On the ever-so-annoying TV Mobile is this program called Avventura, hosted by David Rocco and produced by Catalyst Entertainment production in association with Rockhead Productions. (got the info from http://www.outtv.ca/prog/avventura.asp)
Avventura is the usual travel/cuisine show, but you can tell from its name that it’s specifically on Italy. The content is quite bland – the host just walks around, visits seafood markets, cooks and eats calamari – etc.
What I really don’t like, is the theme song. To express my visceral dislike for it, I must write it as such -
the @$()#$ THEME SONG!
A thoroughly annoying tune, scored for the violin on MIDI, written in a AA’BAA’ format. The theme (A), if we have to call it one, is a descending motive comprising of the notes of the first inversion of the tonic. This motive is then parodied (in the musical and literal sense) twice in the submediant. The combination is then repeated incessantly to make passengers uncomfortable with the bus ride, and dispel all notions of visiting Italy and eating spaghetti and whatnot.
(You can hear it at http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/ontv/programmeAtoZ/avventura.htm by playing the video. It’s this faint annoying whine disguising itself as a theme song in the background at the beginning. Warning: might cause nausea.)
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