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Admittedly I've never seen the series, but I've skimmed some episodes to hear score while in the process of trying to solve the IMDb credits, and I liked what I heard and knew I'd have to come back to it to hear more. Some famous composers were involved in the scoring of the series.
The theme is by Stanley Wilson.
SEASON 1:
"A Princely Sum"
By: Jack Hayes & Leo Shuken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0wqw3KOwxE (NEW link as of Jan. 18, 2022)
https://archive.org/details/markham-d/markham+disc+1_2.avi
Highlights:
0:00 in.
9:37 in. It's going to be nice to have this cue; especially since it fades out early.
11:49 in.
18:44 in.
20:40/24:00 in.
"Woman of Arles"
By: Johnny Williams
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c9nt5
https://archive.org/details/markham-d/markham+disc+1_3.avi
According to Thor, this is Williams' only effort for the series.
Highlights:
0:00 in.
4:45 in.
6:40 in. Unfortunately, half of it is buried under SFX a good deal.
16:37 in.
21:22 in.
24:07 in.
This is a fine score.
"Paris Encounter"
By: Jack Hayes & Leo Shuken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqSNvHC-Hks
https://archive.org/details/markham-d/markham+disc+2_1.avi
Presumably their final episode; not all episodes are up and some have the end credits cut off, so I have not been able to solve the composer on every single episode.
Highlights:
1:09 in.
4:30 in.
10:00 in.
11:25 in.
14:27 in.
17:42 in.
"The Marble Face"
By: Conrad Salinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduhEW7yyEM
Highlights:
0:14 in.
2:36 in.
6:14 in.
8:37 in.
13:29 in.
16:40 in.
19:57 in.
22:00 in.
I've heard next to nothing by this composer, so it's a find that this is a good score.
"The Human Factor"
By: Johnny Mandel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqtJy3-Uf9A (NEW load as of April 9, 2019; time stamps may not link up)
Highlights:
0:14 in.
2:59 in.
10:17 in.
14:12 in.
22:30 in.
25:17 in.
Another fine score.
(Did he also score that commercial at 2:00? Perhaps the classiest beer commercial music ever. And the orchestral backing to another beer commercial at 14:45.)
(Is the piece at 27:40 original? Another beer commercial.)
NOTE:
The pilot was episode thirty-seven ("Eye for an Eye") of the series "Suspicion". No composer is credited.
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Coincidentally, I was browsing some of his instrumental albums yesterday, since I was not familiar with his output in general, and yes, I do hear a good deal of similarities.
Yes, I listen to all the cues from start to finish that I note the times of; ones I don't note, I tend to not listen all the way through because I don't care for them.
Like I said, the music often just doesn't go with the on-screen actions. This is no slight on the compositional abilities; he certainly was masterful at what he did and he took some chances.
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Continuing SEASON 1:
"A Coffin for Cinderella"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c9n8y
https://archive.org/details/markham-2/markham+disc+7_4.avi
Highlights:
5:51 in.
11:22 in.
14:20 in.
17:37 in.
25:40 in.
I had to skip these; NO LOADS FOUND.
"Deadly Promise"
By: ?????
"One for the Money"
By: ?????
"Image of Love"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUz0czlZuM
Highlights:
0:00 in.
4:06 in.
6:04 in. Strings and harp.
7:57 in.
10:51 in.
14:21 in.
17:23 in. Reminds me of Herrmann, the wandering contrabassoon work.
22:38 in.
26:48 in.
A fine score. The first time I've been able to say this about any Esquivel episode score. I think I mentioned every cue.
Considering the level of cheese in each episode before hand, this is a surprisingly more intellectual and dramatic (cerebral).
"Sanity, what's that? Intellectual clarity? A balanced perception of the realities?"
"The Long Search"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_MF-ooF3-I
Highlights:
0:00 in.
13:35 in.
16:10 in.
16:55 in.
21:35 in.
"A spider's web can hold the universe, Mr. Markham, if God wills."
I had to skip this one; NO LOAD FOUND.
"The Shape of Evil"
By: Presumably No Composer Credited
"The Searing Flame"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Ns4DtX24 (the volume is a little low, and the hiss is very noticeable)
Highlights:
1:48 in.
9:47 in.
15:00 in.
24:17 in. And right after it is a bumper for the show I don't recall hearing before.
This is the least enjoyable score from him so far.
I had to skip these; NO LOADS FOUND.
"Fateful Reunion"
By: ?????
"The Last Oasis"
By: ?????
"Anxious Angel"
By: ?????
"The Sitting Duck"
By: ?????
"The Snarled Web"
By: ?????
"Coercion"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYF7umK12HU (the volume is a little low on this load)
Highlights:
1:19 in.
3:02 in.
5:46 in.
6:23 in.
7:25 in.
9:34/12:00/14:30 in.
15:34 in.
22:05 in.
And the end credits in. Am I wrong, or is this a new arrangement with a different opening?
Tomorrow I finish the series. Of course I mean I finish the episodes I could find.
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Continuing SEASON 1:
I had to skip this one; NO LOAD FOUND.
"The Man from Salzburg"
By: ?????
"The Silken Cord"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c9mc0
Highlights:
0:05 in.
1:57 in.
3:00 in.
5:09 in.
7:32 in.
9:09 in.
9:51 in.
12:46 in.
14:42 in.
15:26 in.
17:30 in.
18:46 in.
21:01: in.
That's nearly every single cue. A good score.
Hearing a score like this, it's a wonder he didn't turn up as a composer on other series once in a while, like "Mission: Impossible".
"Escorts a La Carte"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Qvs4R8U4c
Highlights:
2:32 in.
5:23 in.
15:52 in.
22:20 in.
I had to skip these; NO LOADS FOUND.
"The Cruelest Thief"
By: Juan García Esquivel
"13 Avenida Muerte"
By: Juan García Esquivel
"A Cry from the Penthouse"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfb-OYBEt0 (NEW link; times may not line up)
Highlights:
1:34 in.
6:30 in.
12:08 in.
16:25 in.
20:53 in.
21:58 in.
"The Young Conspirator"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6uWBrJ3p5g
Highlights:
1:27 in.
5:35 in. A long cue, at four and-a-half minutes in length.
11:42 in.
14:18 in.
22:10 in.
23:07 in.
Paper boys named Jimmy shouldn't hang around Markham; last one died.
I had to skip these; NO LOADS FOUND.
"The Country Mouse"
Juan García Esquivel
https://archive.org/details/markham-2/Markham+disc+12_3.avi
"Crash in the Desert"
By: ?????
"Counterpoint"
By: ?????
"The Snowman"
By: ?????
"The Bad Spell"
By: Bob Thompson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itLrj10zPuM
https://archive.org/details/markham-2/Markham+disc+12_4.avi
I forgot about him. This is presumably his only effort for the series.
Highlights:
0:00 in.
5:03 in.
15:08 in.
18:15 in.
23:26 in.
(Is that music being "played" from an LP at 14:06 an existing instrumental piece?)
I had to skip this one; NO LOAD FOUND.
"The Man from Salzburg"
"A Matter of Identity"
By: ?????
And so concludes the series.
If all goes well on my hunt Sunday or Monday, the next series I cover will a MRAUDIO-friendly show.
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Check out his jazz score for that episode.
I know I'd pick up a copy of scoring from the show. Can't say everybody else would. Hell, if the original "Mission: Impossible" show scoring is selling poorly, there's not much hope for this.
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Continuing SEASON 1:
Doubling back to an episode I missed.
"The Cruelest Thief"
By: Juan García Esquivel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78xu8MQYtM
Highlights:
0:00 in.
10:08 in.
12:50 in.
16:40 in.
20:54 in.
22:24 in.
NOTE:
I have updated all the links I could.
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Jan 27, 2020 - 5:14 PM
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manderley
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Justin Boggan.....I remember watching a lot of the episodes of this series 60 years ago. I don't think it ever had a network re-run, but I think the episodes went into local syndication for awhile.
It starred Ray Milland, who was still an important big-star name for TV in those days, and I loved watching it because it was produced so well and seemed so classy. You speak of it being only one season, yes, but those days were very different from these days, so there were actually 59 episodes, running from approximately May of 1959 through September of 1960.
I was drawn to it particularly because in the first episodes, Milland wasn't happy with the scripts and production so he asked his long-time director friend, Mitchell Leisen (who was, sadly, in his last years of success) to come on board as a director and give the show some class. Leisen did come on board and shoot a number of episodes (I think, possibly 11-15) and the staging and style of the show did improve.
The week-to-week guest list of stars and character actors is a who's who of the people working from show-to-show in those days. I see that the ratings for this series on IMDB is 8.8 so there must be others who were very fond of it as well.....
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