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Does anybody know if Shifrin's STARSKY AND HUTCH theme has ever been released as a recording; 45, LP, CD? As far as I know it hasn't, which is a damn shame since Scott's OK but inferior theme for the same show has been released and covered a dozen times (Why?). I seem to also recall Lalo has a few other now lost but very cool TV themes under his belt; BLUE LIGHT and T.H.E. CAT. And when is someone, anyone, going to release the marvelous TV music of Billy Goldenberg? I hope before I die!
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Couldn't agree more - I don't think I've ever seen even a cover version of Schifrin's theme. Scott's is funky enough, but not really as good (and interestingly enough, Scott's own commercial version of it wasn't as good as those transmitted). To be honest, I preferred Mark Snow's effort to Tom Scott's, but I guess it's the one least likely to be associated with the show.
The basic melody for Schifrin's S+H music (the end titles at any rate) appears in the track 'Turning Point' on his CTI disco album BLACK WIDOW. If you listen to the sample on the amazon.com website you can hear it very clearly. But boy, is it heavily discofied!
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What is the Studio related to STARSKI?
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Yes, Silvestri did three.
Lalo Schifrin (3)
J. J. Johnson, R.I.P. (3)
Mundell Lowe (2)
Jack Elliott, R.I.P. & Allyn Ferguson (6)
Murray Macleod & James Prigmore (8)
Tom Scott (4)
Shorty Rogers, R.I.P. (12)
Andrew Kulberg (5)
Mark Snow (15)
Chris Mickey (2)
Peter Ivers (1)
Alan Silvestri (3)
J.A.C. Redford (1)
Tommy Vig (1)
Bill Marx (1)
(http://tvscoring.150m.com/Starsky.html)
At the time there was no full listing online, so I had to go through the end credits of each episode. Since then it's appeared on IMDb.
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Dec 30, 2014 - 5:09 PM
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John Bender
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Simon, figures BLACK WIDOW would be one of the few Schifrin recordings NOT in my library, but I'll keep an eye out. / And you guys are certainly correct about the pilot episode score being a real monster! I have a CDR with 11 cuts from what I assume to be the pilot or the first episode (do not remember where I got it - maybe Big Jim Wynorski). Titles such as Zebra Theme / Coffin for Stars / Lap-Dance Club / Omaha Tiger. This is very good stuff - sort of a spaced-out, trippy version of his Dirty Harry work. The tracks are lean and sharp. A cut called Silence actually is a bit reminiscent of some eerie phrases heard in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! Lalo seems to be using more synth in lieu of the larger orchestra he obviously could afford working on the Eastwood projects. / G-Money: I agree, I agree - 100%! / Justin, kudos for the determination to get those S&H scoring credits! / I suppose you guys already know this but there is a quite faithful S&H main title cover available as an mp3 download, on Amazon I think. Don't know who made it but "Thank you!" / And Disco, I can't help myself but to point out that you refer to that third pop-group cover by telling us that you "only SAW it once." Apparently, and contrary to protestations, you too can experience music with your peepers.
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I'm looking forward to hearing the scores since it's an aspect of the show I never paid much attention to, outside of the carousel of theme changes.
