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General Discussion: "Cimarron Strip" (Heller, Stevens, Jarre, others)

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	Posted:	Jan 18, 2020 - 12:18 PM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

SEASON 1:

A 1967 series that lasted one season.

It'll be a little slow going as all the episodes are feature length.

The volume is loud on all the episodes.

I forgot to note it on the Supposedly page of my Rejected Film Scores, so I might be confusing this with another TV series, but I believe this is the series I read John Barry say in an interview that he was going to score the pilot of. In the end, he is of course not credited. I assume the one episode Maurice Jarre did was probably the pilot, aired out of order.

"Journey to a Hanging"
By: Morton Stevens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrHpfFJiRU

Highlights:

0:00 in.

4:29 in. The series main theme; catchy like "Dundee and Culhane".

5:25 in.

9:31 in.

22:15 in.

23:25 in.

26:25 in.

27:29 in.

32:40 in.

34:34 in.

37:45 in.

48:59 in.

50:15 in.

1:00:25 in.

1:02:25 in.

1:05:30 in.

1:07:39 in.

1:07:56 in.

1:10:35 in.

This episode tracks a number of edited pieces from his score to the "Gunsmoke" episode Major Glory".

"The Legend of Jud Starr"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GYAwOagzdY (NEW link as of December 11, 2020)

Highlights:

4:08 in.

7:41 in.

8:41 in.

11:45 in.

19:31 in. This is probably the coolest thing I can recall hearing from Heller so far.

26:06 in.

29:06 in.

33:34 in.

37:57 in.

47:49 in. he cue after the commercial break is tracked from "Gunsmoke", specifically Morton Stevens' work for the episode "Cattle Barons".

59:31 in.

1:03:10 in.

1:06:57 in.

"Repent your sins, brother Jud; it's a long way to eternity."

Out-of-context quote...
"I wanna see it!"

"Broken Wing"
By: George Duning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoquWMq3vZY

This is the only effort by Duning for the series.

Highlights:

4:28 in.

8:27 in.

21:23 in.

1:08:27 in.

"The Battleground"
"Music by": Maurice Jarre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HJxMpv77wo

This is the only effort by Jarre for the series.

Highlights:

0:00 in.

1:16 in.

3:04 in.

6:55 in.

20:22 in.*

26:23 in.

31:40 in.

42:56 in.

52:50 in. And the cue after the commercial break.

59:30 in.

1:04:16 in.

1:10:26 in.

* = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzYSA0jfOw

"Whitey"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj59Fy6-kLg

Highlights:

About 1:30 in.

5:30 in.

9:14 in.

20:20 in.

27:12 in.

28:45 in.

32:45 in.

33:34 in.

39:42 in.

45:47 in.

46:41 in.

59:10 in.

1:04:18 in.

"The Roarer"
By: Richard Shores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfyNWa8ldO8

This is the only effort by Shores for the series.

Highlights:

0:00 in.*

16:44 in.

22:00 in.

28:20 in. Over two minutes long; mostly moderate fight music.

About 34:20 in. Joining a cue already in progress.

48:35 in.

57:15 in.

1:03:01 in.

1:06:20 in.+

* = Did you see that wide rock that looks like Jabba the Hutt?

+ = Did you see the weird screaming monkey face in a rock?

"As any fool can plainly see, I'm escapin'!"

"The Search"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeB42lPQ5e8

Highlights:

2:43 in.

10:54 in.

14:14 in.

44:06 in.

About 1:04:45 in.

"Till the End of Night"
By: Cyril J. Mockridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynhuIhGZ_XE

This is the only effort by Mockridge for the series.

Highlights:

0:00 in.

17:20 in.

18:32 in.

26:24 in.

31:36 in.

32:14 in.

50:01 in.

55:51 in.

1:06:13 in.

1:07:43 in.

"The Last Wolf"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dl6d4Yw7nk

Highlights:

4:10 in.

30:19 in.

31:46 in.

42:49 in.

49:49 in.

1:02:00 in.

About 1:05:10 in.

"The Judgement"
By: Morton Stevens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-JOJ_8Jno

This is the final effort by Stevens for the series.

Highlights:

2:41 in.

11:00 in.

30:45 in.

32:45 in.

34:47 in.

49:20 in.

1:00:55 in.

1:03:09 in.

1:05:11 in.

This episode tracks a number of edited pieces from his score to the "Gunsmoke" episode Major Glory".

1:09:50 in: Rosenman tone pyramid.

That's it for today. I'll continue the series Tuesday.


	Posted:	Jan 18, 2020 - 12:30 PM
	By:	GoblinScore (Member)

Jarre? *poke*
:-D

Thanks for this Justin - I hope you are preserving all this hard work you do with these TV shows somewhere?

Bravo, mon :-)


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 6:42 AM
	By:	Rollin Hand (Member)

SEASON 1:

A 1967 series that lasted one season.

It'll be a little slow going as all the episodes are feature length.

The volume is loud on all the episodes.

That's it for today. I'll continue the series Tuesday.

Excellent. Thank you.


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 6:44 AM
	By:	Rollin Hand (Member)

SEASON 1:

A 1967 series that lasted one season.

It'll be a little slow going as all the episodes are feature length.

"The Roarer"
By: Richard Shores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfyNWa8ldO8

This is the only effort by Shores for the series.

Highlights:

0:00 in.*

16:44 in.

22:00 in.

28:20 in. Over two minutes long; mostly moderate fight music.

About 34:20 in. Joining a cue already in progress.

48:35 in.

57:15 in.

1:03:01 in.

1:06:20 in.+

That score was so good it was tracked many times on the third season of The Wild Wild West.
See “The Night of the Montezuma's Hordes", “The Night of the Arrow”, “The Night of the Underground Terror”.


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 11:58 AM
	By:	riotengine (Member)

I just watched the Cimarron Strip episode, A Knife In The Dark. A Jack The Ripper story set in the ancient west, written by none other than Harlan Ellison, and scored by Bernard Herrmann. Very odd episode. Ellison reportedly did not have confidence in the director's ability to properly do horror.

https://johnnyalucard.com/2017/04/30/tv-review-cimarron-strip-knife-in-the-darkness/

Cimarron Strip is currently running on the Heroes and Icons Channel.

Greg Espinoa


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 1:53 PM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 1:58 PM
	By:	GoblinScore (Member)

Jarre? *poke*
:-D

Thanks for this Justin - I hope you are preserving all this hard work you do with these TV shows somewhere?

Bravo, mon :-)

Only on FSM right now. I guess I should make text backups and go to archive websites.

Seriously, do it! This archiving has to be really involved.
Maybe a part of your rejected scores site?

If the board implodes on itself someday, would be awful to lose this.

Good show Justin, cheers :-D


	Posted:	Jan 19, 2020 - 2:00 PM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

We'll all suddenly show up at the MMUK64 forum, surprising Jon.

I hope people are checking out the music; barely anybody saying anything about it, especially that terrific first episode score.


	Posted:	Jan 21, 2020 - 9:56 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Finishing SEASON 1:

"Fool's Gold"
By: Leon Klatzkin
https://archive.org/embed/111Pauper2/z116Fool.mp4

This is the only effort by Klatzkin for the series.

Highlights:

8:01 in.

8:55/17:07 in.

22:14 in.

26:43 in.

38:06 in.

44:30 in.

47:45 in.

About 54:20 in.

58:28 in.

1:02:38 in.

About 1:05:48 in.

I'm underwhelmed by the effort. I'm enjoying Geller's work far more.

28:15 in: tracked from Morton Stevens' score to the "Gunsmoke" episode "Major Glory". Until the back shot scene, then it switches to unknown tracked score. Then it cuts back to "Major Glory" when we see a group of men on horses pause when they hear a gunshot (parts of two different cues), and stopping at "Here they come".

1:03:16 in: tracked from Morton Stevens' score to the "Gunsmoke" episode "Major Glory". Until 1:03:48 -- them some unknown score cuts in.

1:08:00 in: tracked from Morton Stevens' score to the "Gunsmoke" episode "Major Glory". I don't recognize the score before it.

"Heller"
By: Harry Geller
https://ok.ru/video/3254235958004
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zvr79
Alternative link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x546tcw

Highlights:

6:10 in.

7:50 in.

9:43 in.

11:25 in.

12:56 in.

19:50 in. And the short cue after the commercial break.

25:47 in. A very pleasant three minutes.

33:40 in.

45:51 in.*

50:50 in.

57:47 in.

1:04:07 in.

1:08:53 in.

This is the first time in the history of any western TV series that I have seen a bad guy have to go back because of a thrown horse shoe.

"Knife in the Darkness"
By: Bernard Herrmann
https://ok.ru/video/2533228284442

This is the only effort by Herrmann for the series.

Highlights:

2:01 in.

5:00 in.

18:48 in.

33:30/36:31/37:43 in.

39:54/41:49 in.

42:13 in.

52:46 in.

57:35 in.

1:03:03 in.

1:05:40 in.

1:10:21 in.

Thirteen cues from the score was released on the Film Music Society CBS Westerns CD back in 2001. Three "Gunsmoke" scores, and one "Rawhide" score were also on the CD. That concludes any release of original music from the series.

There was also an LP with what I assume has the same contents, and an episode score from "The Virginian" (FYC LP's? Bootlegs? Composer promos?).

"The Sound of a Drum"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bapys

Highlights:

28:06 in.

45:45 in.

1:07:40 in.

On a set of scoring from the show, I'd skip this episode score (well, maybe not the last cue cited).

Some of this sounds like it might have been done by John Parker. The weaker thinner side of John Parker.

"The Blue Moon Train"
By: Harry Geller
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2b5q2l

Highlights:

1:33 in.

12:30 in.

21:38 in.

27:27 in.

33:17 in.

3452 in.

43:55 in.

45:12 in.

58:55 in.

1:03:51 in.

1:07:37 in.

And that concludes all episodes with a credited composer.

A couple of three or four CD sets ought to do it (cues I cited).

TRACK JOB episodes:

"Nadie": https://ok.ru/video/3254533425908
"Runaway Train": https://ok.ru/video/3744701024880


	Posted:	Jan 21, 2020 - 10:37 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

ADDITIONAL/UNCREDITED/STOCK MUSIC COMPOSERS:

Culled from ASCAP and BMI. In no special order.

John Parker.

Walter Scharf.

Ruby Raksin.

Richard Markowitz.

Jack Pleis.

Don B. Ray. ( also listed with an unspecified "public domain" title, so I suspect, since Morton Steven is a music supervisor, that Ray did some original material here and there like he did on other series)

Clarence Carpenter.