Radio commentator Glenn Mitchell said 'The theme tune, with its rumbling introductory notes suggesting the rolling waves of the on-screen title sequence remains distinctive, as does the full incidental score, comprising numerous cues that in each case represent some part of Crusoe's existence. The English-language version's theme music, which the BBC requested before they would buy the serial, has been praised. The production concentrated not only on events on the island but included Crusoe's other adventures, told in flashback. Reverberi replacing the music composed by Georges Van Parys for the French/German original. This English dubbed version produced by Henry Deutschmeister also had a new musical soundtrack composed by Robert Mellin and P. It was first aired in the UK in 1965 as a 13-part serial. The show was first aired in Germany in October 1964 under the title Robinson Crusoe as four 90-minute episodes by co-producers ZDF television, and syndicated in the USA the same year. FLF Television Paris) and based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ( French: Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë) is a French- German children's television drama series made by Franco London Films (a.k.a.

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