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This great theme was re-recorded on an RCA LP in about 1959-60 by Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra on an album called DOUBLE IMPACT, which was later re-issued on CD. The arrangement was pretty faithful, as were most of the other TV themes on the album.
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Bob, as I recall, Bernstein did do a number of the first season episodes (but I'm basing this on distant memories of viewing reruns of this in the summer of '63, beamed into Eagle River, Wisconsin from the one station we could get in Wausau.)
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IMDB
shows:
Riverboat
Series Music Department
Stanley Wilson .... music supervisor (44 episodes, 1959-1961)
Elmer Bernstein .... composer: theme music (31 episodes, 1959-1960)
Gerald Fried .... composer: theme music / composer: theme song (13 episodes, 1960-1961)
You're looking at the Music Dept. credits; the composer credits for episodic scoring, are above under "Series Original Music by". Unfortunately, IMDb doesn't show composers who only did one episodes; those are hidden unless that's the only compsoer submitted to IMDb.
Composers:
Elmer Bernstein (18 episodes, 1959-1960)
Gerald Fried (15 episodes, 1960-1961)
Albert Woodbury (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ruby Raksin (3 episodes, 1959)
Fred Steiner (2 episodes, 1959)
Alexander Courage (2 episodes, 1960)
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Jul 3, 2013 - 3:15 PM
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PFK
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IMDB
shows:
Riverboat
Series Music Department
Stanley Wilson .... music supervisor (44 episodes, 1959-1961)
Elmer Bernstein .... composer: theme music (31 episodes, 1959-1960)
Gerald Fried .... composer: theme music / composer: theme song (13 episodes, 1960-1961)
You're looking at the Music Dept. credits; the composer credits for episodic scoring, are above under "Series Original Music by". Unfortunately, IMDb doesn't show composers who only did one episodes; those are hidden unless that's the only compsoer submitted to IMDb.
Composers:
Elmer Bernstein (18 episodes, 1959-1960)
Gerald Fried (15 episodes, 1960-1961)
Albert Woodbury (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ruby Raksin (3 episodes, 1959)
Fred Steiner (2 episodes, 1959)
Alexander Courage (2 episodes, 1960)
Thanks for the info Justin. I like the series and their scores a lot.
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Here is my break-down of the episode scoring, having scoured the Timeless Media 44-episode DVD package -
1. Episodes with Elmer Bernstein theme and scoring credit -
Payment in Full
The Barrier
About Roger Mowbray
The Race to Cincinnati
The Unwilling
The Fight Back
Witness No Evil
The Boy From Pittsburgh
The Landlubbers
The Treasure of Hawk Hill
Forbidden Island
Three Graves
Hang the Men High
Night of the Faceless Men
The Long Trail
The Quick Noose
The Sellout
2. Theme by EB, but episode scoring by -
A Night at Trapper's Landing : Elmer Bernstein, arranged & adapted by Leo Shuken and Jack Hayes
Tampico Raid : Leo Shuken and Jack Hayes
The Fight at New Canal : Alexander Courage
The Salvage Pirates : Alexander Courage and Al Woodbury
Path of the Eagle : Albert Woodbury
The Face of Courage : Ruby Raksin and Al Woodbury
Strange Request : Ruby Raksin
Guns For Empire : Ruby Raksin and Nathan Scott
Jessie Quinn : Fred Steiner
Escape to Memphis : Albert Sendrey
The Wichita Arrows : Gerald Fried
Fort Epitaph : Gerald Fried
The BlowUp : Gerald Fried
3. The second series, with new theme by Gerald Fried, comprised the following episodes -
The Two Faces of Grey Holden
End of a Dream
That Taylor Affair
No Bridge on the River
Trunk Full of Dreams
The Water at Gorgeous Springs
Devil in Skirts
The Quota
Chicota Landing
Zigzag
Listen to the Nightingale
River Champion
Duel on the River
Of portion 3, all have episode scores by Gerald Fried, except for Duel on the River, which is credited to R. Dale Butts. ( Disclaimer - can't be certain about River Champion, since the end credits were excised on the DVD!)
Of the Bernstein credits, perhaps the most interesting episode is The Race to Cincinnati, in which Monica Lewis, as the resident chanteuse of the Enterprise, sings two songs ("Riverboat" and "Walkin' By the River"), later released on a 45-rpm single.
- JMM.
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