Thunderbirds Theme Tune - Royal Marines Band

The Thunderbirds theme tune, played by The Band of H.M. Royal Marines, for the credits of the 1966 Movie "Thunderbirds Are GO"

[@nlmfilms6641]

The ending of the Thunderbirds Are Go movie, with the Thunderbirds theme song being played by the Royal Marines always brings a joyful tear to my eye. Thunderbirds isn’t just a British series, it’s a British Masterpiece! I find that the world would’ve been very different if Gerry hadn’t created Thunderbirds, this show was my childhood! As an adult, it’s always one of my top favorites! Thunderbirds ARE, and will ALWAYS BE GO!🌩🕊

[@superomegaprimemk2]

F,A,B!!!

[@tahuaroa]

i love this!!!

[@markmeade2937]

Yea Sir 👍🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@hilaryg3760]

My Dad played Trombone on this ,I absolutely love it.

[@johnbull9195]

Fantastic!

[@andrewhamshare2511]

My Dad was cornet, Anthony John Hamshare. From Southampton. Joined up on 1955. Sadly passed away just 3 weeks ago. Hence me watching this vid again for about the millionth time. Andy H

[@TFF1963]

Congratulations to your Father.

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

Thats so cool!

[@darrenlucas2768]

@@andrewhamshare2511 what a fantastic legacy to leave behind......I'm sure he passed the batton on to you and shut his eyes knowing he had had a full life which is about as much as we can all ask for. Gives me goosebumps everytime I watch this....as it did the first time I watched it as a boy.

[@andrewhamshare2511]

My Dad was cornet, Anthony John Hamshare. From Southampton. Joined up on 1955. Sadly passed away just 3 weeks ago. Hence me watching this vid again for about the millionth time. Andy H

[@rogernewton7831]

Sorry for your loss. I went to the same college as the guy that wrote it. But not at the same time. Great piece and well played.

[@ihaveliterallynoname]

May he rest in peace❤️

[@adriancooper78]

Andrew Hamshare Hey I'm sorry here about your loss. I lost both my parents this year. Sir, my heart goes out to you as I stand with you offering comfort, heart to heart and soul to soul!!!! I remember seeing the Thunderbirds as a child. This was one of my favorite shows. The theme always stood out to me. I think of this theme sometimes, when I'm inspecting and preparing my 10 car train for service in the mornings in NYC. And when I'm ready to proceed into service I call out over the radio to the train dispatcher in the tower: 'THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!'🙂💪🏻👍🏻

[@andrewhamshare2511]

Blimey, this is all a bit overwhelming. Thanks so much for your kindness.

[@andrewhamshare2511]

@@adriancooper78 One of my personal favourite things on my 1 week holiday in New York was the immense beauty of your trains. Also when we went to Vegas I stood watching the snaking trains for ages. Dad visited NY as a young RM Bandsman. He played Carnegie hall amongst others.

[@phillipecook3227]

Must've heard it a million times as a child but this is the first time Ive realised how good the theme is especially played by a British military band.

[@wanderer1955]

It's overdubbed mate. The Band in the clip isn't playing live. It's an overdubbed track.

[@phillipecook3227]

@@wanderer1955Still pretty fine playing tho.

[@wanderer1955]

@@phillipecook3227 Agreed 👍

[@TheGroundedAviator]

I heard that it is now popular with the British military.

[@Danny-zi6xw]

Royal Marines band still played it

[@jmartin1885]

29th March 2019 Shane Rimmer - Scott Tracy RIP THUNDERBIRD 1 FAB

[@Woody615]

He had a very recognizable voice. I knew who it was every time I heard him in a 007 movie.

[@mickwilson127]

I had to have a look at his bio after seeing this - his career was amazing. Gerry and Sylvia really looked after him, bringing him to pretty much everything they did. He also was in The Spy Who Loved Me, and had voice jobs (uncredited) in three other Bond films. Writer, Actor, Voice actor self proclaimed "Rent-a-Yank" despite being from Toronto.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

He was the co-pilot in "Dr. Strangelove" and the coach in the original "Rollerball" with James Caan.

[@serenitymoon825]

@@mickwilson127 I couldn't help but giggle at the "self proclaimed Rent-a-Yank" part

[@rogerstephens8187]

Absolute class. RIP Mr Anderson from me and my kids who think your shows are still better than anything currently on TV!

[@TonyVeart]

I remember Thunderbirds used to be on Sunday evening at 5pm. Not a kid on the street to be seen at that time. Great times!

[@braytac8274]

^_^ great!!!

[@mmmoroi]

Your comment makes me smile reminiscent of 1966 when Thunderbirds was aired in Japan on Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm. Kids on their way home from school on Saturday afternoon used to remind each other saying "Make sure to watch Thunderbirds!". We never failed to keep this commitment, as missing it meant being left out of boys' conversation on the following Monday. Such was its well-deserved popularity with witty plot, exquisite marionettes and superb music by Barry Gray, one of the prodigious but unsung British composers along with Ronnie Binge.

[@gerardlong]

*GIBRALTAR . PER . MARE . PER . TERRAM* [ Perfect tune, when start bombing Iran into smithereens ] :) -- *PSALM 46:9--11 [kjv]* - 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth ; he breaketh the bow , and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still , and know that I [am] God : I will be exalted among the heathen , I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts [is] with us ; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. -- || *HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE* & *JE . MAINTIENDRAI* ( ALBION Lion & DUTCH Lion ) !!! -- *1 CORINTHIANS 15:1--4 + THE ACTS **16:30**--31 ; EPHESIANS **1:13**--14 ; 2:8--9

[@datathunderstorm]

Gerard Long I’m not being funny, but did you take a wrong turning on the way to Albuquerque and end up on this page? Go in peace dude.

[@WedgePee]

You must be talking about series 2. When I watched the episodes on VHS (Polygram volume 8) as a child in the mid-2000s, it didn't "seem right" to me for some reason. Looking back, the only episodes I REALLY don't like are Security Hazard and Give or Take a Million.

[@kezzmate3577]

Born in ‘98 and my grandad got me into Thunderbirds as a kid.

[@philgrimsey3637]

Had this on VHS as a little boy. Loved it then, love it now. I now work as a bus driver and call the service van at work "thunderbird 2" and am starting to introduce my two little boys to this gem of a series aged 2 and 4.

[@lahechizerodelnucleonottur572]

that's super cool showing your kids this legend

[@TrueBlue0687]

There is no band that plays this March better than the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines and the legendary Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Dunn !!

[@robstoppablecosplay]

R.I.P. Sylvia Anderson. You will be missed Mi'lady. :'(

[@ragerancher]

Love the bit at the end "none of the characters appearing in this photoplay intentionally resemble any persons living or dead... since they do not yet exists!"

[@Scalatympani]

My Dad is playing one of the Trombones!

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

Trombone *is* the best instrument.

[@hilaryg3760]

So is mine.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@LikeTheBuffalo I don't play an instrument but I can tell it's a difficult one to master. The trombone bit in Ravel's Bolero rarely soynds the same twice.

[@andrewhamshare2511]

My Dad was cornet, Anthony John Hamshare. From Southampton. Joined up on 1955. Sadly passed away just 3 weeks ago. Hence me watching this vid again for about the millionth time. Andy H

[@sharonpowell2027]

@@andrewhamshare2511 😢

[@sonnyd.6777]

No matter how many times I watched this, it takes my breath away!!

[@timothybrown760]

Puppets acting and a live band playing the closing credits...TRULY BRITTISH AND CLASSIC!!

[@04Wenban]

RIP Gerry Anderson, creator of Thunderbirds, I loved you work which made great impact on my childhood, and may it never be forgotten !!

[@big.johnson.69]

The RM band played this when HMS Bulwark cam back from deployment last week, absolutely loved it! :')

[@rokker101]

absolutely bloody brilliant! .. RIP Gerry and Sylvia you were a major part of my growing up x

[@jasondomingo5313]

And I once believed the Royal Marines were part of the Thunderbirds! Brings back so many fond memories my childhood. THUNDERBIRDS ARE (FOREVER) GO!

[@harrihiltunen1244]

one of the best theme ever,,

[@alex17_edits]

Thunderbirds has been my childhood grewing up

[@Jerram89]

There’s something pretty awesome about an old analogue mono recording full of mechanical artefacts and tube distortion...

[@Sirraoul]

LOVE THAT : NONE OF THE CHARACTERS APPEARING IN THIS PHOTOPLAY INTENTIONALLY RESEMBLE ANY PERSONS LIVING OR DEAD... SINCE THEY DO NOT YET EXIST !

[@1953beetle]

Can you prove it though?

[@jacksmales4973]

Technically that isn't true as the puppet of Lady Penelope was based on Sylvia Anderson

[@Sirraoul]

@@jacksmales4973 oh yeah I forgot lol

[@jacksmales4973]

@@Sirraoul The voice she used for the character was also the one that was most like her natural voice apparently

[@stevenwiltshire9004]

Love it so many childhood memories ❤️😃

[@lukepierce7731]

classic British humour there though: since they do not yet exist.

[@Whiskey2shots]

THIS IS LEGITIMATELY THE BEST THING I HAVE SEEN ON KZbin IN A VERY LONG TIME :)))))

[@soopadoubled]

It's from the credits of the 1966 Movie "Thunderbirds Are GO".

[@TinyDrew5]

RIP Gerry Andreson. You made one of my most favourite television programmes

[@knshinn2]

From what little I know (I'm no expert on Forces matters), the RAF in particular love the Thunderbirds March...

[@nelsondawson9706]

that would suit them

[@lukepierce7731]

on very good authority, Thunderbirds is appreciated by the submarine service and by the Royal Navy in general. There is massive disappointment if the Bandies don't play it.

[@Trek001]

+Luke Pierce I know that the Guards battalions play it when changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace. I have also heard that the booties like to play it and one bootie Major actually launched an investigation when it was not played at a decommissioning ceremony

[@sniffadoghq]

To summarise as someone who is at the start of there RNR career and someone who grew up in a family of ex veteran RN, RNR, RMR, RM it’s appreciated by all and something to look forward to hearing with the RM band. Thunderbirds are go!

[@9501599]

Its so darn fantastic when a military band plays a theme such as this. These musicians are very gifted and quite spectacular to watch, well done lads.

[@LFD254]

The beauty of Tbirds, Supercar, Stingray and all of Gary Andersons work is that it absolutely spurred your imagination. As a kid, I was enthralled by Tbirds and I used to draw each craft on paper, cut them out and glue them to cardboard and then play for hours on the floor with my green soldiers and Matchbox cars. Can you imagine a kid today doing that?

[@nlmfilms6641]

Ageed!

[@keithlee5728]

Use to live right behind that barrack block , they were absolute amazing just to here them practicing , we were so lucky to have you here in Deal .

[@petersullivan2837]

I remember the band would start playing this at Deal when they were between the band block and the accommodation, the sound just bounced off the walls.

[@nigelpilgrim4232]

That background of deal barracks bring back memories ! I spent a week there square bashing & basic training in summer 1977 when i was one of afew hundred who spent time there we came from all over country - staying there on a basic training course as just as marine cadets !! The white garages at one side of parade square at the time the household-cavalry were using it, there was the church behind not in the picture but was often used for ironing our blues uniform , mess room was a good food there & a cinema they also shown us training films on safety films eg - how weapons are not used properly etc ..The end of the week we were parading with the junior marine band to the commander of the barracks !!!

[@stevedunne9131]

I grew up watching Thunderbirds, and the fact that the marines play their march is just great. Every time I watch this, and there's been many a time; it really does make my cheeks wobble. Proud to be a BRIT!

[@alex35agm]

Amazing theme from one of the most amazing tv shows of all time.I own all these Gerry Anderson shows on dvd and first saw this at age eight and I still love it.Everyone involved making this and his other shows were geniuses.Plus even the newer CGI version is great.

[@XteamMAB]

My uncle loved this as a kid

[@andy24386]

I was born in 1986, so missed the initial release of Thunderbirds, but got totally sucked in to the awe of it when it was repeated in the 90s and it became all the rage. Love it.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

Born in 88 and was the same! Let me guess, your dad was involved?

[@andy24386]

@TheGroundedAviator No he wasn't tbh, well he may have been, just a little. There use to be a little independent video rental shop about a 5-10 minute walk from where we lived when I was a kid and I distinctly remember us hiring out Bill & Ben the Flower Pot Men (the original show in black and white) and Thuderbirds. It was great being a kid of the 90s because the 80s wasn't so old and was still relevant, but we had all the cool shit happening around us lol. Good Times.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@andy24386 Oh, ok, that's quite a cool story as well. Just the usual one I've heard was kids getting into it through their parent's enthusiasm.

[@carlhenderson1669]

I'm impressed with the Supermarionation in this film. Those puppets look so real, and they finally figured out the realistic walking problem.

[@TralfazConstruction]

The years only add luster to this video and this march.

[@nickhanlon9331]

Charles Tingwell was better known as Bud Tingwell in Australia. He was known as a dramatic actor and he was also a Spitfire fighter pilot in WW2 in northern Australia. He did some comedy spots on the ABC in the 90's. 1923-2009.

[@thepretenda]

That's FAB

[@jacobmutti1528]

what does FAB mean?

[@valentinozoboli4592]

It doesn't actually mean anything, it just sounds cool! Here's an Article on it :) www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/the-mystery-hour/culture/what-does-fab-stand-for-in-thunderbirds-21317/

[@tonkerdog1]

thepretenda like FAB1 or F.A.B Scott or Virgil.

[@Cooliemasteroz]

I thought that FAB means fly all birds.

[@Baardaasvoel]

"Fab" is simply short for "Fabulous"!

[@thekameleon9785]

I remember this as a lil Dutch kid. Awesome display by Royal Marines

[@jonathanpoole5316]

This is what awesome sounds like.

[@MyLateralThawts]

I spent the briefest of time during my military career with the military police in Canada. The symbol we had was the Thunderbird. Surprised they haven’t adopted the show’s theme as the official regimental march.

[@Riku006]

I always loved watching this at the end of that movie when I was a kid.

[@katerinakempb8217]

Damn Thunderbirds, lol best kids programme you could get.

[@sammynatanson8175]

That Is The Thunderbirds 1968 And If Gerry Aderson Was Alive And He Saw This He Would Call It F.A.B

[@gemmaweir5532]

thumderbirds

[@aaronrichardson4396]

Long live the thunderbirds

[@teenagestacker6063]

Always brings a smile to my face!

[@TammoKorsai]

1:24 That made me chuckle.

[@stevesmith1406]

Fantastic linseyc this music is fab makes me tingle every time i listen to it x

[@emverano]

@kelbag07 I thoroughly enjoyed this Royal Marine closing credit when I saw it for the first time when I was in grade school. I absolutely enjoyed it again when I recently purchased a DVD of Thunderbird "Zero-X." Big thanks to your late father! He is watching you and all of the fans of Thurderbird from heaven!

[@SR71ABCD]

Royal Marines really do play good music.

[@notreallydavid]

They do. 'Sunset' - their Big Tune - is a wonder.

[@ianstaines4111]

I always remember being at the Aldershot Army Day when the Royal Marines did this - only 7 at the time, and still one of my favourite memories

[@MatthewsStories]

CHILDHOOD AWAY! i was brought up on the VHS releases of the thunderbirds

[@robnewman6101]

To Alan. the hero of the day. To Alan.

[@blueeyes1502]

Most epic ending ever

[@alexhando8541]

This was filmed at the Music School in Deal.

[@30firebirds]

Stirring and delightful!

[@THaggerty-MusicEd]

I'm hoping to join the band service soon. Had no idea they'd recorded this masterpiece, only makes me want to join more!!!!

[@andrewhamshare2511]

My Dad was cornet, Anthony John Hamshare. From Southampton. Joined up on 1955. Sadly passed away just 3 weeks ago. Hence me watching this vid again for about the millionth time. Andy H

[@AllahDoesNotExist]

@@andrewhamshare2511 you're dad's in happier places now. Not Britain overrun by Allah worshippers.

[@andrewhamshare2511]

@@AllahDoesNotExist nothing wrong with Allah imvho, but thank you for letting me know you're a racist.

[@josephmueller335]

Marvelous absolutely Marvelous

[@MrMoorkey]

Love the sense of humour in the written credits.

[@boydcronin9463]

Happy days happy days

[@anonymousanonymous3127]

Robert Cronin Amen.

[@LFD254]

I remember seeing this at the Crossbay Movie Theater in Queens NY when I was a kid in 1965. GREAT STUFF-thanks for posting it.

[@dorahyeireann256]

The end comment pn closing is very true. How ahead uf the times Gerry and Sylvia Anderson were and with a team of creative professionals

[@brianallen9810]

This takes me back...Thanks love it!

[@marcoantonio-og4hf]

Amasing...so Wonderfull !!!!

[@FinlaysWorld]

We used to request this al the time for Divisions at Dartmouth. Well, either this or The Great Escape! The Band would line up just in front of us before marching on, always loved it with live music.

[@Hagen823]

FAB. Absolute FAB.

[@jennifervonpickartz2428]

Blessings be upon you...

[@TheGlobalNetworkOfficial]

FAB

[@user-nm3fj8qk9c]

いい曲です。

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

shit that sent shivers down my spine, happy days and memories, I had many troubles a s kid, this was one of my escapist moments, that along with Joe 90, space 1999, UFO

[@GoodnightFromHim]

Such poetry in motion

[@Moochtv]

Always thought it was an odd ending yet somehow exceptionable! Cant help but notice the 'THE END' frame was filmed on a clearly rainy day when rest is all sunshine!

[@InfiniteLoop]

I love the national anthem of Great Britain.

[@Cpt50Caliber]

That makes him the most awesome person who ever lived......EVAR!!!

[@Andi090386]

You just can't beat the Royal Marines Band. Fantastic Music mixed with Military Discapline

[@poughkeepsiejohn1]

Love that final caption: since they do not yet exist!

[@NealR2000]

This looks like it was filmed at the band's HQ, Royal Marines Depot, Deal.

[@Trek001]

It was... Two bands were in the recording, HMRMB Portsmouth and HMRMB Plymouth

[@WedgePee]

And 23 years after this was filmed, eleven musicians died in circumstances that are common knowledge.

[@gregr6829]

Barry Gray was an absolute musical genius. :-)

[@Brissieskater1]

Superb performance!

[@johnbennion6290]

Absolutely brilliant

[@lesliemclean4381]

FAB!

[@markhartshorn3476]

Gerry Anderson would approve

[@Elijah.Lionel.Newmacht]

mark hartshorn pretty sure he did it was released with the 1966 film

[@WannabeMarsanach]

He did approve.

[@thetinthdoctor]

It was probably him that decided to put it in the movie

[@lmj9517]

#nostalgia Thunderbirds Are Go!

[@TJ-USMC]

Excellent !!!

[@TheGroundedAviator]

They must have had so much fun doing this!

[@user-deal6364]

The word "Fun " and that parade ground at Deal ... [ and / or the drill shed there.] . NEVER ... went together in the same sentence..In my experience..:)

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@user-deal6364 Fair enough. They probably thought so beforehand as it was new and silly. But from what I hear it's now a tune played by UK military bands?

[@parkersammy97]

This was on the end of my thunderbirds video!

[@newatit665]

Fabulous...that's FAB

[@newcreation07]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Thunderbirds are go!

[@Odessia-ij5ys]

Love this music

[@paulgoode5245]

Class at their best

[@baronvonmaximillionsnell2757]

Top End Band.

[@MegaJustGeorge]

@charliebigcmiller I am so sorry to hear of this, friend - your grandfather was certainly very good at what he did, and he did it well. May he rest in peace.

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

I put forward the motion to have this become the official anthem of the eventual United Earth's Starfleet.

[@benjijack22]

JUST MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertogandolfo5735]

El sonido de mi infancia, gracias por compartirlo.

[@gordonwilliams5394]

Brilliant

[@atm7369]

とても懐かしい