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===Music=== The 1961 series featured a jazz-influenced theme by [[John Dankworth]]. Library music was used sparsely as a soundtrack, sometimes with variations based on the main theme. Dankworth's theme music was reworked for the third series. John Dankworth's first theme was recorded on the Columbia label, on a 45rpm single, and a new recording, similar to the reworked television theme was issued on Fontana in 1963. A very faithful cover version was released by [[Johnny Gregory (bandleader)|Johnny Gregory]]. When Diana Rigg joined the series in 1965, the opening credits of the series were redesigned and new theme music by [[Laurie Johnson]] was introduced. This was based on a previously released title on LP, called "The Shake"<ref>[http://theavengers.tv/forever/music.htm "The Avengers - The Music"], by Max Pemberton (retrieved 28 December 2015)</ref> (which capitalised on "[[The Shake (dance)|The Shake]]" dance craze of the '60s).<ref>Dave Rogers, "The Complete Avengers: The Full Story of Britain's Smash Crime-Fighting Team!", 1989, {{ISBN|0312031874}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KSNQpAU5z80C&pg=PA276 p. 276]</ref> For the colour series (1967), a percussion section was added to accompany the new teaser sequence at the start of each episode. Laurie Johnson re-scored the theme when Linda Thorson joined the series, adding a counter-melody on trumpet, based on the [[leitmotif]] for Tara King from the final Diana Rigg episode "The Forget-Me-Knot." The new theme debuted in the closing titles of the episode "The Forget-Me-Knot," which introduced Linda Thorson. It was altogether more dynamic, and included a much more frenetic percussion section, for the revised teaser sequence. Importantly, the filmed episodes contained specially composed scores by Johnson. To accompany Steed's request, "Mrs. Peel – we're needed!", he composed a brief 'sting', and there was also a special theme for 'Emma'. For the 'Linda Thorson' series, a characteristic piece was composed to accompany the tag scene, at the end of each episode. Many of the most memorable cues from the Rigg/Thorson series, including the opening, and closing titles themes, and the 'Tag Scene' were released commercially on CD in 2009. Owing to a professional commitment to score for the film ''[[Hot Millions]]'' (starring [[Peter Ustinov]] and [[Maggie Smith]]), Laurie Johnson requested assistance from his keyboard player, [[Howard Blake]], who scored some of the episodes of the final season, as well as additional music for other episodes which Laurie Johnson did not have time to complete. These were composed in a style remarkably similar to Laurie Johnson's. In 2011, to mark the 50th anniversary of the series, these almost-complete scores by Howard Blake−including Laurie Johnson's themes for the main and end titles—were issued on a double-CD set. Of the original Johnson theme, countless cover versions have been released on vinyl and CD, and the opening motif was retained on the series ''The New Avengers''. Laurie Johnson subsequently collaborated with Brian Clemens on other projects, including the theme for ''The New Avengers''.
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