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Keith Mansfield (born 1941 in London, England) is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the '' Grandstand'' theme for the

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Other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to '' The Big Match''), "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships), "World Champion" (the closing theme for

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's coverage of the same tournament), and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage). One of his

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recordings, "Teenage Carnival", was used as the theme to the cult 1960s ITV children's television series ''

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''. He has also composed film scores for British movies such as '' Loot'' (1970) and '' Taste of Excitement'' (1970), and the western ''Three Bullets for a Long Gun'' (1971). He also scored the start-up and shutdown themes for Granada Television in 1978, which were used for ten years before it switched to 24-hour television. Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", used for underscoring in the Astro Daters series of snipes produced by the

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in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show ''

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, as well as backing music for the "Quick Hits" segment on the '' Sklarbro Country'' podcast. Mansfield also composed the

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tune "Superstar Fanfare", which was notably used (in several variations) by

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(SSVC) as a idents jingle for British Forces TV in West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar in the 1980s and 1990s. The Astro Daters' "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by

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''. A vocal version of Funky Fanfare entitled "House of Jack" was also recorded by

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in 1969. Another Mansfield composition, "National Pride," was the opening theme to the 1980 movie '' Fist of Fear, Touch of Death'', which utilizes Mansfield's

score, and as the logo jingle for CBS/Fox Video. A song remix was also used in the game, '' Saints Row: The Third''. In the 1960s and 1970s, Mansfield was a significant figure in the UK library music scene and recorded many materials 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", "Junior Jet Set" on "Run" by

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, and "Morning Broadway" on DANGERDOOM track "Space Ho's"),

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, as well as Fatboy Slim ("Young Scene" on the track "Punk to Funk") and most recently, "Walkin" by

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, produced by Kal Banx. American sports fans will find a lot of Mansfield's and other KPM composers' music used on

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uses Mansfield's work ("Love De Luxe") in his videos. Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on

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's 1968 UK album '' Dusty... Definitely'', and acted as orchestral arranger on some hits for Love Affair (" Everlasting Love") and

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"), among others. He also produced some work with Maynard Ferguson.

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