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Not everyone went full tilt boogie after those Bionic Woman releases, did they? 1000 limit and all available. They're great, and everyone should try them.
That's for sure. The 2 CD set "The Film Music of Joe Harnell" is a treasure chest all by itself.
[Updated link for 2023 to The Bionic Woman scores now at BSX]
https://buysoundtrax.myshopify.com/collections/tv-soundtracks?page=6
If the best SMDM cues were collected into a little set, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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Being optimistic, I'm sure that there must be tapes of these scores somewhere, even if they're not the actual masters. Even if they're not complete too.
I'd be genuinely surprised if at least some of this music doesn't appear eventually.
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I may be way off here, but my gut reaction is that, if a set of this could be released, it would turn out to be a pretty big seller. We've talked a lot about how "jazz" scores don't sell, that nobody talks about ZIGZAG and that only twelve people would buy Oliver Nelson's DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER. But I believe that a SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN release would sell for nostalgia reasons more than anything else. There would be the hard core of film score fans who appreciate and love the Oliver Nelson (etc) sound, but I imagine that there would also be a significant number of the casual public who would probably purchase it on memories of the theme alone - without even knowing or caring who "Oliver Nelson" was.
I'm thinking of things like THE SAINT here. Now, I've no idea how that (and similar) releases are selling, but I'm guessing the Edwin Astley completists are a minority within the group of buyers of CDs of that type (?)
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Like I said before, it's either Intrada or nothing because they can negociate with Universal.
Varese doesn't do jazz soundtracks: see the statement of Tom Null.
Who else can do it?
Coincidentally, I watched Cross Country Kidnap yesterday when I picked one episode at random.
Apart from being generally underwhelmed by the episode (as I am these days with many SMDM episodes - what was great in the 70's doesn't always hold up so good today....), I was reminded how the numerous slow-motion scenes provide the opportunity for some decent sustained music to accompany them.
In the 70's, there were a lot of kids in England pretending to be Steve Austin (I remember the press here covering the story of a lad who jumped out of a window resulting in some serious but thankfully non-life threatening injuries, leading Lee Majors to comment that when he was next in the UK, he'd look the kid up....). So I agree with Graham that there's considerable awareness of the series and that some of the music would have a wider appeal than normal.
I also think Joe Harnell's Bionic Woman scoring is underrated too.
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Aug 19, 2012 - 6:29 AM
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Rollin Hand
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I may be way off here, but my gut reaction is that, if a set of this could be released, it would turn out to be a pretty big seller. We've talked a lot about how "jazz" scores don't sell, that nobody talks about ZIGZAG and that only twelve people would buy Oliver Nelson's DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER. But I believe that a SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN release would sell for nostalgia reasons more than anything else. There would be the hard core of film score fans who appreciate and love the Oliver Nelson (etc) sound, but I imagine that there would also be a significant number of the casual public who would probably purchase it on memories of the theme alone - without even knowing or caring who "Oliver Nelson" was.
I'm thinking of things like THE SAINT here. Now, I've no idea how that (and similar) releases are selling, but I'm guessing the Edwin Astley completists are a minority within the group of buyers of CDs of that type (?)
Of course, Astley doesn't sell. Only I buy the whole corpus from his ITC output.
I am a lonely hunter who enjoys tracking rare games in the mountains of soundtracks.
But I agree with you that THE SIX MILL can sell because of the nostalgia factor.
And now, for something different, the season 3 listing:
THE RETURN OF THE BIONIC WOMAN, PART 1
(Oliver Nelson)
THE RETURN OF THE BIONIC WOMAN, PART 2
(Oliver Nelson)
THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
(Oliver Nelson)
THE SONG AND SPY DANCE
(Oliver Nelson)
THE DEADLY TEST
(Oliver Nelson)
DIVIDED LOYALTY (partial)
(Oliver Nelson)
CLARK TEMPLETON O'FLAHERTY
(Oliver Nelson)
THE WHITE LIGHTNING WAR
(Benny Golson)
THE SECRET OF BIGFOOT, PART 1
(Luchi de Jesus)
THE SECRET OF BIGFOOT, PART 2
(Luchi de Jesus)
THE GOLDEN PHARAOH
(J.J. Johnson)
LOVE SONG FOR TANYA
(J.J. Johnson)
BIG BROTHER
(Robert O. Bryant)
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I disagree. Only Jerry Fielding provide the sound of "The Bionic Woman" starting roughly with "The Super Cops".
Harnell simplified it too much and lacks of the original depth of Fielding.
With respect....so what? It's The Bionic Woman. A 70's TV action show.
'Depth' isn't really required in my opinion 
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Listen to the pilot ("Welcome Home, Part 1") and you'll be amazed by the intimistic mood that Fielding provides to evoke the past of the female character and we can listen to a new rendition of a love theme formerly fashioned for Peckinpah's "Junior Bonner". I know that these shades escape you.
And I'm aware that the nature of the series is very prosaic.
Let's get back to THE SIX MILL.
Intrada must contact the OSI: snow white, priority one. 
On the contrary, Fielding's 'shades' don't escape me. Indeed, I'd love for his three(?) BW scores to be released on CD, and I'm sure that'll probably happen too, one day. I just think it's sort of wasted in a formulaic comic book show. These shows required lots of orchestral jazz 'n funk to underpin the action - and the rather insipid drama - and that's what Harnell provided. No more and no less really.
As for SMDM.....I wonder if Oliver Nelson's estate has any 'yay' or 'nay' in whether any of this stuff gets released?
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Apart from Oliver Nelson and J.J. Johnson, Stu Phillips' score for Wine, Women and War was very good too, with some propulsive action cues.
Hopefully that score too survives, somewhere......
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