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SEASON 2:
Only season two is available at this time.
The show, with the exception of two one-off composers, was made up almost completely of "Dynasty" composers. The theme, also by Bill Conti, opens the same way as "Dynasty" but them goes into its own thing.
Multiple characters from "Dynasty" made appearances. Some characters from this show crossed over into "Dynasty" or made appearances.
This was the only spin-off show from "Dynasty", though the Aaron Spelling series "Hotel" was intended as a spin-off, with Fallon going over to that show and presumably running the hotel (as in "Dynasty" she gets bored with her life and Blake gives her a hotel to run, probably as a lead in to this series).
However, Pamela Sue Martin didn't want to do it. Reading about why she left the show, it seems the reasons -- and there are others -- was two or three: She was bored with "Dynasty", she was hard to work with, and she had a drug and/or alcohol problem.
I assume that had she done the series, Conti might have done the theme and it might have opened with the "Dynasty" opening piece. (the "Hotel" theme was ultimately done by Henry Mancini)
I'd love to do "Hotel" at some point, but I don't have any plans right now to do so.
NEW DRINKING GAME: Every time Ricardo Montalban says some word in a weird/interesting way, take a drink.
"The Gathering Storm"
By: Dennis McCarthy
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3M-SwXCYAI
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3p7gKH5H8
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGEP2uaUzI
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkunZZUgQp8
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREIPEZJAqE
Highlights:
Part 1:
0:00 in.
3:40 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
4:42 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
8:53 in. Continued in Part 2.
Part 2:
1:32 in.
3:35 in.
5:38 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
7:16 in. Brief statement of the theme.
Part 3:
0:00 in.
6:38 in. And the cue after the commercial break.
9:39 in. Continued in Part 4.
Part 4:
7:45 in. McCarthy could have been doing stuff like this for season eight of "Dynasty" if they hadn't slashed the budget!
Part 5:
0:00 in.
0:30 in.
5:22 in.
6:33 in.
For the guys here: 5:15 in (Part 3). You're welcome.
"No Exit"
By: Ken Harrison
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG6Dd5AiUMA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4YAGeV-WQw
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzo1RJJGFOk
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC6PRuTLYSI
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6l-Q7xEu9c
Highlights:
Part 1:
3:26 in.
6:15 in.
7:33 in.
Part 2:
0:00 in.
0:55 in.
10:15 in.
Part 3:
2:22 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
6:19 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
Part 4:
5:15 in.
6:38 in.
8:45 in.
Part 5:
0:00 in.
6:12 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
"Jason's Choice"
By: Dennis McCarthy
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GdwBpeT9yQ
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExaw4XIZlw
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DT78IsGtMw
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeM8kvFtk_0
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFmYDrBmnsU
Highlights:
Part 1:
2:52 in. Oh, man! Remember when TV scoring could sound like this?!
4:32 in. Joining a cue already in progress. Featuring a theremin.
7:29 in.
Part 2:
1:58 in.
4:00 in.
Part 3:
0:00 in.
2:36 in.
4:18 in.
5:39 in.
9:20 in.
Part 4:
0:00 in.
4:38 in.
6:49 in.
7:55 in.
Part 5:
0:00 in.
0:44 in.
2:35 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
4:22 in.
This score was not nominated for an Emmy or any other award! In fact, no scores from this show were.
I haven't heard the Emmy winner from 1986 (covered in the Dynasty" thread), but I want to crown this one the winner.
I know I didn't say it in the "Dynasty" thread, but I'll say it here: the complete score should be released! In fact, I may have cited 99% of the episode score anyway.
"The Matchmaker"
By: Ken Harrison
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMA67wI1oxg
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqLzl5RioE
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNlEUPlU_FY
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjaBdC6G1Vg
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmOFM03lW4
Highlights:
Part 1:
3:03 in.
5:15 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
6:32 in.
7:24 in.
Part 2:
0:00/1:40 in.
5:15 in.
7:28 in.
Part 3:
1:55 in.
3:37 in.
7:41 in.
9:07 in.
Part 4:
0:00 in.
4:48 in..
Part 5:
2:30 in.
5:43 in.
"Something Old, Something New"
By: John E. Davis
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57in38IkPo
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSYdVHgwhGg
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHN6tJMlY78
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2H6wMmQLU
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6od3GRSxqLQ
Highlights:
Part 1:
0:28.
3:04.
Part 2:
3:13 in.
Part 3:
5:00 in.
Part 4:
5:07 in.
Part 5:
2:00 in.
"The Gala"
By: Ken Harrison
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-XYLfYmPc
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2Y1Qn1M0s
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13QiGFqCOCM
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjW3St2piPs
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-SaKDVJcjI
Highlights:
Part 1:
3:48 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
Part 2:
2:08 in.
Part 3:
0:05 in.
Part 4:
4:48 in.
9:32 in. Could have come out of a "MacGyver" episode.
Part 5:
1:45 in.
5:38 in.
7:19 in.
So, how to describe the scoring of the show? I think sumptuous, lush, theme-driven, elegant, beautiful, is a good way.
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Stephanie Beacham. Roar!!
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SEASON 1:
Proper full loads of season one are ow up. Please disregard and earlier post with broken up edited links (unless at some point I have to say that this new channel is deleted).
"The Celebration"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3olrEooV8A
Highlights:
About 1:40 in.
3:26 in.
9:38 in.
15:40 in.
16:55 in.
18:26 in.
23:50 in.
About 28:00 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
29:18 in.
32:15 in.
34:50 in.
36:47 in.
45:50 in.
For the guys here: 36:57 in. You're welcome. Try to contain yourself.
"Conspiracy of Silence"
By: Angela Morley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBcn0V9vL1c
Highlights:
About 9:05 in.
About 12:40 in. And that short cue after the commercial break.
About 16:10 in.
17:54 in.
28:15 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
33:25 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
40:45 in.
42:27 in.
About 45:10 in.
As pleasant and professionally crafted as the score is, I'm not sure how much -- if anything -- I'd include on a set of season one scoring.
(NTM: 37:37)
"Moment of Truth"
By: Duane Tatro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knja3kwpqA4
This is the only effort for the series by Tatro.
Highlights:
3:12 in.
12:18 in.
22:05 in.
27:55 in.*
35:43 in.
38:18 in.
41:09 in.*
I'm not sure how much of this I'd include on a set of season one scoring. Certainly any highlight marked with an asterix.
For the guys here: 9:45 in. You're welcome.
"Last time, on Dynasty Two..."
(yeah, they apparently waffled on the name of the show)
"The Family Album"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl8IrdxAhd0
Highlights:
3:25 in.*
9:50 in.
15:02 in.
23:18 in.
24:38 in.
29:11 in.
34:54 in.
44:08 in. There's a brief lull and the continues.
* = You know, Jeff looking through the photo album brings up two things in my mind: He's looking at old photos, so that should be the original actress who played Fallon. Just sayin'.
And two: When do they ever have time to take photos? Aside from press op's, when does that ever happen? They're constantly going from one dramatic conversation/situation to another, and then a car crash.
"Shadow of the Past"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UfMiYtIWKw
Highlights:
3:22 in.
9:24 in.
13:14 in.
Around 18:00 in.
21:08 in.
23:35 in. Exciting horse chase music (for about the first two minutes of the cue).
26:50 in.
35:47 in.
38:14 in.
46:15 in.
"A House Divided"
By: Angela Morley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Sl7LxcEng
Highlights:
0:00 in.
3:30 in.
5:21 in.
7:26 in.
About 20:15 in.
25:22 in.
27:29 in.
About 31:30 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
41:12 in.
For the guys here: 34:39 in. You're welcome.
And 44:50 in. As annoying as I find Sable, she's got some serious boobs going on.
Pitch Meeting Guy: "Oh, false rape memories to mislead people into continuing to tune in are tight."
"The Reunion"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHC6-oQDPRE (audio is slightly out-of-sync)
Highlights:
3:42 in.
15:30 in.
16:38 in. Legs ahoy.
22:13 in.
24:59 in.
37:27 in.
About 42:22 in.
47:00 in. Joining a cue already in progress.*
(NTM: 33:04, 36:08)
* = CinemaSins voice: "Tommy, how's the peeping?"
"Fallen Idol"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNyTwmn5bM
Highlights:
3:07 in.
4:40 in.
8:28 in.
16:16 in.
20:29 in.
25:42 in.
41:48 in.
(NTM: 14:15, 25:25 / 44:50)
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Continuing SEASON 1:
Sorry, I forgot to mention that you may sometimes see something at the end of an episode like: (NTM: 10:13)
Those mean "Note to me", so please disregard. For those who just gotta know why I make those notes to myself, they're usually just notes of small bits of scoring I might include in a suite later on, or gifs or screen grabs I might make. There is no big secret where you decode it and it tells you to drink more Ovaltine.
Or is there? MUWHAHAHAHA.
"The Letter"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypVzXh8EDA
Highlights:
3:23 in.
9:59 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
13:57 in.
15:34 in.
23:55 in.
29:16 in.
44:00 in. Joining a cue already in progress. To the end of the episode.
38:20 in: His dramatic head turn reminds me of this:
(NTM: 13:12)
"The Turning Point"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MPrq7ZEHA
Highlights:
3:22 in.
8:35 in.
14:19 in.
17:54 in.
21:44 in.
23:30 in.
25:09 in.
30:10 in.
36:17 in.
37:05 in.
(NTM: 14:07)
"Thursday's Child"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9FDC7MBRLk
Highlights:
3:09 in.
7:27 in.
8:05 in.
13:20 in.
20:01 in.
24:42 in. Joining a cue already progress.
29:50 in.
32:10 in.
38:54 in. Joining a cue already progress.
43:45 in. Joining a cue already progress.
"The Pact"
By: Ben Lanzarone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-F2fIe5Do
This is Lanzarone's only effort for the series. There are no further one-off composers on the series.
Highlights:
3:15 in. Lanzarone makes sure to go grand and show off for the opening cue.
17:01 in. Joining a cue already in progress for that brief bit of borderline cool.
18:18 in.
20:46 in.
22:35 in. Joining a cue already in progress for the somber string work. And the short cue after the commercial break.
26:05 in.
34:54 in.
38:40 in. The club source music.
(NTM: 32:20)
"Fallon's Choice"
By: John E. Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwvL46jhQik
Highlights:
3:08 in.
11:12 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
17:47 in.
23:00 in.
24:52 in.
27:46 in. Angry car driving music, with a driving rhythm reminiscent of "North By Northwest".
39:23 in.
45:00 in.
(NTM: 33:57, 36:10, 43:45, 46:40)
"The Trial"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9z7wHet8LA
Highlights:
2:55 in. Dennis plays so beautifully with Conti's theme.
5:05 in.
14:21 in.
17:15 in.
21:00 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
27:20 in.
31:58 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
46:57 in.
(NTM: 8:40, 10:35, 29:56, 36:20)
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Continuing SEASON 1:
"Burden of Proof"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc5e_zcYQ-A
Highlights:
2:58 in.
4:35 in.
9:40 in.
16:29 in.
22:20 in.
26:10 in.
29:08 in. And the cue after the commercial break.
38:20 in.
41:18 in.
44:05 in. Including some fight.
"You're reputation comes into a room ten minutes before you do."
(NTM: 15:57, 15:38, 24:24)
"My Father's House"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uNvtsfJvCg
Highlights:
3:12 in.
18:38 in.
26:52 in.
32:10 in.
41:50 in.
44:33 in.
46:17 in.
On a set of season one scoring, I'm not sure how much of this I would include. Certainly I'd include the first highlight.
(NTM: 15:47)
"The Outcast"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjveaO_UeOY
Highlights:
3:25 in.
17:27 in.
21:33 in. Joining a cue already in progress.
25:28 in.* And the romantic cue after the commercial break.
33:55 in. And the party source music after the commercial break.
40:19 in.
45:07 in.
* = CinemaSins voice: "Tommy, how's the ease droppin'?"
Sable: "Ease dropping, Connie? Maybe we should get the key holes raised to eye level; it would be easier on your back."
Jason: "I'm an art collector; I'm expected to admire beautiful things." (to Sable)
"The Wedding"
By: Peter T. Meyers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_X6OQzSSQU
Highlights:
3:21 in.
9:44 in.
15:25 in. And the cue after the commercial break.
24:07/33:13 in. Fuck yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
Around 25:30 in.
28:11 in.
About 35:00 in. Just like Meyers pulled off fantastic wedding music in an episode of "Dynasty", he manages to do it again. To the end of the episode. I waited and waited for men with guns or a bomb or something. It is a soap wedding, after all.
For the guys here: 6:50 in. You're welcome.
"The Honeymoon"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWW-NGo6IIA
Highlights:
3:01 in.
6:02 in.
11:21 in.
18:59 in.
19:59 in.
24:01 in.
28:40 in.
31:05 in.
36:02 in.
39:54 in.
46:47 in.
(NTM: 35:40)
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Finishing SEASON 1:
"Double Jeopardy"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukL0mCOPf0
Highlights:
3:20 in.
5:41 in.
8:31 in.
14:24 in.
18:05 in.
26:24 in.
30:44 in.
32:02 in.
33:43 in.
38:36 in.
(NTM: 47:08)
"A Family Affair"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSRAsINM2IY
Highlights:
3:02 in.
5:11 in.
14:39 in.
16:04 in.
17:37 in. Sorry, but if you listen to this cue you're going to have to cringe at the dialogue. Not as bad as George Lucas SW prequel dialogue, but still...
21:14 in.
23:00 in.
36:03 in.
36:44 in.
42:25 in.
45:15 in. How to look like you are acting: Squirm around and look like you're slowly pooping your pants in small spurts.
(NTM: 47:22)
"I must be loosing my hearing; I could have sworn you said something nice."
Out-of-context quote...
"There's room for two..."
"The Reckoning"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kwmvm7u43s
Highlights:
3:27 in.
8:40 in.
11:10 in. Joining a cue already in progress for the ethnic material.
16:20 in.
20:47 in.
24:04 in.
26:37 in.
29:59 in.
32:22 in.
37:07 in.
45:25 in. Why do we have to freeze frame on him when he looks like he just unexpectedly shit his pants?
(NTM: 44:08)
"Anniversary Waltz"
By: Dennis McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho4jV4Hm7Qc
Highlights:
3:16 in.
6:35 in.
14:14 in.
17:30 in.
19:09 in.
20:35 in.
22:00 in.
32:19 in. And the lovely somber party source music that immediately follows it.
37:02 in.
39:37 in. To the end of the episode; almost ten minutes long.
(NTM: 16:44)
Out-of-context quotes...
"I've got something for you..."
"I'm not hungry, but I sure am curious."
"Checkmate"
By: Ken Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazqY2Wg4bo
Highlights:
2:49 in. Good stuff, but it doesn't go with what's going on on-screen until well over a minute in.
10:08 in.
22:11 in.
25:11 in.
About 28:40 in. Well, they've upgraded from emotionally unstable driving to emotionally unstable flying.
33:07 in.
34:40 in.
35:57 in.
41:00 in.
43:43 in.
46:29 in.*
I must say I like the old scheming lady and her battles with Sable.
* = Geez, Alexis' sister is just as horrible as Alexis.
And that concludes the series. Only two seasons. I guess the ratings must have been low for it, 'cause from what I see, it's not any worse than "Dynasty". Many times it's better.
I'll probably go back and do new highlights for the unedited season two loads.
There has been no release of any of the scoring from the series (official, promo, bootleg) -- not even samples.
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