SEASON 1: This was a TV series from 1987 that starred the late Pat Morita . The theme is by Bill Conti . If you don't like synth scoring in a 1980's vein, this will not be for you. I am only covering season one because Conti and his orchestrator scored it. Season two went in a new direction in regards to the composer choice and theme music. NO LOAD FOUND. "Pilot" By: ????? "Eddie" By: Jack Eskew https://ok.ru/video/2362768558656 Highlights: 1:17 in. 11:37 in. Continues after the commercial break. 24:41 in. 25:50 in. 28:49 in. 36:17 in. 37:50 in. Car chase music. 41:36 in. Eddie: "I am the boss of my brain, so don't try to play with it." "Darryl" By: Jack Eskew https://ok.ru/video/2362768820800 Highlights: 1:46 in. I assume the piano piece betwixt these two cues, is pre-existing classical work. 3:04 in. 11:48 in. 14:17 in. 19:24 in. 23:10 in. Piano piece, leading into another piano piece which may be pre-existing. 25:00 in. 27:38 in. Bumper music. 29:29 in. 35:50 in. And the cue after the commercial break. 41:51 in. 44:10 in. 47:06 in. Ohara: "The person who knows everything , has a lot to learn." Ohara: "The important thing is that: Sometime, somewhere, life requires you to make a stand." "Will" By: Jack Eskew https://ok.ru/video/2362769672768 Highlights: 1:46 in. 11:25 in. 22:34 in. 27:31 in. Immediately followed by another bumper cue. 37:11 in. 42:04 in. 46:33 in. Ohara: "Sometimes one makes enemies instead of friends because it's less trouble."
Continuing SEASON 1: "Toshi" https://ok.ru/video/2362769541696 Highlights: 5:19 in. 11:59 in. 14:00 in. And the cue after the commercial break. 16:24 in. 24:01 in. Immediately followed by another bumper cue. 29:29 in. 31:10 in. 33:57 in. 36:15 in. 42:08 in. The late Mako guest stars. "Terry" https://ok.ru/video/2362769410624 Highlights: 1:46 in. 10:44 in. 2252 in.??? 25:04 in. Immediately followed by yet another different bumper cue. 33:09 in. 36:24 in. and. 39:24 in. 43:47 in. 45:56 in. Okay, so this is the third TV series I have seen now with an episode where a young teen gets high on drugs and is on a building top telling people he or she can fly and is going to jump off. I just want them to jump, already! Wait -- the fucker jumped while I was typing the above. Mission: Accomplished! Ohara: "Don't run; it only takes longer to get back!" "Louie" By: Bill Conti https://ok.ru/video/2362769279552 This is presumably the only effort by Conti for the series. Still have to solve who scored the pilot. Highlights: 1:46 in.^ 4:01 in.^ 10:44 in. 17:16 in. 22:20 in. 27:55 in. 34:03 in. 43:29 in.^ 47:02 in.^
Continuing SEASON 1: Attention readers : I am implementing a new system that is nothing more than a note to myself; for cues that I want to include in a suite, for now on I will denote them with ^ symbol. It has no special meaning to anyone else but myself. No, an up arrow symbol doesn't mean the cue is bad (it just may have too much SFX or FX for suite use or just isn't worth my time to edit and include). Hence forth this system will be in all future threads and pre-exiting threads that I go back to for missed episodes. "Laura" https://ok.ru/video/2362769017408 Highlights: 1:45 in. "Vertigo" by way of orchestra and some synths filtered through Eskew .^ 6:42 in. 9:56 in.^ 12:14 in.^ 19:30 in. 24:12 in. And the bumper cue that immediately follows it. I'll have to hear the bumper cues again, but it seems there's never been a repeat; different ones each time. 28:39 in. 33:41 in. 39:51 in. Cue is cut off, indicating to me that the scene was edited down from what was originally scored.^ 43:45 in.^(open? / 47:12) This one includes some real orchestra. Guest-starring Nana Visitor . "Jesse" https://ok.ru/video/2362768886336 Highlights: 1:43 in.^(parts) 12:21 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(both/parts) 19:54 in.^(parts) 23:13 in.^ 38:15 in. 39:56 in. 46:45 in.
Finishing SEASON 1: Yes, only eleven episodes. "Frannie" https://ok.ru/video/2362769148480 Highlights: 12:27 in. First cue of the episode. 20:45 in.^ 26:48 in. Joining a cue already in progress.^ (Note to Me: check bumper cue to see if it's different) 32:02 in.^ 42:35 in.^ (Note to Me: check bumper cue to see if it's different) 46:11 in. (NtM: 36:28) Ohara: "A samurai is distinguished by his character." Out-of-context quote... Woman: "That's not big, that's gigantic." "Brian" https://ok.ru/video/2362769803840 Highlights: 1:46 in.^ 6:27 in. 10:59 in. 18:08 in.^ 22:48 in.^ 24:22 in. Plucky upbeat opening (albeit short) that sounds more like Mark Snow than Eskew . 34:58 in.^ 35:22/36:24 in. The second cue is just about nine minutes long.^(both, parts) Jack orchestrated for Conti on a number of films. When a short-lived TV series came out in 1988 called "Supercarrier" , Conti must have been too busy to score the pilot, so he handed over scoring to Jack and only did the theme music (which was only used for the pilot; the series regular replaced Conti's theme). He had a short scoring career, going by his IMDb page (half those credits I added myself, so who knows what's missing). Cop Trainee: "I thought we could handle it alone, sir." Ohara: "Try picking up a dime with one finger." I know I said I was only doing season one, but yesterday I was submitting composer credits to IMDb for season two, finishing it up, and a little over half way into the season I made a discovery: Joel Goldsmith took over. I didn't even know he scored the series. So, naturally I have to cover his efforts.
SEASON 2: Stepping in as the new composer for the final season, Joel provided the new series theme (co-credited with actor Roderick Falconer ; no, no singing) as well. Tomorrow I will post the rest. "The Light Around the Body" https://ok.ru/video/2362769214016 Highlights: 3:38 in.^ 4:32 in.^(open) 8:14 in. 13:39 in. And the cue after the commercial break. 17:45 in. 24:17 in. 26:25 in. 27:32 in.^ 29:50/31:13 in.^ 34:57 in.^ 38:33 in. 41:16 in. 42:07 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(first cue: first half/46:00-ish) 47:49 in.^ "X" https://ok.ru/video/2362768951872 Highlights: 1:03 in.^ 11:59 in. I can safely say this is the first short outtro I've ever heard that immediately follows a woman ordering a man to take his pants off. 25:54 in.^(both) 28:53 in. 34:55 in. 42:07 in. 45:13 in. 47:06 in. "Last Year's Model" https://ok.ru/video/2362768755264 Highlights: 14:28 in. 17:11 in.^ 41:17 in. 43:27 in.^(44:10) 18:22 in: Is that a real song? 15:43: Re-used shot of girls in bikinis walking.
Definitely one of Conti's more underrated TV themes, at least in my view. VIDEO Ooooohhh yeah, I loved this theme. This was that point in my life when I tape recorded every TV theme I could. This is one I played over and over and over. It was up there with Blacke's Magic.
Finishing SEASON 2: Finishng the episodes Joel is credited on. "Open Season" https://ok.ru/video/2362768624192 Highlights: 1:05 in.^ 8:01 in. 10:12 in. 13:31 in.^(13:46) 23:06 in.^(24:06) 25:52 in. 27:09 in. 31:17 in. 33:25 in. 39:52 in.^ 41:40 in. 45:56 in. 47:09 in. 474:9 in. "Seeing Something That Isn't There" https://ok.ru/video/2362768689728 Highlights: 3:58 in. 5:43 in. 7:25 in.^ 8:09 in. 14:50 in.^ 16:48 in. 18:28 in. 22:26 in.^ 24:19 in.^ 26:07 in. 28:57 in. 33:01 in. 34:13 in. 36:07 in.^ 37:13 in.^ 43:18 in. 46:52 in. Why does Morita's inner intuition sound like a constipated whale on a toilet? "My heart shall burn like a fire in the world." Out-of-context quote... Woman: "I watched him do it right here." NO LOAD FOUND. "Hot Spell" (series finale) https://archive.org/embed/ That's all he scored, contrary to an old interview where he said he did twelve episodes. Those who want to see the rest of season two: https://archive.org/details/ohara-tv-series-season-2-mp4
ADDITIONAL, UNCREDITED, STOCK MUSIC COMPOSERS: Culled from ASCAP and BMI. In no special order: Bruce A. Healey. Jeffrey A. Mandel (credited with Joel) (Mandel is a credited producer on a TV series Joel scored some episodes of, called "Super Force" ; he is also credited with keyboards along with Joel on a score Joel did) There has of course been no release of the show's scoring. Other Threads I Have Created or Commented in About TV Scores: "MacGyver": https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&pageID=2&threadID=36443&archive=1 "The Orville": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=119661&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Rockford Files": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135198&forumID=1&archive=0 "Private Eye": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=115755&forumID=1&archive=0 (technically completed) "Cannon": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=134150&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Barnaby Jones": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=130392&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Dan August": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=124310&forumID=1&archive=0 "Markham": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=130158&forumID=1&archive=0 "T.H.E. Cat": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=134975&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Name of the Game": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=134989&forumID=1&archive=0 "McCloud": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=126978&forumID=1&archive=0 "Hart to Hart": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=133995&forumID=1&archive=0 "T.J. Hooker": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=132875&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "The Simpsons": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=127052&forumID=1&archive=0 (technically complete) The Shirley Walker Odyssey (on episodes of TV series she has scored): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=124520&forumID=1&archive=0 "Christy": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=132600&forumID=1&archive=0 "Walker, Texas Ranger": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=131641&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Rawhide": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=129690&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Cover Up": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=130567&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Matt Helm": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=130329&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "87th Precinct": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=130269&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Quantum Leap": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=124398&forumID=1&archive=0 "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=129345&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Untouchables" (1993): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=65884&forumID=1&archive=0 "Gunsmoke": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=121137&forumID=1&archive=0 (technically complete) "In the Heat of the Night": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=127009&forumID=1&archive=0 "Flying High": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=126877&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Bodyguards": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=115953&forumID=7&archive=0 (complete) "FX: The Series": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=111069&forumID=1&archive=0 "Seaquest: DSV": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=56958&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "The Dirty Dozen: The Series": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=117673&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "CHiPs": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=124428&forumID=1&archive=0 (technically complete) "Bronk": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=121574&forumID=7&archive=0 (complete) "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&pageID=4&threadID=120754&archive=0 (technically complete) "Spencer's Pilots": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=110864&forumID=1&archive=0 "Police Story": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135221&forumID=1&archive=0 "Longstreet": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135263&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Vega$": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135267&forumID=1&archive=0 "Crazy Like a Fox": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135286&forumID=1&archive=0 "Voyagers!": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135374&forumID=1&archive=0 (complete) "Gemini Man": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135391&forumID=1&archive=0 "Automan": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135429&forumID=1&archive=0 "Manimal": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135441&forumID=1&archive=0 ("complete"; until I heat Stu's rejected score, I'm not counting it completed) "The Fall Guy": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135443&forumID=1&archive=0 "Matlock": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135527&forumID=1&archive=0 "Black Saddle": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135537&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Dark Justice": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135579&forumID=1&archive=0 "Mannix": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135590&forumID=1&archive=0 "Jake and the Fatman": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135612&forumID=1&archive=0 "Murder, She Wrote": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135649&forumID=1&archive=0 "Miami Vice": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&pageID=1&threadID=105333&archive=0 "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135519&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Matlock": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135527&forumID=1&archive=0 "Magnum, pi": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135743&forumID=1&archive=0 "The A-Team": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135763&forumID=1&archive=0 The Random TV Pilots Thread: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135755&forumID=1&archive=0 "Wiseguy": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135893&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Cagney & Lacey": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136021&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Visitor" (1997): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135992&forumID=1&archive=0 The Random TV Movies & Miniseries Thread: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136052&forumID=1&archive=0 "Paper Dolls": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136127&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) The Random Westerns Score Thread: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136138&forumID=1&archive=0 "From the Earth to the Moon": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136168&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Nowhere Man": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136246&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Starsky and Hutch": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136266&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Vengeance Unlimited": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136307&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Hawk": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136343&forumID=1&archive=0 "Remington Steele": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136348&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "King of the Hill": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136449&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Ghost Whisperer": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136391&forumID=1&archive=0 "Baretta": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=135966&forumID=1&archive=0 "Dynasty": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136509&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Colbys": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136756&forumID=1&archive=0 "Moonlighting": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136771&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Falcon Crest": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136815&forumID=1&archive=0 "Dallas": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=137022&forumID=1&archive=0 "Petrocelli": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138286&forumID=1&archive=0 "Mrs. Columbo": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138292&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Police Woman": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138309&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Madigan": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=111160&forumID=1&archive=0 "Salvage-1": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138349&forumID=1&archive=0 (added so next time I have to copy it I don't have to go hunting for the link) (completed) "Charlie's Angels": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138371&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Emerald Point, N.A.S.": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138504&forumID=1&archive=0 "Wagon Train": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138522&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Muary Laws Odyssey Thread": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=138742&forumID=1&archive=0 "Cimarron Strip": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139024&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Born Free": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139062&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Father Dowling Mysteries": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139075&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "Pasadena": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139106&forumID=1&archive=0 (completed) "The Six Million Dollar Man": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=136992&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Mod Squad": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139225&forumID=1&archive=0 "Samurai Jack": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139282&forumID=1&archive=0 "Lady Blue": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139330&forumID=1&archive=0 "Knots Landing": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139373&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Twilight Zone" (2002): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=139608&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Waltons": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=98312&forumID=1&archive=0 "First Monday": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142450&forumID=1&archive=0 "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" (radio): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142486&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Feather and Father Gang": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142506&forumID=1&archive=0 "Greatest American Hero": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142558&forumID=1&archive=0 "City of Angels" (1976): https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142601&forumID=1&archive=0 "Lancer": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142628&forumID=1&archive=0 "Laredo": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142695&forumID=1&archive=0 "Peyton Place": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142788&forumID=1&archive=0 "Custer": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=142807&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Streets of San Fransisco": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=141414&forumID=1&archive=0 "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143100&forumID=1&archive=0 "Matt Houston": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143146&forumID=1&archive=0 "Switch": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143177&forumID=1&archive=0 "Johnny Midnight": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143232&forumID=1&archive=0 "Ohara": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143354&forumID=1&archive=0 "Hawaii Five-O": https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=143434&forumID=1&archive=0 (If I missed a thread, let me know!)
All new links. I cannot guarantee time stamps will line up with the new links. Taking suggestions on which composer(s) to do suites for this year. Right now the idea is one suite for Joel , and one suite of the love-letter score to the film "Vertigo" .