Ron Geesin

Basic Maths - Soundtrack From The 1981 TV Series


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Wow! So you’re telling me Ron Geesin made this kooky electro groovy score to a really progressive maths educational program on Central TV in 1980 and it’s musically anarchic and amazing and it’s never been issued before? Until now. Wow again!!!! And there’s 30 tracks!!! Trunk Records we love you...

Basic Maths was the second educational TV Series for the Midlands-based ITV station for which I composed, played and recorded all music and noises. The first series, also for budding mathematicians in the 7-10 age group, was Leapfrog in 1978 produced by ATV (Associated Television): Basic Maths was for the newly-formed Central Television, the work spanning 1980-1981; both series were of twenty-eight parts.

The most worthy idea for both of these series was to project mathematics into life by means mainly of non-verbal sound and vision, with both animated and live action films, linked by two presenters, Fred Harris and Mary Waterhouse. In my role as Media Composer, I had had quite enough of voice overs, therefore music well under, so this fairly radical educational approach at the time encouraged my creative juices to run unhindered. Of course, the sound had to do something with the picture and not just use it as a carrier for peacock display. It had to duet, play with and explain the visual content using novel and engaging techniques, so this involved the usual and sometimes intricate mathematical calculators which constantly exercised my already reasonable school maths.

Tracklist

Side A

Welcome To Mathemajcs
Ten And A Hundred
Plus And Minus Five
Sor Mirrors 
Colliding Clowns 
Swaggering Cowboy 
Plus And Minus Eight 
Accelerajng Athletes 
Halving Rectangles 
Myriad Mosaics 
Shapely PaAerns
Composite Cookbook 
Agitated Banjo
Clocking The Day
Jumping Pyramids

Side B

Shadows In Four Aspects
Unitary Climb
Colossal Triangle Split
Apple Tree Angles 
Child’s Angled Views 
Old Seagull And Chips
Seaside Romp
Fair By The Sea 
Tranquil Snail
Masts And Nets
Numbered Rows
Slipping And Sliding 
Perfect Postman 
Running Big And Wee
Take It Away
Ten