About 6 minutes of score including Main and End Credits music.
I've recorded a few cues through my photo booth. Excuse lousy sound (adjust levels accordingly), but at least you get the taste until you buy this affordable DVD for yourself. Goldsmith's music and lighter style here is similar to some of his work on the CBS Radio Shows he scored some years earlier and where he got his start. Nice pleasant Jerry. Enjoy!
PECK'S BAD GIRL Episode Intro with Patty McCormack and Main Title Theme Music:
There's a few other short scene bridging cues and a nice Parisian sounding piece playing under dialogue of Torey's mother talking about a young french boyfriend, which carries the seeds of Goldsmith's ANGIE style music.
I believe this is the Series Pilot Episode. In the End Credits of the episode the composer gets a nice card saying: "Music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith"
A CD featuring Goldsmith's Theme and music cues from 14 episodes, would be most welcome!
The back artwork card on the DVD Case makes reference to Goldsmith in the following:
Peck's Bad Girl (1959): Patty McCormack, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the film version The Bad Seed (1956), plays Torey Peck, an all-American teenager - who sometimes puts her at odds with her bewildered parents and her bratty little brother. This sitcom, which ran only 14 episodes, was one of the first which broke down the fourth wall, as Torey speaks directly to the audience throughout. The series' music was provided by Jerry Goldsmith, among the most esteemed composers in Hollywood history.
Speaking of early Goldsmith, Dr. Burbella, did you ever get to listen to the Goldsmith score on that 16mm print of the WORLD IN WHITE pilot that you mentioned a few years back?
Speaking of early Goldsmith, Dr. Burbella, did you ever get to listen to the Goldsmith score on that 16mm print of the WORLD IN WHITE pilot that you mentioned a few years back?
He ran it for us!
Very nice to hear what later became the DR. KILDARE theme.
Zooba you usually unearth special material from those composers I want to hear, even if it isn't super special. But here you hit a wonderfully smooth floating jazz comedy combination that I have never heard before. And THAT is Jerry's hallmark for me, totally unique. Another Jerry Goldsmith gem found by Zooba!
Glad to share this with everyone. My pleasure. Always fun discovering as of yet Unheard Goldsmith Treasures.
What's left? What's something of Goldsmith's you've never heard and always wanted to?
There are some 1950's Radio Shows he scored I still haven't found, like from the HALLMARK HALL OF FAME:
Simon Bolivar Dr. Will Mayo Antonio Stradivarius
From CBS Romance:
Autumn Love Summer Love The Sergeant and the Lady A Quiet Little Party
and his Theme and music from Juvenile Court.
I think he scored one WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (Steve MCqueen) Episodes I never saw or heard. Anyone have a Episode name on that one? And there's a few PLAYHOUSE 90, STUDIO ONE and G.E. Theater Episode yet to see and hear.
What's left? What's something of Goldsmith's you've never heard and always wanted to?
LIGHTS OUT, a TV pilot movie from 1972 about killer dolls, and DUSTY, a TV movie from 1983 that starred Saul Rubinek. Both are uber-rare. Oh, and THE PUBLIC EYE, of course, an unused score so shadowy that some people debate it's existance.
There's plenty of obscure pilots and TV episodes left. And he said (I think it was that long interview on Youtube, made in sections), that he did the music for an audio book (early on in his career).
According to this website this episode on DVD is the third one of the series, Lips that Touch Lipstick, not the pilot (though it has less info IMDb concurs that this is episode 3):
The intro of the episode on DVD does make it feel like a pilot, but I assume this intro was a recurring one during the series. Would be very interested to see another episode to confirm this (and see if Jerry wrote more for the series).
