Dig the Quincy Jones “Ironside” and some dope reworkings we found in the ecrates:
Once again, big up to Bboy Dakota X aka Danny the Dog of Sofia, Bulgaria for dropping this joint into our Bboysounds group on Soundcloud!
The original funked-out jam came to the world courtesy of entertainment legend Quincy Jones (@quincydjones), and we all loved RZA’s (@rza) use of the sample in Kill Bill Vol. 1.
The opening theme music was written by Quincy Jones and was the first synthesizer-based television theme song, though in 1971, Jones recorded a fuller four-minute band version for the album Smackwater Jack. This recording was then edited and used for the opening credits of the fifth through eighth seasons (1971-75). (The entire album track can be heard in the fifth-season episode “Unreasonable Facsimile” as Ironside and team track a suspect on the streets of San Francisco.) In addition to the opening theme music, Quincy Jones composed the entire score for the first eight episodes.
Check out this soulful version from the Alan Tew Orchestra:
…and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s (@rpoonline) TV version:
…as well as this dope bboy version mashed up against classic joint “Drop” by Timbaland & Magoo, thanks to DJ Didac, with a Free DL!:
