Editing Last of the Summer Wine (section)

===Music===
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<span style="font-size:115%">'''Audio samples of ''Last of the Summer Wine'''''</span>&nbsp;([[Wikipedia:Media help|media help]])
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| title       = "Last of the Summer Wine" by Ronnie Hazlehurst
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Composer and conductor [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]], who also produced themes for such series as ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', and ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'', created the theme for the show. The BBC initially disliked Hazlehurst's theme, feeling it was not proper for a comedy programme to have such mellow music. He was asked to play the music faster for more comedic effect but eventually his original slower version was accepted.<ref name="30 Years LOTSW" /> A jauntier, upbeat version was played by a brass band in the episode "Full Steam Behind".

The theme, an instrumental work, featured lyrics three times. The 1981 Christmas special, "Whoops", had two verses of lyrics written by Roy Clarke that were performed over the closing credits. The 1983 Last of the Summer Wine film, ''Getting Sam Home'', used those two verses, with an additional two and played them over the opening credits. Another altered version was sung during Compo's funeral in the 2000 episode "Just a Small Funeral". Bill Owen also wrote a different version of the lyrics but this version was never used during an episode of the show.<ref name="SUMMER WINE MUSIC AND LYRICS">{{cite news|title=Summer Wine Music and Lyrics |url=http://www.summer-wine.com/lyrics.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430221214/http://www.summer-wine.com/lyrics.htm |work=Summer Wine Online |publisher=Summer Wine Appreciation Society |archive-date=30 April 2008 |access-date=2 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Composing the score for each episode until his death in 2007,<ref name="Hazlehurst dies">{{cite news | title=Theme tune writer Hazlehurst dies | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7023501.stm| work =BBC News|date = 2 October 2007 | access-date = 9 December 2009 }}</ref> Hazlehurst spent an average of ten hours per episode watching scenes and making notes for music synchronisation. Hazlehurst then recorded the music using an orchestra consisting of a guitar, [[harmonica]], two violins, a [[viola]], cello, [[accordion]], [[French horn|horn]], [[double bass]], [[flute]], and percussion.<ref name="30 Years LOTSW" /> The distinctive harmonica was played by [[Harry Pitch]], who had featured in the 1970 one-hit-wonder "[[Mr. Bloe|Groovin With Mr Bloe]]".<ref>{{cite web | title = Harry Pitch | url = http://harmonica.co.uk/harry.htm | publisher = National Harmonica League | access-date = 27 September 2018 | archive-date = 29 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165844/http://harmonica.co.uk/harry.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>