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SEASON 1:
I bet some of you forgot that the series not only didn't start out with a theme by Post & Carpenter, but it didn't start out with them scoring the episodes, either.
Both were provided by Ian Freebairn-Smith.
There's nothing wrong with his theme for the series, in fact, even after the openign credits was replace, his end credits theme was still used the whole first season (except episode four), it's just that the Post & Carpenter theme had the right drive and excitment to kick off every episode and fit the show like a glove.
For some reason, as his IMDb page shows, his scoring career was short, which is sad, given the quality of his work displayed below.
Note: Most loads are in French.
"Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 1" (1.1)
By: Ian Freebairn-Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjNZASjNGHs (in French)
Highlights:
6:00 in. Ian Freebairn-Smith's theme is jazz and swing oriented, with an eight-note theme.
9:47 in.
14:41 in.
16:37 in.
31:11 in.
That's the majority of the score I cited.
For the guys here: 14:32 in. You're welcome.
"Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 2" (1.2)
By: Ian Freebairn-Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMP_8ubFLw
Highlights:
3:37 in. The disco source music.
10:20/12:46 in.
20:19 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
38:07 in.
"China Doll" (1.3)
By: Ian Freebairn-Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBZF6Jbri0
Highlights:
11:11 in.
1840 in.
21:29 in.
29:56 in.
31:11 in. Funky, brassy and strings car chase music.
36:20 in. Congas, drum kit, grass and some piano.
45:46 in.
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too" (1.4)
By: Ian Freebairn-Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bVMSZwQjfg
And the theme has been replaced, though the images we associate with it, are not yet all there.
Highlights:
29:06 in.
30:10 in.
37:15 in. Cool. I swear I hear the Ian Freebairn-Smith theme being played around with in this cue.
45:22 in. The special end credits arragenment of "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
Note: Several years ago I have asked and Freebairn-Smith agreed to an itnerview. Then he fell off the radar and two or three e-mails got no response from him. A few years after that he showed up on the video I made for a score suite from this episode and said the score is not by him. But he is the credited composer on the episode, so there can only be three explanations:
1: He's simply forgotten and he did do the score.
2: His score was rejected and his name wasn't removed from the credits (like an episode of "In the Heat of the Night") and the score is by somebody else.
3: Some score was replaced with either new material or tracked material from something else. And he didn't listen to all the suite and heard material not by him.
I suspect the answer will be uncovered by La La Land Records one day.
I can't say anything I hear strikes me as being by Mike Post, thouhg you never know -- could very well be.
What ever the situation, this is the last episode to credit him. A shame, as I would have been happy to have heard more episode scores by him.
"No Need to Know" (1.5)
By: Mike Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neV9ZoHBxnk
NBC purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPyU3IRKL7E
Highlights:
2:06 in.
23:32/39:25* in.
30:20 in.
* = Heard pat of that, just arranged with different instruments, in "CHiPs" (Volume 1).
"Skin Deep" (1.6)
By: John Cacavas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eL2polsQ0w
NBC purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqZ1IhGwt0
Highlights:
20:14 in. The music in the fake TV show.
37:39 in.
41:10 in.
There's barely any score in the episode, which is unusual for Cacavas. Yes, it's entirely possible he didn't do much score, but given his body of work I have ehard from TV shows to TV movies, it's probably likely most of his score was dropped and hence why he didn't do anymore.
Cacavas' person l website lists doing "Multiples" for the series, so I suspect multiple rejected scores.
For the guys here: 36:10 in (and after the commercial break). You're welcome.
Special note at the end of the episode:
This episode is dedicated
to camera technician
ROBERT VAN DER KAR
who died during its filming.
"The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii" (1.8)
By: Mike Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-he2rkbOE8
NBC purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZhQacuUE_w
And for some episodes, the Ian Freebairn-Smith theme is back for the opening credits for some reason. I have a theory, which I'll spell out at the end of this batch.
Highlights:
0:58 in. And this is unmistakably Mike Post "Magnum, pi" work.
19:27 in. Using the Post/Carpenter theme. Keeps going after the commercial break.
32:35 in.
"Missing in Action" (1.9)
By: Mike Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDo2-PpF5H8
NBC purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVnDUKkMgsU
Highlights:
5:04 in. Using the Post/Carpenter theme.
9:03 in. Using the Post/Carpenter theme.
23:35 in.
28:31 in.
40:27 in. Also using the Post/Carpenter theme.
"Lest We Forget" (1.10)
By: Mike Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIbkby6c-U
NBC purchase link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4i5m4nhSQU
Highlights:
5:03 in.
15:56 in.
36:49 in. Steady militaristic snare, and patriotic-sounding somber brass work, for a war memorial.
43:02 in.
"The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club" (1.11)
By: Mike Post and Frank Denson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXP_YpIoQmo
NBC purchase link: No link readily found.
And the Post/Carpenter theme is back.
Highlights:
7:57 in.
18:53 in.
20:56 in. And after the commercial break.
33:17 in.
46:19 in. I know it's a short outtro cue, but I like it.
I've dedicated this batch solely to efforts not by Post & Carpenter (though I've included solo Post efforts). Episode seven had no composer credited, but given every single other episode did, I suspect a last-minute replacement or a composer who had their scored so mangled that they didn't want their name on it.
I should note that there was another episode that had somebody else credited with Mike Postm, who was not Pete Carpenter (and not Frank Denson), which I saw on a re-run on TV, but going through the episodes online (which are probably all sourced from the DVD's or Hulu or some online site once-upon-a-time), I could not find it. This is the second time I have seen something on TV with a credit that I could later not find. I'm sure other older members who watched a lot of TV, have a story like this to tell. I'm sure I saw a "V", so it was probably Velton Ray Bunch, who did uncredited work on the show (just one of many composers Post took under his wing, who came out solid; well, not ever single one...).
What I suspect on the theme switching: There was no theme switching, I believe. I think episodes were aired out of the order scored; the ones using the Ian Freebairn-Smith theme were before Post & ?Carpenter come onboard.
I further suspect any composer, be it Ian Freebairn-Smith or somebody else, who scored those episodes, had their scored tossed and they were re-done by Mike Post, who then under time crushes brought Pete Carpenter onboard. Just a theory.
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Fixed now.
By the way, I'm taking opinions: For another TV series I want to do, should I just link to suites I made from most episodes, or should I cited highlights within episodes? Please let me know!
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To continuing the thread?
To the scores in general?
Or to my question?
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I´d buy a "MAGNUM, P.I."-set in a New York second.
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Edited the post.
And yes, there was a thread in the last few months on the Blade Runner piece.
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That's as far as I can go right now. Hope it catches the ears of some who've not heard any scoring from the show before!
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