BBC Two 'Silk' Ident

[@TheBlueDisc]

These idents are brilliant. They really do define the tone of the the channel's output in the 1990s.

[@cgarby]

Love this one the best. The music is 👌👌

[@tppercival5295]

RIP Martin Lambie-Nairn. You will be sadly missed.

[@ricklopez2314]

By far my favourite 90s ident, the music is so memorable.

[@Inescapeium]

I simply love the BBC2 idents, they put a lot of effort on them.

[@fruitcakedog1997]

They made the perfect choice using this as the last ident before the latest rebrand. There’s something so enchanting and mysterious about that music...

[@Handleshmandle1]

I saw this on TV the other day and freaked out because it was so nostalgic! reminded me of being back in Primary school in the 90's and seeing it while watching Numbertime!

[@indiana1977]

@LambieNairnTube This is one of the best idents created by Lambie-Nairn. Visually stunning. The music is hauntingly beautiful too, composed by Tony and Gaynor Sadler. As far as this copy goes, the sound isn't so bad, although it would be great to hear the entire composition which I think runs just under a minute. The image itself is pretty sharp and clean. Thanks so much for uploading.

[@chriswright6245]

It's very surreal and atmospheric

[@cylon6]

This ident is beautiful. Can't believe that this was one of the first to be withdrawn!! Bring back the nineties 2s please!

[@LambieNairnTube]

@cylon6 Hi cylon6, thanks so much for your comment, really great to hear the idents are as well loved today as they always have been!

[@fishbulb3926]

I reckon they should remake all of the 1993-2001 idents with modern high speed cameras and remaster the original music files, possibly introducing new ones along the way. I'd like to see BBC 2 get back to their (1993) roots, even though I'm outside of Britain. These idents were forward-thinking for the time and they could still be used today.

[@KentStudios_YTB]

and BBC TWO did

[@Colorband]

KentStudios No, they didn't. Sorry.

[@S-WProductions]

+T.Y. Netees BBC Two's idents from the past was used in NI

[@andydrew2003]

They use it on Network now. They used "Car" on Sunday iirc

[@JackDavis16]

They were shot on film at the time so the image quality of the masters will be very high if they wanted to do HD transfers. Don't think they would need to be remade.

[@1nterwebs]

I would cry a little with joy if you uploaded steam in this quality

[@CringePoop]

when i first saw this my heart rate went up. this felt like something that would be shown during an emergency

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Having been an American, I had to only found out about these some 12-13 years ago when the internet was powerful enough for some video clips to show up!

[@LambieNairnTube]

This is the only version of the ident we have. Having listened to it, I think it is a case of 90's sound! All of these idents came from our archived tapes which also will have an impact on the picture and sound quality.

[@robertgoh7420]

The BBC2 silk ident has somewhat a sea feeling it goes into the BBC2 neon music toward the end.

[@aboodjoudy756]

@@robertgoh7420 mhm how did you know that? if you have the full version please post it here

[@LambieNairnTube]

@indiana1977 Hi Indiana1977, thanks so much for the lovely comments!

[@Ravinder2220]

I love the music on Silk ident, sounds creepy but cool. Is there a full version of this music??

[@RabidLeroy]

Ravinder2220 you should check into Logorhythm Music as they’ve done some of the soundtracks of the idents

[@LambieNairnTube]

@ABD123304 Hi! Glad you like our work! Let me ask around for you about the location of these idents. We'll try our best to get them up!

[@bridgendboi]

Is there anyway we can listen to the full audio tracks for these? :-)

[@SicksTeaPhoarAlt]

@aealtrus These earlier music variations were used until around March 1991, to my guessing.

[@aboodjoudy756]

yea it was a early version, then remade with better audio later on

[@fraserkatie]

@LambieNairnTube Doesnt matter! They are still great and you have made history there forever!

[@valledesertico]

why is the adio underwater

[@moshabee]

Yeah, the music sounds like it has been recorded from a Maxell cassette tape! I'm sure Lambie-Nairn have a better quality version in their vault :)

[@aboodjoudy756]

yea it was a early version, then remade with better audio later on

[@BBCTwoIdentFan101]

@LambieNairnTube Oops, you uploaded Glass! Just Paper Cut-Out.

[@BBCTwoIdentFan101]

@LambieNairnTube Can you upload Glass and Paper Cut-Out, please? Please get back to me!

[@BBCTwoIdentFan101]

@LambieNairnTube Can you upload Water, Powder, Optics, Diary and Steam, please? And also Paper Cut Out-Out. Please comment back.

[@jx866mashups]

The music sounds slightly different (muted bells, more metallic 'squeal' effects), could this be an alternate take or early version?

[@aboodjoudy756]

yea it was a early version, then remade with better audio later on

[@doomotron6160]

The audio quality is awful.

[@aboodjoudy756]

yea it was a early version, then remade with better audio later on