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Classic Stevens and this score deserves a top tier spot on Justin’s list....:-)
Nope. Didn't even get a second tier spot.
"One For the Road"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNDYZC1BaY
Highlights:
20:29 in: a short piece with woodwinds and an acoustic guitar.
25:33 in: repeating detache cello and snare; it switches to some brass and woodwinds.
An okay episode.
The Dirty Sally character is back. This is her third and final appearance on the show.
When we last saw her, she got false teeth (which she wanted) and Pike was traveling with her. both those are gone now. It's like the writers forgot what happened.
"Yankton"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37npr2po2Pk
Highlights:
About 5:30 in.
8:14 in.
17:27 in.
27:30 in.
40:05 in: a piece with strings, mostly cellos, and a flute. Sorry about that -- episodes are cut off early on some loads.
An okay episode.
About 22:00 in -- I swear that's tracked from another Parker-scored episode.
"Blind Man's Buff"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pPsouz0c0
Highlights:
3:47 in.
About 17:10 in.
32:51 in.
36:44 in.
39:44 in.
I suspect there's more material in here others will enjoy more than I did. I did like some other stuff too, but it was sandwiched in between some harpsichord parts; needs editing, at least for me.
Man, they don't even try to brush Arness' hair anymore. It's like he stumbled out of his trailer after a night of drinking and puts his costume on and that's it.
"Alias Festus Haggin"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCARV799CdI
Highlights:
About 7:30 in.
10:35 in.
13:11 in.
30:37 in.
About 38:40 in. Picks back up at 40:05 in.
That's the third time they've used that stock shot of the horse and buggy.
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SEASON 18:
The opening credits has been re-recorded again and re-shot. The narration has been added back.
"The River: Part I"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fyFgTcstKI
Highlights:
0:18 in. It's a long cue at three minutes in length.
About 7:00 in.
About 14:22 in: a flute quickly plays up and down as brass and timpani play over it.
18:10 in. That's also a nice shot.
About 24:20 in.
About 27:30 in.
About 40:55 in.
An okay episode.
Sexual innuendo with apple pie.
I'll just re-quote myself since it still stands:
"Jack Elam is back, playing yet another character. Hard to miss him, since whatever character he plays, he still has those freaky unkempt eyebrows and one eye that looks another way."
"The River: Part II"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8MuYPNEg4
Highlights:
About 7:15 in.
20:09 in.
24:55 in.
About 29:20 in.
41:12 in: opens with a solo cello, joined by some other brass and an oboe. I don't care for the banjo and staccato woodwinds section.
An okay episode as well.
I think I'll slip this in as a second tier effort, but it's borderline despite the good material.
Matt: "It's easier to read a strange river than it is to try and figure out a woman sometimes. You'll learn more about that when you get older."
"Bohannan"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Eo6nJ_g_4
Some episode titles are in white, some in yellow for some reason. This one is in yellow.
Highlights:
About 3:14 in.
17:35 in: yes, I know it's only a few seconds long, but I like it.
Around 14:40 in.
16:43 in.
25:12 in. A short but nice transition cue.
29:21 in.
Around 35:00 in.
Around 40:30 in.
"Judgement"
By: Leon Klatzkin
I'm only bringing this up because this is his final effort for the series.
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: more Parker, another Shores, and a new composer.
I'm going to be behind next month. So far I won't be able to get online for two days, so no reviews on October 9 (Monday) and Halloween (Tuesday).
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Ahhh - a "new composer" - at last!
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I had extra time today, so two or three more reviews than I normally could have done.
"The Drummer"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Jp-Jss7cM
Highlights:
2:30 in.
9:10 in: opens with some amusing "wah waaahhhhh" music for Festus, before transitioning into strings and woodwinds.
12:48 in.
15:59 in.
24:24 in.
About 28:00 in.
32:33 in.
About 38:50 in.
42:47 in.
An okay episode.
Shay: "It's hard to believe ... I mean, ah, there must be something wrong with all the males in Dodge City if a woman as beautiful as yourself is still single"
Miss Kitty: "Well, mister Shay," after exchanging glances with Matt, "of Wister and Company of San Francisco, you may have stumbled on, ah, ah great truth. There is one male in this town who has a very serious problem in that direction."
"Sarah"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaIQcPnt54
This is Immel's first effort for the series.
Highlights:
0:22 in.
About 17:29 in.
23:11 in: a soft theme with a bass flute and acoustic guitar.
27:41 in.
29:28 in: two flutes and a guitar for a lovely listen.
32:24 in.
34:33 in.
39:18 in.
42:11 in.
An okay episode.
A second tier effort.
"The Fugitives"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUUHtLEea6M
Highlights:
About 19:35 in.
Somewhere around 21:30 in (yeah, I'm lazy and don't want to go back).
About 24:01 in.
27:20 in.
34:32 in.
About 39:20 in: soft brass and woodwinds playing the series' theme.
Festus is shot in the back. This is the first time I've really scene Festus get hit bad.
Another Festus relative mentioned: "Grandpa Hog Haggin".
This is a Festus quote you just have to hear him say and see him speak: 40:20 in.
"Eleven Dollars"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWos-ERSE10
This episode title is in red. Don't recall seeing that before.
Highlights:
About 0:22 in (though I think this is tracked from another Parker-scored episode).
About 3:55 in.
11:47 in: whimsical woodwinds with a farting tuba.
About 13:50 in.
About 17:35 in.
About 20:04 in.
22:38 in. And after the commercial break.
About 32:05 in.
An okay episode.
Festus: "I'm gonna prove to you folks I'm crammed neck high with personableness."
"Milligan"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LwY4-wI-Vg
Highlights:
About 2:15 in.
About 6:20 in.
About 10:30 in: opens with a vibraslap, some spaced timpani, anvil taps, detache cello bass and some other things.
About 19:50 in.
42:08 in.
A good episode.
Harry Morgan guest stars. Some of you know him as Sherman Potter from "M*A*S*H".
I swear that's the same house from the last episode, some painted differently and the outside re-arranged a little.
Man, they hung a cat!
I don't like the Burke character. They snuck him on episodes ago. He's bland, unmemorable, and not missed when not used.
The opening cue is tracked from another Parker-scored episode, but I don't recall which.
The vibraslap has become a staple in western scores, but it's only reared it's head in the last season or two.
"Tatum"
By: Richard Shores
Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohxtwCGeoY
A top tier effort.
Featuring a beautiful soft theme on a bass flute with mournful strings. One of the best things he did for the series, in my opinion.
The volume is low, you'll need to turn it up.
I recall the episode being good, too.
"The Sodbusters"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhR-3ikFQYY
Highlights:
About 1:40 in.
About 19:40 in.
About 29:09 in.
38:00 in.
A mediocre episode.
"The Brothers"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2FRXynPXU
Highlights:
0:23 in.
About 20:20 in.
A mediocre episode.
"Hostage!"
By: Elmer Bernstein
https://ok.ru/video/5456783280781
This is Bernstein's only effort for the series.
Perhaps one of the most violent episodes of the series, Kitty finds herself not only beaten violently until black & blue, but also shot in the back, almost killing her. Needing a particularly dramatic and dark score, I feel Bernstein did not deliver. The score is uncharacteristically light, emotionally unconnective, and in spite of his ability to make small ensembles sound bigger, the score sounds like it's small in size. Add to that an overall weak effort, and it's not rather surprising why -- aside from what ever fee or schedule scoring other things -- he wasn't asked back.
I made a suite simply because of his fan base, which I am a part of.
Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OO5dbw18Bo (turn the volume up)
(EDIT: Somebody on Youtube tells me on Klatzkin is tracked in the episode, so the above suite my feature a little of him)
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: More Parker, another Immel, and a new composer. Maybe another Shores.
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"Jubilee"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_3w8oRIroY
Highlights:
14:46 in.
Around 20:20 in.
About 30:00 in. I think this might be tracked though.
A borderline poor episode. Another horse racing episode.
It's hard for me to identify new pieces as the theme heard is from another Parker-scored episode, so I don't know how much of this is tracked or if it's new material using the old theme. Heck, I think I hear score from another two episodes he scored as well. I wonder how much, if anything, is new.
"Arizona Midnight"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfeZnOHFKw
Highlights:
About 3:40 in.
About 4:50 in: Arizona's theme. More at 14:26 in.
21:00 in: plus after the commercial break.
About 26:10 in.
Abut 31:10 in: continues after the commercial break.
An amusing episode.
We learn Kitty's real name: Kathleen.
Another Festus relative mentioned: a cousin named Elvin (my guess at the spelling). You'd think Arizona was populated by Festus relatives.
"Homecoming"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpej9VJr5-s
Highlights:
41:20 in: Some warm fuzzies for Christmas. This is the only time I can recall a holiday being seen on screen. More at 42:35 in, which closes out the episode.
Nothing else stood out for me. There's nothing really wrong with the score per se.
An okay episode.
"Shadler"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZzLizaY7Y
Highlights:
About 4:49 in.
7:36 in: brass and cello bass.
30:00 in.
32:47 in.
A good episode.
"Patricia"
By: Jerrold Immel
New link as of January 18, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elxdm9sQm0w
Newly falls in love and asks a woman to marry him. We know what happened the last time a character did that...
Highlights:
8:14 in: a montage cue -- music only (no SFX). A little under a minute as tornado survivors are tended to.
About 13:00 in, and after the commercial break a lovely piece with trembling strings and trembling woodwinds, with an acoustic guitar and a bass flute playing over it.
About 16:40 in.
19:37 in: a bittersweet piece with a repeating acoustic guitar and a clarinet as Doc examples a blood sample.
28:25 in. It's a long cue. More after the commercial break. If those harpsichord parts were layed over, it would be nice to have these cues without them.
33:51 in.
37:41 in: also has more of the acoustic guitar and bass flute. Reminds me of a cue from Morricone's score to "The Mission" (the acoustic guitar and bass flute parts).
About 42:30 in.
A good episode. And sad episode.
A tornado. Probably the only episode with one.
A top tier effort from Immel. It was a smart move to hire him. It's a shame he retired early from scoring.
"Quiet Day in Dodge"
By: Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtFh6xZ_dJQ
This is Broughton's first effort for the series. According to Broughton in an interview, this was his first credit on anything and indeed it was. Assuming he didn't do any documentaries.
Broughton is also scene playing a piano in the episode (at: 43:56)
Highlights:
9:00 in.
41:34 in.
"You wanna help with one or two of them?"
"Whelan's Men"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-_CvLGx0E
Highlights:
4:40 in. I think this is tracked.
14:18 in.
26:14 in: another montage cue.
36:59 in.
A good episode.
The series and the way it uses its main characters has certainly morphed since I began the reviews. The main hero of this episode wasn't Matt and not a single shot was fired.
That opening cue is tracked from another Parker-scored episode, but I don't recall which.
"Kimbro"
By: Richard Shores
https://ok.ru/video/5496325606029
This is Shores' final effort for the series. Ten total.
It's a shame. If he was going to continue scoring like he had for the last two or three episodes, I would have liked him to continue.
The episode title is in green.
Highlights:
23:35 in.
About 34:20 in.
About 36:55 in.
38:19 in.
4053 in: this is an example of the possibly tracked music, but I wanted to include one just incase, so you can hear it. It's those six notes with soft brass.
An okay episode.
That music from an unknown Parker-scored episode, tracked into this episode as well (three times). Hell, I hope I'm not confusing it and it's tracked from a Shores-scored episode. If these are original pieces just re-using a theme, then count them all as highlights.
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: a new composer, and more Parker. That will be the final new composer. But rest assured after I am done with episodes, there is still more to discuss and other names to bring up.
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"Jesse"
By: Martin L. Klein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXvk-EhyPZo
This is Klein's first effort for the series.
Highlights:
About 16:40 in: a nice piece with acoustic guitar and harmonica with some cello bass.
About 34:00 in.
36:38 in.
About 39:15 in.
About 42:25 in.
A good episode.
"Talbot"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9-da8gNAds
Highlights:
About 25:35 in.
42:07 in.
An okay episode, but really not worth your time.
"This Golden Land"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kXE6Wvkax4 (low volume)
Highlights:
1:09 in.
10:12 in.
About 23:10 in.
Richard Dreyfuss guest stars. He does a good job, but I think his talent was wasted in this episode.
That' it for today. Seems every time I get ahead, I fall behind and today is a fall behind day.
Tomorrow's roaster: Parker and Immel.
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SEASON 19:
"Women For Sale: Part I"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6PdW8mRGRc
This is the only episode I have scene that opens with narration. It also mentions President Lincoln.
Highlights:
0:15 in.
About 10:58 in.
12:40 in: some jazz feel in this cue.
17:31 in.
22:37 in.
About 36:15 in.
A good episode.
A second tier effort from Parker. Maybe a top tier, but there were so many bad edits it ruined pieces.
"Women For Sale: Conclusion"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzX1U8ZrlSw
Highlights:
About 4:56 in.
19:50 in.
25:46 in.
34:24 in.
38:15 in.
I appreciate the story and what it tried to do, but when you tell a story like this, it's hard for me to believe that a character like Matt could witness all this and not change him and have him take a new turn in life to fight this.
Matt: "Who are you?"
"A damn fool."
"Matt's Love Story"
By: Jerrold Immel
New link as of January 18, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1vlJ0xkxN8
Highlights:
2:50 in.
7:30 in: kind of reminds me of some of the low-key stuff from one or tow parts of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".
10:56 in: A short cue with the series' theme.
22:22 in.
About 24:20 in.
24:47 in.
45:45 in.
A good episode.
Matt gets some. And yes he did -- one of those terrible TV movies shows he had a daughter as a result
I'm thinking maybe a second tier spot.
"Boy and the Sinner"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XontTFfJd7Q
Highlights:
11:00 in.
About 19:50 in.
22:58 in: Bill's theme (the sinner), this time with a trumpet. More 23:25 in.
About 35:00 in.
39:55 in.
42:08 in. It's a long cue and comes in three parts, with the last being a fun upbeat piece.
An okay episode. I think Arness has sobered up some; he's looking more presentable and not as drunk.
I'm thinking maybe a second tier spot.
Bill: "I guess if you look hard enough, you can find a place for anything in this world."
"The Widowmaker"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP-Pz2mNmLw
Highlights:
About 2:40 in.
About 4:09 in: some long cello bass lines with some woodwind touches and a percussion instrument.
7:12 in.
17:38 in.
20:35 in.
25:51 in.
Around 31:40 in: an acoustic guitar with clarinets
36:17 in: a long cue -- almost six minutes long, with a dramatic section for a showdown.
A borderline good episode.
The people in town have certainly changed; they aren't the group of assholes they were seasons ago, and now Dillon can refer to it as a quite town.
Another stock shot of a horse and bugger entering town; used at least twice, though maybe more.
A second tier effort from Immel, with some material easily making a top tier spot.
Doc: "It would be a great world ... if everybody got what they deserved, wouldn't it?"
"Kitty's Love Affair"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH0yQeiBdD4
Well, Matt had his love story, and now Kitty's gonna have her affair.
Highlights:
9:09 in: a nice arrangement of the series' theme, as Kitty has had enough with Matt and leaves without him. Yeah -- the series went there.
30:43 in.
41:15 in: a subtle suspense piece slowing building up to some scraped strings and a church bell.
About 44:40 in.
Damn that drinking has aged Arness fast. Look how grey his hair is.
Well, I spoke too soon -- the town has reverted back to a bunch of assholes. They've even got torches!
Kitty: "I know what that badge means to you, to this town. To everyone. And I'm thinking of us. I was just a kid when we met, Matt, and I was going to live forever. I knew how things had to be with us, and it was all right, but I thought that ... someday, some far-off someday, things will change. Matt, my somedays are almost gone."
"The Widow and the Rogue"
By: Jerrold Immel
Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZFvnrYBMA
I don't want to go through the whole episode again to hear if this gets a top or second tier spot, but based on the fact I ripped it for a suite and I re-listened to it just a minute ago, it sounds like another fine effort.
"A Game of Death ... An Act of Love...: Part I"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evb40xLUVnw
Highlights:
4:25 in.
10:51 in. More about 12:00 in.
About 15:15 in.
33:17 in.
I guess the show runners noticed the hair, too -- dye job in this one.
Bear: "They don't need jailin', they need killin'."
"A Game of Death ... An Act of Love...: Conclusion"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVPTacWWqg
Highlights:
About 14:00 in.
32:06 in.
40:15 in.
An okay two-parter, in my opinion.
This two-parter is the second-to-last of nineteen episodes Morgan Woodward was a guest star in, playing different characters. His last one, in the final season, is award-winning in my opinion, though this character shares some similarities.
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: more Immel, a Parker, and a Klein.
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"Lynch Town"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_07cvoEro
Highlights:
About 3:15 in. Total obscure Boggan mention: the first five notes of the theme in this episode are the same as the first five notes from a theme George Romanis did for that one episode of "CHiPs" he scored, "Volunteers" (a nice score I'd like to own).
12:54 in.
About 27:48 in.
33:50 in.
About 42:15 in.
41:52 in.
A good episode. I think the pairing at the end would have made an interesting spin-off series.
I think this should get a second tier spot.
"The Hanging of Newly O'Brien"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQtOYJbDBY
Highlights:
3:50 in.
8:54 in. Though I'm pretty sure this is tracked.
10:18 in: a menacing slowly building piece with brass and woodwinds and some scraped strings around the end. I wonder if this is the same one with scraped strings I mentioned in another review.
13:00 in.
15:12 in.
About 19:40 in.
21:05 in: a nice quiet piece with a flute and clarinet, leading to some light menacing brass.
About 31:30 in. It's a long cue, at over five minutes in length.
42:54 in: a nice outro cue.
A good episode.
I think I'm going to give this a second tier spot.
I appreciate the comedy of Festus, but he's become a walking comedic provider in the last couple or so seasons, a far cry from what he was. He's certainly morphed away from where he began.
I also like how something that was mentioned in another episode, is actually continuing: Doc IS training Newly to be a doctor and it sure seems to me he was being set up to take over for Adams should the actor pass away or become unable to keep up his role. Doc even references the episode that began it.
I think this is the only time I've seen Doc get shot.
"Susan Was Evil"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QqkyqiU2M
Highlights:
About 9:39 in.
About 18:15 in.
40:11 in.
42:22 in.
I guess it's a good episode.
The opening cue is surely tracked from "Lynch Town".
"The Deadly Innocent"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY-dYmO2ZfE
Highlights:
0:30 in.
About 2:30 in.
Somewhere around 12:00 in.
About 15:30 in.
21:35 in.
29:50 in.
An okay episode.
"The Child Between"
By: Martin L. Klein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSuKYh_5GYk
Highlights:
22:31 in.
28:14 in.
29:03 in.
About 40:00 in.
An okay episode.
Newly continues doctoring.
"A Family of Killers"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaYoGFB8ZZg
Highlights:
3:34 in.
About 4:40 in.
21:35 in. More at 28:43 in.
31:12 in.
34:43 in. Picks back up at 36:04 in.
37:15 in.
Around 42:00 in.
An okay episode.
Certainly a second tier effort. Almost enough to make it a top tier.
"Like Old Times"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF9mr78WWZA
Highlights:
17:30 in.
19:53 in.
28:25 in. And after the commercial break.
32:27 in.
36:41 in. Immel sure likes that little flute motif, since he's used it in a few episodes now.
Another opening cue that is tracked. It's either Parker or Immel. The next cue is might also be tracked, since that's the opening five notes from the theme from "Lynch Town" (unless Immel borrowed it from Parker). If it's a coincidence in theme use, consider all the cues I didn't mention that have it, highlights.
How in the world does Festus not recognize a wanted poster of a man he was accused of being and almost died over several episodes ago?
Ben: "You lost some weight, doc."
Doc: "Ha. Yeah, ah, fair exchange for all the wisdom I've gained."
Kitty: "Everyone is getting married around here except for me."
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: more Parker and Immel, and a Klein.
32 episodes remaining.
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"Town Tamers"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=redh4liTj4o
Highlights:
26:26 in. Though I think that may be tracked from an earlier episode score. And the piece right after the commercial break.
32:43 in.
About 36:18n in.
About 42:15 in.
An okay episode.
"Foundling"
By: Martin L. Klein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFFYgrr4mFI
This is Klein's final solo effort.
Festus found somebody is a cave late at night in a thunder storm, now Matt finds somebody in a cave late at night during a thunder storm.
Highlights:
27:11 in: surprisingly more complex than it needed to be; just when I thought it was going to die out, it came back and closed up the cue.
An okay episode.
Sam the bartender is missing. He was missing a few episodes ago, but I thought he'd be back. Nope, not so far.
"The Iron Blood of Courage"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://ok.ru/video/7166790797965
Highlights:
0:29 in.
3:17 in.
23:39 in. A closing for the cue at 26:43 in, if you need one.
38:47 in.
40:45 in.
42:23 in: featuring a rather powerful brassy closing.
An okay episode.
I think I'll give this a second tier spot.
"The Schoolmarm"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OO8Lz5LA7U
Highlights:
0:29 in.
About 9:40 in.
About 13:00 in.
20:46 in.
A mediocre episode.
I swear the cues at about 4:00 in, about 23:40, and 37:25 in are tracked from another episode.
"Trail of Bloodshed"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ccMSk0kxg
Highlights:
43:41 in: brass, snare and strings for some dramatic tension.
An okay episode.
I'm pretty sure a couple of cues in here are tracked from another episode (either Parker or Immel). It's tracked three times.
Minus the tracked stuff and you got a short score.
"Cowtown Hustler"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=butNJ1kje9Q
Highlights:
8:25 in.
About 20:05 in.
A mediocre episode.
The opening cue is tracked. The same theme tracked again, tracked in "The Schoolmarm" just two episodes prior.
Then the next cue is tracked to, with that theme from "Lynch Town". Used five times.
"Here, honey, buy yourself a smile."
"To Ride A Yellow Horse"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFyBOAsOL64
Opened the episode with a stock shot. I think that cue is tracked, too.
Unfortunately, this is the episode later on with Chester, but turns out to be an inaccurate IMDb listing; it's a character with the name Chester. IMDb requires one to be a registered paid user or something else I can't do, in order to correct it. However, I found a way around it by simply adding the character's last name to the episode page. So in a day or two it'll be corrected.
Highlights:
About 5:05 in.
21:45 in.
An okay episode.
There's that theme from "Lynch Town" again. Is this tracked? Or has this become Parker's equivalent of the Danger Motif? I guess Burlingame might know.
"Disciple"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DopUZ3W6s4
Highlights:
About 1:15 in.
7:00 in: some quiet cello work, with sudden loud ascending brass. About 8:10 in, this time in reverse.
12:35 in: strings and an acoustic guitar as Matt leaves town, having resigned.
24:23 in and after the commercial break.
About 34:45 in.
Abut 40:25 in.
It's been a while since Matt has been shot.
Stock shot of a horse and carriage.
I think the opening cue is tracked, so I didn't mention it. And that friggin' cue tracked three times in a previous review above, is back (twice) -- too much!
And there's that theme from "Lynch Town" again, though this time I think it certainly is tracked. Now I know how Parker did all that scoring -- tracking.
"Sonny, you just missed the Devi's supper by that much."
That's almost it for today. I'm going to do the first episode of the next season today.
Tomorrow's roaster: more Immel, more Parker, and more Broughton (including, in my opinion, one of his best for the series).
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SEASON 20:
"Matt Dillon Must Die!"
By: Jerrold Immel
Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FQ8V4UzTCo
Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNf3hXu_n0
Alternative episode link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qWwKDkup-E
Much like "Chato", I'm probably biased about both the score and episode. Simply put, if there were a Top 10 list of episodes, this has got to be in it.
Morgan Woodward stars as Abraham Wakefield, the father of boys whose wife was murdered and went on a rampage killing people over it. However, he never got over her death and drifts away into silence or talking to his dead wife. And he's mighty strict; when he speaks, you mind him. Award-winning acting, in my opinion.
(there was on character, a son, whose acting wasn't up to snuff)
The score is a top tier effort, easily one of the best of the series. It's nervous, aggressive, with suspense and tension, and had a little harpsichord for when Abraham is remembering his wife. Features a memorable nine-note theme.
Both the score and episode are highly recommended.
There's been a major cast shake up: Amanda Blake, who played Kitty, is gone. She's no longer in the series. She did come back for one of those terrible "Gunsmoke" TV movies.
Abraham Wakefield: "There's a darkness hanging over me, Annabel. And a cold wind a blowin' on my dreams. The enemies are lurin' our boys away, killin' them off sos I don't have no family left to help me hold a sword over your grave."
Jacob Wakefield: "Pa, you all right?"
Abraham Wakefield: "I'm gonna have to be terrible hard on Abel and Isaac, Annabel; gonna have to put the lash across them before they all get killed."
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"Town in Chains"
By: Jerrold Immel
http://youtube.com/watch?v=heptNUZ8gdA
Highlights:
0:30 in.
About 1:50 in.
About 14:15 in.
18:39 in. And after the commercial break.
24:29 in.
About 37:30 in.
40:45 in.
A good episode.
How painfully obvious that one of the guest stars had all his lines re-dubbed by somebody else.
Matt: "Takes more than sipping tea cups to be a lady."
"The Guns of Cibola Blanca" (Doesn't say "Part I" on screen)
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzTkwhPZP0
Highlights:
About 0:35 in.
Around 10:20 in. And after the commercial break.
15:08 in.
19:05 in.
26:12 in.
34:17 in.
About 40:10 in.
41:25 in.
I think Kitty's departure from the series was late in the game. Obviously the redheaded lady dressing like Kitty and named Matty, with Doc, was meant to be Kitty. This must have been written sooner than later.
A second tier effort.
"The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Conclusion"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscpWxx7mTM
Highlights:
18:01 in.
About 20:45 in.
26:48 in.
About 35:40 in (has that annoying synth sound described below; I hope that was laid over, so it can be removed).
About 39:17 in.
Secret Talking 101: As soon as the door shuts on the person you don't want to know what you are saying, immediately speak and assuming he's not listening at the door.
I think this is the only time I've seen Doc kill somebody.
I hate that synth sound he used as an instrument in some cues. It's like it's from a 16-bit game score.
"Thirty a Month and Found"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhY9A85ONVI
This episode features an actual title card. Previously I mentioned one titles cards, but there was never a title on them. This one has a title card on a screen grab with a picture frame around it.
There's also a closing narration. The only episode I've seen to do that in the closing.
Highlights:
About 0:28 in.
10:22 in.
28:10 in: guitars and a shaker for tension.
A good episode. A commentary on how times change and how some people don't and simply get pushed out.
Actor Gene Evans guest stars again, as another character. This is his final one. He's no stranger to starring in projects scored by Immel.
Yep, "The Hanging of Newly O'Brien" was Sam's last episode. The character was in "Susan is Evil", but played by somebody else. This effectively has removed Kitty's bar -- a place they used to hang out in all the time. No on-screen mention of the departures.
"Young feller ... you're old enough to do something else. Do it."
"The Wiving"
By: Bruce Broughton
https://ok.ru/video/5456731114125
Highlights:
5:57 in.
8:22 in.
9:57 in.
About 23:50 in: a slow piece with an acoustic guitar and woodwinds.
41:43 in.
A fun episode. The happiest kidnapping ever.
Harry Morgan guest stars again. This time playing a character who will be back in another episode.
Sounds like another guest star had her voice dubbed over.
Now we know who has the Long Ranch now, but no explanation why. She's also a redhead.
It's not strong enough over all for a second tier spot, but if there's a third tier, it would go there.
"The Iron Man"
By: Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rmESRCHXoc
Highlights:
About 20:40 in.
23:56 in.
About 29:30 in.
About 38:20 in.
About 42:31 in.
Can't mention the action bits around the end in the climax, since they are tracked from "Matt Dillon Must Die!".
"The Fourth Victim"
By: Martin L. Klein & Bruce Broughton
Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn7PFUSXdhI (turn up the volume -- it's quiet, until about 7:00 in when I jumps up in volume)
This is the episode I was thinking about earlier in the reviews. Newly is reading off a list of jurors in an old trail from years ago, and reads of f the name "Chester Good". Matt says:
"He used to work for me here. He was before your time. He left, I think right after the trial."
And before that Newly reads off Quint Asper -- the blacksmith who became a main character for a year or two and friends with Festus, played by Burt Reynolds. So, what happened to him?
"He was a blacksmith here. He went to California about ten years ago."
Both make sense. Quint had spoken about California and I thought where ever his character went, it might have been to California to try for the gold rush. Quint's life was kind of getting suckier and it's not a shock he left Dodge.
The score is a restrained tension-filled work with dramatic highlights. It's certainly the best thing, in my opinion,Broughton has done thus far in the series.
That's it for today.
Tomorrow's roaster: more Broughton & Klein, more Immel, and more Parker (including his final effort).
I'll probably be done Sunday with the episode reviews.
EDIT:
I've been reading a "Gunsmoke" forum. Amanda Blake -- Mitty Kitty -- was fired. The mistake was realized and it was intended that she be re-hired for season twenty-one, but the season didn't happen (apparently scripts were already in the works).
And just as I suspected, a number of scripts were already written and included her, so they had to be re-worked some.
Her character left town and handed over the Long Branch (not selling it).
Also, the actor who played Sam died, that's why Sam disappeared.
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"The Tarnished Badge"
By: Martin L. Klein and Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXLbbnZ7gUQ
Highlights:
18:22 in.
About 21:13 in.
32:28 in.
37:48 in.
A good episode.
"In Performance of Duty"
By: Martin L. Klein and Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7OSwR8pDl8
Highlights:
29:08 in. And after the commercial break.
About 32:50 in. There's some silence for a number of seconds, then it comes back for the verdict reading.
About 35:42 in.
38:33 in.
Once again action material from "Matt Dillon Must Die!" is tracked into the climax.
"Island in the Desert" (Doesn't say "Part I" on screen)
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHWQDf4YaSY
Highlights:
0:29 in.
2:39 in. What's the name for that string playing technique Immel is using here? It's a long cue, about four minutes in length.
7:39 in. More dissonant strings and woodwinds.
10:05 in.
About 12:29 in: some low timpani rolls with low brass.
16:35 in.
35:23 in.
40:02 in.
41:58 in.
A good episode.
That's pretty much every single bit of score. This is a top tier effort. One of the best scores of the series.
"I still got enough sense to spit down wind."
"Island in the Desert" (Doesn't say "Conclusion" or even "Part II" on screen)
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crI3LXi41LQ
Highlights:
6:17 in.
7:50 in. And after the commercial break.
9:46 in.
11:32 in.
14:46 in.
17:32 in.
26:23 in. And after the commercial break.
32:02 in. And after the commercial break.
38:35 in.
42:25 in.
A good episode. Don't need a train to have a good multi-parter.
Festus states the year as 1873, which again contradicts passed stated years and events in history. My general estimate is it's probably about 1885, give or take.
Again, that's damn near every cue.
"The Colonel"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4nbFSSqN5s
Highlights:
0:28 in.
12:13 in.
27:22 in.
31:12 in.
About 36:40 in.
38:56 in.
A mediocre episode.
Festus finally wins at checkers against Doc, but he had help.
Man, two stock shots in a row. Lazy.
Doc: "It's no small thing for a man to die happy."
"The Squaw"
By: John Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZovvFC3RIjo
This is Parker's final effort for the series.
Yet another episode that shares the same name as an earlier episode.
Highlights:
4:03 in.
Around 5:00 in.
17:53 in.
41:42 in.
Again, score from "Matt Dillon Must Die!" tracked into three places, including the climax (the producers must have been very happy with that episode score...). Pretty sure I hear some other Immel score tracked in, maybe from "Island in the Desert". Not a fitting end for Parker; did they replace his music? Did he not score these?
Squaw: "I am not going to help you to escape. The best way I can help you, is to do nothing."
"Woman ... that makes about as much sense as puttin' a milk bucket under a bull."
"The Hiders"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1lFGhwM_4
Highlights:
5:15 in.
18:05 in.
19:31 in.
31:45 in: an acoustic guitar and a bass flute, with some light string work.
I guess it's a good episode.
That's it for today. Ten episodes remaining, since I forgot about "Mannon".
The roaster from now on: more Broughton & Klein, and more Immel. Except for "Mannon", which I need to find a load of (still can't).
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"Larkin"
By: Jerrold Immel
Highlights:
2:29 in.
4:15 in.
5:34 in.
16:50 in. And after the commercial break.
19:26 in.
Once again, score from "Matt Dillon Must Die!" is tracked in, in multiple places.
"The Fires of Ignorance"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C21FbX4hpxc
Highlights:
0:27 in.
About 31:25 in.
38:32 in.
About 42:00 in.
A good episode.
Doc says there was no medicine in Dodge until he came, and that there was no law until Dillon came as well.
"The Angry Land"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fDXsiKSgHg
Highlights:
8:45 in.
A mediocre episode.
Score from "Matt Dillon Must Die!" is tracked in.
"Brides and Grooms"
By: Bruce Broughton
https://ok.ru/video/5010682088077
Highlights:
20:53 in.
28:22 in.
37:37 in.
About 41:30 in.
Harry Morgan returns, as well as the other characters, from "The Wiving".
Gunsmoke fans have rated "The Wiving" as one of the worst of the series. Odd, considering it's not bad and kind of fun to watch. This follow up, however, is awful. Take my word for it.
Another Festus relative mentioned: Uncle Lazarus Dinglefoot.
"Hard Labor"
By: Martin L. Klein and Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9YImltACtI
Highlights:
2:55 in.
33:48 in.
A slow, but good episode.
Part of "Matt Dillon Must Die!" is tracked in here as well.
"I Have Promises to Keep"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjP9tA5X5Y
Highlights:
6:27 in.
12:44 in.
16:58 in.
19:23 in.
22:21 in.
25:58 in. And after the commercial break.
32:21 in.
35:16 in.
40:47 in.
An okay episode.
Doc: "Every time I see a free drink, I think of Festus."
"The Busters"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRwSqP2DQ9o
Highlights:
Around 34:30 in.
41:02 in.
An okay episode.
Guest starring Gary Busey before he became all weird and funky looking/acting.
Score from "Matt Dillon Must Die!" is tracked again.
Also, score from the previous episode is tracked as well.
"Manolo"
By: Jerrold Immel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5brrImp_c
Highlights:
5:29 in.
Around 15:40 in.
About 24:00 in.
About 27:50 in.
A very mediocre episode.
That's it for today.
Two episodes remaining, but "Mannon" is one of them. I can't find it at all. I suspect since Kitty says the word "Rape" that Youtube/Google is blocking the video. They've been on a tear for over a year now blocking videos that they don't like the content of, removing videos they don't like the content of, de-monetizing videos they don't like the content of, etc., regardless of whether it's copyrighted or not. They really want to piss Youtube content providers off something fierce apparently.
By the way, if you'd like to hear something else from Immel, here is a rarity -- finally -- after years of looking, an episode of "The American Girls" got loaded to Youtube, and it's the pilot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81KbSWF-0Ms
Talk about forgotten and obscure.
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"The Sharecroppers" (final episode)
By: Martin L. Klein and Bruce Broughton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8hhzhlYGI
And so these are the composers who get the honor of scoring the last episode.
Highlights:
35:22 in.
42:17 in.
A very mediocre episode. And that's what the series goes out on. No trains, no two or three-parters, just this. It's a shame it didn't get another season -- the series was getting much better episode-for-episode. Earlier reviews, you may recall, were one mediocre episode after another, but now it's mostly good (which is a catch-all I use, even if some are better than "good").
For now I have to conclude it and go on with finishing thoughts and the other stuff I hinted at, since I cannot find a load of "Mannon".
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I can't believe I finished this in forty days. It ate up a large portion of my time and I had to put things on hold that I wanted to do.
Anyway, below is a list episode scores that should be on CD:
"Speak Me Fair"
By: Rene Garriguenc
"Unloaded Gun"
By: Lyn Murray
"The Tall Trapper"
By: Bernard Herrmann
"Little Girl"
By: William Lava
"Chester's Dilemma"
By: Fred Steiner
"Wagon Girls"
By: Fred Steiner
"Call Me Dodie"
By: Fred Steiner
"Big Man, Big Target"
By: Rudy Schrager
"Seven Hours To Dawn"
By: Morton Stevens
"Ten Little Indians"
By: Fred Steiner
"Kioga"
By: Lyn Murray
"The Raid: Part II"
By: Franz Waxman
(might as well just tack on the score from the first part, even thought Part II's score is better)
"Honor Before Justice"
By: Lyn Murray
"The Brothers"
By: Franz Waxman
"The Jailer"
By: Morton Stevens
"Gunfighter, R.I.P"
By: Ernest Gold
"Wrong Man"
By: Irwin Kostal
"Whispering Tree"
By: Jerry Goldsmith
"Muley"
By: Morton Stevens
"Ladies from St. Louis"
By: Morton Stevens
"Cattle Barons"
By: Morton Stevens
"A Hat"
By: Harry Geller
"Major Glory"
By: Morton Stevens
"Wonder"
By: Morton Stevens
"Baker's Dozen"
By: Johnny Parker
"The First People"
By: Johnny Parker
"Lyle's Kid"
By: Johnny Parker
"Zavala"
By: Johnny Parker
"Slocum"
By: Johnny Parker
"Stryker"
By: John Parker
"Danny"
By: John Parker
"Chato"
By: John Parker
(I'll be mighty pissed if this doesn't recieve a full score release)
"Snow Train: Part 1"
By: John Parker
(and Part II)
"Mirage"
By: John Parker
"Waste: Part 1"
By: Leon Shuken & Jack Hayes
(and Part II)
"Trafton"
By: John Parker
"My Brother's Keeper"
By: John Parker
"Gold Train: The Bullet: Part I"
By: John Parker
(and Part II and Part III)
"P.S. Murry Christmas"
By: Richard Shores
"Hidalgo"
By: John Parker
"The River: Part I"
By: John Parker
(and Part II)
"Bohannan"
By: John Parker
"Sarah"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Fugitives"
By: John Parker
"Eleven Dollars"
By: John Parker
"Tatum"
By: Richard Shores
"Patricia"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Kimbro"
By: Richard Shores
"Women For Sale: Part I"
By: John Parker
(and Part II)
"Matt's Love Story"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Boy and the Sinner"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Widowmaker"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Widow and the Rogue"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Lynch Town"
By: John Parker
"The Hanging of Newly O'Brien"
By: Jerrold Immel
"A Family of Killers"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Iron Blood of Courage"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Matt Dillon Must Die!"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Guns of Cibola Blanca"
By: John Parker
(and Part II)
"The Fourth Victim"
By: Martin L. Klein and Bruce Broughton
"Island in the Desert"
By: Jerrold Immel
(and Part II)
"I Have Promises to Keep"
By: Jerrold Immel
MAYBE'S (or fillers if a "Volume 1" comes out and "volume 2" is planned; filler isn't meant insultingly):
"Long Hours, Short Pay"
By: Fred Steiner
"Lacey"
By: Nathan Van Cleave
"Cale"
By: Fred Steiner
"I Call Him Wonder"
By: Nathan van Cleve
"Extradition -- Part 1"
By: Fred Steiner
"Blue Heaven"
By: Fred Steiner
"Crooked Mile"
By: Rudy Schrager
"Doctor's Wife"
By: Rudy Schrager
"Two Tall Men"
By: Fred Steiner
"The New Society"
By: Fred Steiner
"Malachi"
By: Morton Stevens
"Hostage"
By: Harry Geller
"Harvest"
By: Harry Zimmerman and Willis H. Schaefer
"The Mission"
By: Fred Steiner
"Quaker Girl"
By: Leigh Harline
"Moonstone"
By: Morton Stevens
"Mr. Sam'l"
By: Johnny Parker
"Abelia"
By: John Parker & Leon Klatzkin
"No Tomorrow"
By: John Parker
"Yankton"
By: John Parker
"Blind Man's Buff"
By: John Parker
"Alias Festus Haggin"
By: John Parker
"The Drummer"
By: John Parker
"Arizona Midnight"
By: John Parker
"Jesse"
By: Martin L. Klein
"Kitty's Love Affair"
By: Jerrold Immel
"A Game of Death ... An Act of Love...: Part I"
By: John Parker
(and Part II)
"The Deadly Innocent"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Child Between"
By: Martin L. Klein
"Like Old Times"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Disciple"
By: Jerrold Immel
"Town in Chains"
By: Jerrold Immel
"The Wiving"
By: Bruce Broughton
"The Iron Man"
By: Bruce Broughton
"The Colonel"
By: John Parker
"Kitty Shot"
By: Bernard Herrmann
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