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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
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Mansfield is probably best known by American audiences as the composer of the tune "Funky Fanfare", used for underscoring in
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This article is about the composer and arranger. For the author of the Johnny Mackintosh stories, see
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in 1969. Another Mansfield composition, "National Pride," was the opening theme to the 1980 movie
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in West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands and Gibraltar in the 1980s and 1990s.
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in the late 1960s. That song is currently used during the opening credits of the show
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The Astro Daters' "Our Next Attraction" was featured prominently in two films by
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in 1978, which were used for ten years before it switched to 24-hour television.
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Mansfield's other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to
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tune "Superstar Fanfare", which was notably used (in several variations) by
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known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the
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recordings, "Teenage Carnival", was used as the theme to the cult 1960s
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uses Mansfield's work ("Love De Luxe", "Style City") in his videos.
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Go Home Productions "Grandstand Supreme" Keith Mansfield-Supremes
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Mansfield was arranger and conductor for several tracks on
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track "Old School Rules", "Junior Jet Set" on "Run" by
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Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music
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