David Hodson Lowe is an English composer and music producer. His work comprises primarily music for television, radio, commercials and idents. Lowe is best known for his extensive work on theme tunes
Lowe in 2006
Greenwich Time Signal
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The Greenwich Time Signal, popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour. The pips wer
David Lowe (television and radio composer)
…of his most famous compositions, the current BBC News themes. Whilst previous themes had been orchestral, these new themes made extensive use of the 'pips' that are used on the hour on BBC Radio stations, along with more electric sounds. Since 1999 his themes have been remixed numerous times for BBC News…
The machine used to generate the pips in 1970