerty

Ай бұрын

And Ireland

I loved this as a kid. I didn't expect to cry so much hearing it now. Happy tears. Thank you for the memories

@rking674

Жыл бұрын

I cried also we watched this as a family and it brought back so many fond memories.

@markwhittingham7626

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Fantastic Music! Denis King, who wrote it, worked it out 'in the dark'. When his band played it, he got shivers, realising it was GREAT. Even 40 odd years later, Grandparents can hum the tune.

@michaelwalsh9145

11 ай бұрын

Back in the good old days long before media fear mongering and constant doom and gloom that we have nowadays.

@alistairsteadman3765

10 ай бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only one. 51 here and it still sets me off.

@maiketepe-steiner8305

5 ай бұрын

I love it so much, and so many memories come back and it make's me sad and sentimental. 😢 greetings from munich/germany

I don't know what it is but now as a 52 year old man it still makes my eyes run 🖤🖤🖤

One of the best TV Themes ever. Still sends shivers down my spine.

@robertclarke2974

4 жыл бұрын

Best program on tv on a weekend

@anneliesjoss

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, me too 🥰

@lennyrat4ever447

3 жыл бұрын

As a horse crazy little kid this was as close as I could get to horses. This show was the highlight of the week. I was already horse crazy so this was absolutely fantastic! I can't listen to the theme without a lot of emotions. A nice time in your life before all the crap and hardships hit you!

@margiecarol2944

3 жыл бұрын

ME, TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@PaulKinnear

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

When life was more simple, we were happier..

5 years old when I watched this with my parents.... mum is still alive (90 yrs old)

When everything in life was so simple 😌 miss those days.

Sunday teatime viewing with all the family. Such happy days. Now there is only me left. Life sucks.

@hg1valeting8

3 жыл бұрын

Same here good memories

@Zoe-dr5ps

3 жыл бұрын

That's sad xx

@BarbaraMoore-ju1he

Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

One of my favourite series, when I was a child ❤

A masterpiece of theme-music; just two tones and you know that a beautiful black stallion starts galopping down the hills; unforgetable just after nearly 50 years!!!

That was a MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL, so majestic seeing the horse running through the stream .

@mayapanika105

10 ай бұрын

The horse's name was Fury. He was also Guy of Gisburne's horse in Robin of Sherwood, and on the original Lloyds' bank ads.

This was my last show on a Sunday night when I lived in Liverpool before going to bed for school next morning! I want to go back in time and stay there forever!

Black Beauty together with Follyfoot..... Classic Quality Television.

Ohhh what a memory. This theme tune is my all time favourite as a child. Growing up with horses this was our theme tune. It brings tears to my eyes and will always be THE best piece of music for ‘galloping home’. I’ve actually got this piece of music on my funeral plan as the music I ‘trot on’ and leave this earth to !!!!! 🙏😊 🐴

@jmg7467

8 ай бұрын

Ohh how I agree with you. ❤

@futureshock5641

3 ай бұрын

Ditto, one of my favourite theme tunes from the 70's

@Keyrose-my3xr

3 ай бұрын

And, My Friend Flicka❤

Brings back memories as a child, never forgot the intro and music.

How beautifully and powerfully a piece of music can evoke a sense of freedom.

Oh my god I loved this as a child I’m now 50 and still love it x

My very first record was Galloping home. Will always be a happy memory of my childhood. I never missed an episode of Black Beauty. X🖤❤️

A GENIUS piece of composition, fantastic doesn't even cut it 👍!!

Best opening & closing them ever! Liked it then, like it even more now.

I have watched this over and over again because I have really fond memories of it in my childhood. That horse was magnificent. I wish I could afford to own one! I'm amazed when you consider the technology of the time that the camera operator managed to keep everything in focus. The opening shot close-up - everything is moving. How on earth was it all framed and the correct exposure and focus achieved. Musically and technically it's a superb achievement.

one of the most poignant pieces of music truly captures the spirit of a horse how the horse reaches our soul this piece of music along with the theme from champions gets me every time tears flow once these themes are played

One of the most beautiful television themes. Brings back happy memories of watching with both my late sister and Gran from England...my late parents bought their first coloured television in 1973 and enjoyed watching in colour.

What a beautiful piece of music.

Awww such a brilliant score and such beautiful innocence back then!😢Awww

Sunday late afternoon was when this was on. Takes me back to happier carefree times.

@dougieb2159

3 жыл бұрын

yes!! sunday afternoons!

Memories of being a 6 year old. Used to watch at my grandmother's when we used to visit her for tea on a Sunday. Great days!

A blast from the past, I remember this theme like it was yesterday, almost made me cry, a lovely show.

Et cette musique, j'en ai des frissons à chaque fois.

Sunday afternoons early 70s followed by bath and tea and prep for school the following morning.

@dougreed2257

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely relate to that, great days!

@thunderfoot5167

4 жыл бұрын

Omg same as me 👍👍👍

@joebloggs4845

3 жыл бұрын

yeah depressing times until my Amstrad 464 came along a few years later

@janeteves4760

3 жыл бұрын

That was it.!!! Weekly bath after being out all day. Fish fingers and beans for tea. I never got the tap end...cos I was a.girl. two brothers kicking the hell out of each other..and I remember the dreaded spitty flannels

@cliveevans9795

3 жыл бұрын

Same in our house and early to bed

always cry when I hear this one - so beautiful

@Squab1972

4 жыл бұрын

Douglas Mline same such an uplifting theme tune.

@valentinagiorgini5431

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! And the same now...

@teresahobday7836

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. X

@hellybelly6

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@stamatisiliadis8844

3 жыл бұрын

you're not alone! I had many years to hear this beautiful intro and tonight from the first note I started crying like an "old lady"!!!! OMG! What a magnificent tune that was and we didn't realized back then!

Goosebumps from this child of the 70/80s.

Stunning piece of music that really captures the majesty of that beautiful animal.

@Carol-sx6rg

5 жыл бұрын

yes I do so much agree with you ! the man with the drums ( pauken ) must have been so proud to make this opening !!

@robholton8153

3 жыл бұрын

No other theme tune can take me back to my childhood like this one, it is perfect.

@dougieb2159

3 жыл бұрын

@@robholton8153 I agree! i was 10 back in 1978 and very interested in horse riding! beautiful memories

@margiecarol2944

3 жыл бұрын

@@robholton8153 I was 20, but love it just the same. I read where some crappy comedian used the music; I don't know which makes me more angry, that, or something called Equity that were greedy.

Beautiful memories 💝❤️🥰💝

That music was the best! I can't ever watch a video of a horse galloping without hearing this music in my head. Magic!

The best TV-theme ever! Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Used to watch both Black Beauty and Follyfoot in the early 70's. Thank you Great Britain for all the terrific tv series you provided us with back in the days....

@battywattywoo

4 жыл бұрын

Best theme-tune, joint with Terrahawks!

@katieclarke1352

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I forgot about Follyfoot! Must look it up on KZread xxx

Goosebumps. Amazing theme. Big up Denis King

Back when tv shows were beautiful and had meaning .....

@waivedwench

7 жыл бұрын

And the whole family could watch!

@kevinwalsh9662

4 жыл бұрын

And not PC bullshit rammed down our throat every second of the day on every drama and advertising.

@abinyturbo4x476

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I showed my niece, who loves black horses and has a same soft toy she calls Black Angel 😇 💕, two days back about this childhood memory of mine. Being a boy who couldn't afford horses but had the spirit wanting to be free learned many great lessons in that series. We hadn't much but we believed in the good side of human beings. Times where moral was high. 2020 totally changed world.

@dougieb2159

3 жыл бұрын

so agree! lovely memories from my childhood when i became very interested in horse riding for a few years

@robholton8153

3 жыл бұрын

@@dougieb2159 me too, much to the horror of my parents bank manager !

Brings back such a special memory. Sitting with my family the TV engineer had arrived and we were all very excited as we were getting a colour TV installed. I had only seen Black & White growing up in the 60's. Well when the guy tuned in the TV it lit up and there was that glorious music and the scene in full colour..speechless! I will always remember that moment. Wonderful! :)

@katieclarke1352

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds fantastic xxxx I lived for this programme and the theme tune is just too stunning for words. Nearly cry every time I hear it. Xxx

@timcolder2789

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember my grand parents had rented a colour tv in the early '70's and we only had black and white at home. Twice as exciting to visit them on a Sunday tea time to watch this great programme. The theme always brings back memories of my younger childhood days, junior school and playing football either on the park or my grand parents back garden trying not to break the neighbours windows!

Who else gets happy as soon as he hears that?! Totally me!!!

A total classic!! I used to tune in early and watch to the very end because the theme song music was so glorious! Possibly the greatest ever!

I remember as a six year old watching this around 6 O Clock on a Sunday evening,while having my tea with my brothers and sisters. I always looked forward to it and remember it with fondness. They don’t make TV dramas for kids like this anymore. I wonder why that is??????????

I'm 52 how times have changed!😔😔👍🇬🇧!

I loved the theme tune, when I still hear it brings back great memories.

About 15 years ago when KZread was first, making a splash, this theme or TV intro was one of the first things that I looked up or searched for. It was with great joy that I discovered how many people across this planet had put themselves on the same mission, trying to determine if this wonderful French horn theme was real or just some tormenting fantasy from childhood .

I used to ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE watching this programme when I was young....listening to the theme tune and seeing it makes me cry lol I don't know why probably makes me want to go back to the good ole days.....

I'm Italian and live in Italy but I was born in England and I remember watching this as a small boy and so, so many memories are flooding back because of what is now to me a very moving piece of music.

Back in the day when everything was still pure

Music and horse footage at it’s FINEST!

For me, a powerful and emotionally infused tune..Though, it strangely brings my eyes to tears(?), I love-it!

@MercurialRed9

7 жыл бұрын

John Me too. After reading the book by Anna Sewell this theme became even more poignant. In a way Anna was the godmother of animal welfare.

@janicemoore30

7 жыл бұрын

Me, too, John. Tears filling my eyes (once again) as I watched it just now, I thought, "Why am I crying?" I'd like to think it's because we are truly "alive"! :) The pure joy and FREEDOM which this music and video portray so powerfully thrilled my heart when I watched it over 30 years ago. It still does. *********** Note for vlog host here: Don't even give a moment's thought to the "thumbs downers." I watch a lot of videos. Even the finest ones get thumbs down. My theory is: some twisted, miserable, souls take delight in wandering through youtube dissing EVERYone -- and likely, especially the extra touching/lovely ones, like this one.

@TaiMizuki

6 жыл бұрын

John I think it applies to many of us, even I get choked up every time I hear it and I use it as a ringtone lol

@barbaraannecortina7899

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know why you're welling up with fucking tears, I remember watching it when I was little and it never had that effect on me! If you want a REALLY emotionally-infused theme, just watch the opening titles to 'Jimmy's' about St James' University Hospital in Leeds - it's a wonder how I managed to keep my emotions in check!

@TaiMizuki

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, someone needs to take a chill pill. Also thats a totally different thing, its not even about a horse that was clearly misstreated if ya ever read the book or watched the movie you'd know that and in this series they make him a friggin hero! For many people this horse had an inpact and was quite moving.

This TV Show, this Horse, is the Reason why i fell in love with those beautiful Creatures... Thanks for a Trip back in to my childhood

That's what I'm missing in modern TV Shows. A proper intro and closing theme. It makes a Tv Show unique...recognizable. I mean...what do you remember first from classic TV Shows?

I WAS A YOUNG KID BACK IN 1972 AND I REMEMBER UNTIL NOW 50 YEARS LATER THE THEME INTRODUCTION. ❤❤👍👍

Used to cry every time this was one beauty was just that!!! Magnificent

This tune has been going through my head for YEARS and I just could not remember what it was for! It's increadible to hear this after looking for it for so long and hearing it's EXACTLY as I remembered it. What an emotive theme tume.

I used to watch this with my grandmother when I was a wee boy. That gorgeous, epic theme music makes me think of her (she passed away).

I used to love watching this on a wet Sunday afternoon in front of the wood fire... happy days. Seems so long ago now.

@markfindlay8636

3 жыл бұрын

😇

Had to hear this tune so many years and suddenly .... I fell on this masterpiece to remind me my childhood .... Shivers and tears for that era when people had stronger feelings and more love in heart i think! For me maybe this is the best tv theme ever made! Just magnificent, watching this beautiful stallion galloping at the fields!

Rollicking music, pounding timpani and swingle-esque vocals, provide an iconic soundtrack for a whole generation. ‘Galloping Home’ the theme for the TV series #BlackBeauty, rightly won composer Denis king an Ivor Novello Award.

The most wonderful sound tune , shivers down the spine 💖

I worked at Anvil Film and Recording Studios when this Black Beauty Series was on TV. I heard this theme tune over and over again coming out of the Studio music room.. never did tire of hearing it. Hearing this tonight has brought back some lovely memories of the early 70's.I was the Receptionist.

@TheJules11

4 жыл бұрын

I was nine when this was on TV and horse mad (and still am). I'm now 55 but the BB theme tune still reduces me to tears. It's so emotive. What a great experience to be working in the studio when it was being produced.

@christinewrighton1202

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheJules11 Yes it was the Theme Tune.. and incidental music that was added to the actual film in our Music Studio.This was in 1970(?) - 1974 definitely was when I left and moved to Italy.

@jatlarge6354

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Was the legendary Eric Tomlinson the engineer on BLACK BEAUTY?

Core memory: unlocked from this music and footage. I don't know why almost half a century later this theme song popped into my head. Thank goodness there's this clip to make me feel what I felt at age 4.

So many memories love it x

Wonderful piece of music, makes me want to cry the second it starts♥️🦄

@kezzachadda8175

3 жыл бұрын

Same here 😭😭 lol

Classic theme! Reminds me of sunday afternoons in the 80’s, just before bullseye came on!!!!

This has brought back so many happy memories

I randomly come across this, haven’t thought about this song or show for well over 25 years, and can still remember almost every beat and word…

Great melody and arrangement. Beautiful soul galloping through the free world!

Memories

I first heard of this theme in 1974 and loved it since. One of the better production theme songs that requires a full orchestra and produced beautifully that like the book it to me is a classic.

from donegal ....a class piece of music

Just watching these credits reminds me of why this is one of the great British tv shows of the nineteen seventies..And Dennis Kings theme is still a bona fide classic.

Ich mochte es, es war einer meiner besten serien damals! Es war besser als heute👍👍😘😘

Those were the days, bit different now isn't it.

@leebeardshall2888

3 жыл бұрын

It is different now. Fantastic music 🎶 as well. Haven't heard it in years.

@shanefitzpatrick5811

3 жыл бұрын

Too different now.

My favourite series in my childhood

Love this. This sequence was the highlight of my Sunday afternoon when I was very little...

Well me eye drop's are working I'm shedding a few tears classic intro👏

@dougreed2257

4 жыл бұрын

Relate to your feelings, wish I was 12 again when this classic came out!

Fantastic TV theme music, one of the best ever

Nostalgic!!

I was 10 years old when I first heard this, I turned 61 this year... ...tears of childhood memories in a much nicer time.

Best tv theme tune everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Loved this as a child!

Thanks for uploading this. As a kid I loved this show and always remembered this theme tune, one of the best.

@DucatiQueen

7 жыл бұрын

Trixie belle same 👍🏼

@estherthian8654

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! Will never forget this music and the majesty of Black Beauty as He galloped wild and free through the countryside Even now as an adult of 51 I hold my head upwards as I listen to the music as if like His Majesty himself I stretch and want to arch my neck with the same pride as that beautiful horse so naturally did... xxxx....✨.....

A sterling piece of music, beautifully photographed.

@markfindlay8636

3 жыл бұрын

👏

Absolutely classic piece of music, I do wish itv would re screen the series, maybe on itv 2 or 3 on a Sunday morning, they should have an option for allowing the public to request the screening of old shows.

Oh, wow, grew up watching this! That neigh at the end and then the French horns….the music is so amazing!

Hi from Paris. That was aired on Wednesdays on youth broadcast. Loved in.

I so loved this show when I was a kid. Nickelodeon showed re-runs of it here in the U.S. in the 1980's. I saw every episode at least once, usually multiple times. We lived in a big, old house and it didn't matter where I was, if the TV was on in the den and I heard that music, I came galloping to watch!

never missed an episode and now have all the movies that come out.

I remember watching Black Beauty when I was very young in Ireland. I am now 50 and the tune is as good too listen to now as it was when i was a kid. It has to be one of if not the best start and end theme to any series or film on TV. Its just 100% emotion, power and empathy all in one. Amazing!

This theme always reminds me of childhood, when I sat eager in front of the TV to witness yet another adventure of this stunning horse and its friends... Still I shiver when I hear this track, it's amazing!

I've still got the book. One of my most favourite books and movies as a child. I still cry at black beauty. Absolutely love it

@avengingangel6319

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Brings back lovely memories 😍

As a kid it was almost magical to see Beauty galloping and bucking excitedly down the hill and through the stream. As an adult I just expect someone to come tearing up behind him “Hey can you grab that horse?! Stupid sod ran off cos of a packet of crisps stuck in a tree”

O my goodness this tv series we watched when were kids with Arabic subtitles thank you for remanded us of our beautiful childhood memories yes I was under ten years I just remember black horse is running

Powerful great opening sequence , even to this day! I miss shergar!

Absolutely legendary

Wonderful memories seeing it again after all that time, watched it in black and white little did me and millions of others realise that one day we would be watching it on something called you tube

This theme just got played on some TV advert right now and my ears pricked up. The banging of the drums just makes your heart beat that bit faster. Childhood memories x