Keith Mansfield (born 1941) originally from Slough, United Kingdom, is a co… Read Full Bio ↴Keith Mansfield (born 1941) originally from Slough, United Kingdom, is a composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the Grandstand theme for the BBC. Other works include "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships), "World Champions" (the closing theme for NBC's coverage of the same tournament) and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage).
Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", (sampled by Danger Mouse as mentioned below) used for underscoring in the Astro Daters series of snipes produced by the National Screen Service in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show Pit Boss on Animal Planet, as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the Sklarbro Country podcast. The Astro Daters "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill and Grindhouse. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by James Royal in 1969. Another Mansfield composition, "National Trust" was the opening theme to the movie Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, which utilizes Mansfield's library music score, and as the logo jingle for CBS/Fox Video.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a major figure in the UK library music scene and recorded a great deal of material for the production music company KPM. His work has been sampled by prominent hip-hop producers such as Danger Mouse ('Funky Fanfare' on the DANGERDOOM track 'Old School Rules' and on 'Run' by Gnarls Barkley, and 'Morning Broadway' on DANGERDOOM track 'Space Ho's'), Madlib and Fatboy Slim. American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on NFL Films team highlights and Super Bowl documentaries.
Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on Dusty Springfield's 1968 UK album Dusty... Definitely and acted as orchestral arranger on some huge hits for The Love Affair (Everlasting Love) and The Marmalade (Reflections of My Life), among others.
He also produced some memorable work with Maynard Ferguson the jazz musician.
Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", (sampled by Danger Mouse as mentioned below) used for underscoring in the Astro Daters series of snipes produced by the National Screen Service in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show Pit Boss on Animal Planet, as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the Sklarbro Country podcast. The Astro Daters "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill and Grindhouse. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by James Royal in 1969. Another Mansfield composition, "National Trust" was the opening theme to the movie Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, which utilizes Mansfield's library music score, and as the logo jingle for CBS/Fox Video.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a major figure in the UK library music scene and recorded a great deal of material for the production music company KPM. His work has been sampled by prominent hip-hop producers such as Danger Mouse ('Funky Fanfare' on the DANGERDOOM track 'Old School Rules' and on 'Run' by Gnarls Barkley, and 'Morning Broadway' on DANGERDOOM track 'Space Ho's'), Madlib and Fatboy Slim. American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on NFL Films team highlights and Super Bowl documentaries.
Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on Dusty Springfield's 1968 UK album Dusty... Definitely and acted as orchestral arranger on some huge hits for The Love Affair (Everlasting Love) and The Marmalade (Reflections of My Life), among others.
He also produced some memorable work with Maynard Ferguson the jazz musician.
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Keith Mansfield:
Rainbow Valley I'm heading home again, 'cause it still seems I don't…
Spinning wheel What goes up must come down Spinning Wheel got to go…
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CTubeMan
I can see Will Forte as the high school coach trying to fire up his team by dancing to this!
Trent Talley
CTubeMan “coach its a belt...it’s supposed to have holes”
“NOT MY BELT”
Good Life
I can't listen to this without hearing Hugh Johns or Brian Moore's voice. Lovely stuff.
kgmule
"In the 1st Quarter, Ron Gardin got a flying start, took a punt on the dead run, and flashed 80 yards to complete the longest punt return of the pro season." - 1970 Baltimore Colts highlights
melman74b
Thanks for posting this stuff! It's GREAT! I feel like I've stepped into a time warp! Like some others - I think some of the news shows used this as background music...
Mike Simoli
the backdrop of my life and i never knew what to call it! fantastic find
Jeff Missinne
Some more classic library music from the composer who brought you Funky Fanfare! I can't begin to imagine how many TV and radio shows and commercials, plus industrial and educational films have used Keith Mansfield's music.
timhozz
KEWL! LOVE IT!!!
sportyshorty68
"Not to be outdone Jim Duncan returned a kickoff 99 yards..the longest play of the pro season..on two of the longest legs"
kgmule
Yesss. Love it!