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General Discussion: "Kojak" (John Cacavas, Goldenberg, Richmond, more)

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	Posted:	Mar 16, 2023 - 7:30 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Finishing SEASON 3:

"Deadly Innocence"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-3/S3+E20+Deadly+Innocence.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in. This might be tracked from a prior episode [eight-note brass theme].^

2:01 in.^

5:16 in.^(6:00-sh

14:23 in. Short outtro cue.^

29:18 in.^

32:30 in.^

41:16 in.^

45:50 in.^

48:22 in.^

About 15:00 minutes in -- I've seen that hospital set in another TV series. Probably an episode of "Columbo".

(NtM: 8:26)

"Justice Deferred"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-3/S3+E21+Justice+Deferred.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in.^ *

3:25 in.^

6:50 in.^

22:41 in.^

35:41 in.^

38:39 in.^

39:57 in.^

43:30 in. Funky for most of the cue.^

49:35 in. I think this is tracked from a prior episode.^

* = Gotta speed over and screech to a halt, otherwise that old skeletal corpse might have enough time to come back to life and walk away, don't ya know.

"What the hell's the big mystery about pyramids?"
"They don't have johns."

Captain: "Don't ask me -- I just come here for the coffee."

Kojak: "I told him to get some shut-eye, not knock off for the winter!"

Kojak: Bangs a pretzel on a cart, showing its rock hard, "I want a pretzel not a weapon."

"Both Sides of the Law"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-3/S3+E22+Both+Sides+Of+The+Law.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in.^

3:26 in.^

23:02 in.^

24:39 in.^

27:49 in.^

30:19 in.^

34:40 in.^

35:46/37:51 in.^

39:26 in.^

44:41 in.^

46:31 in.^

49:28 in.^

(NtM: 24:15)


	Posted:	Mar 17, 2023 - 8:22 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

SEASON 4:

"Birthday Party"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E1+Birthday+Party.mkv

Highlights:

0:50 in.^

7:15 in.^

16:04 in.^

18:26 in.^

39:30 in. Almost ten minutes long -- goes to the end of the episode.^(43:00)

Also guest starring Richard Gere.

For the guys here: 30:50 in. You're welcome.

"A Summer Madness"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E2+A+Summer+Madness.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in. Lower octave piano work with a solo trumpet, clearly aping Goldsmith's ideas from "Chinatown", while at the same time still sounding like sort of its own thing.^

7:51 in.^

10:46 in.^

12:30 in.^

13:20 in. More "Chinatown" aping, though I suspect using a direct comparison, this may just be part of the first cue tracked. This happens on this show.

13:46 in.^

19:44 in.^

23:13 in.^

24:55 in. More "Chinatown" aping.^

33:24 in.^

35:00 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(both)

40:12/42:28 in.^

43:40 in.^

Special note to the acting of actress Fionnula Flanagan, playing the disturbed Molly.

"Law Dance"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E3+Law+Dance.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in. Opens with a bass flute, then is joined by funky material.^

7:21 in.^

13:15 in.^

20:36 in.

26:19 in.

28:11 in. Shot outtro cue and the cue after the commercial break.^(both)

29:21 in.^

31:51 in.^

38:58 in.^

40:38 in.^

43:54 in.^

49:22 in. Lightly whimsical closing cue.^

This new season has a new update of the theme, adding, noticeably, harp runs to the opening and closing of the theme, but this episode drops it and uses the arrangement from the prior season.

"Out of the Shadows"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E4+Out+Of+The+Shadows.mkv

Highlights:

5:45 in.^

6:31 in.^

7:50 in.^

9:27 in.^

10:41 in.^

14:59 in.^

22:12 in.^

24:00 in.^

36:48 in. Almost sounds like something Billy Goldenberg would have done.^

47:25 in.^

"A Need to Know"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E5+A+Need+To+Know.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in. Not so much the first two minutes.^

16:04 in.^

20:13 in.

21:41 in.^

26:51 in.^

34:50 in.^

37:41 in.^

45:53 in.^

I'm almost tempted to say Cacavas should have gotten an Emmy nomination for this episode score.

(NtM: 12:12)


	Posted:	Mar 20, 2023 - 8:06 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing SEASON 4:

"An Unfair Trade"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E6+An+Unfair+Trade.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in.^

41:21 in.

45:45 in.^

47:33 in.^

On a set of season four scoring, I'd probably only take away 41:21 and 47:33. The score -- on the whole -- is a moody low-key emotional effort that's serviceable to the episode, but ultimately boring for a CD release.

"A Hair-Trigger Away"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E7+A+Hair-Trigger+Away.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in. A steady funky drum kit rhythm with Cacavas trying to create a sax' echoplex-like effect naturally.^

2:27 in.^

8:39 in.^

13:10 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(second)

15:01/18:53 in.^

20:52/24:28/31:08/34:33 in.^

25:57 in. And the funky source music which crossfades into the end of the cue.^

28:52 in.^

33:51 in.^

37:22 in.^

41:23 in.^

47:46 in.^

Out-of-context quote...
Kojak: "Penetrate the salesman, baby."

"By Silence Betrayed"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E8+By+Silence+Betrayed.mkv (4049

Highlights:

7:02 in.

13:28 in.

14:33 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(Second)

22:21 in.^

36:40 in.^

41:27 in.^

(NtM: 2:35, 49:30)

"A Shield for Murder" (Parts 1 and 2)
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E9+A+Shield+for+Murder+Parts+1+%26+2.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in.^

3:28 in.

18:14 in.^

29:39 in.^

40:31 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(second)

49:15 in. This might be tracked from "A Hair-Trigger Away". And the cue after the commercial break.^

1:03:26 in.^

1:11:04/1:12:20 in.^

1:15:29 in. This might be tracked from "A Hair-Trigger Away".^

1:23:36 in.^

1:26:20 in. Including a water chime.^

1:35:54 in.^

(NtM: 1:03:06)

"The Pride and the Princess"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E10+The+Pride+And+The+Princess.mkv

Highlights:

2:25 in.^

13:50 in.^

16:13 in.

21:50 in.^

30:37 in.^

35:11 in.

48:11 in.^

(NtM: 39:53)

"Black Thorn"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E11+Black+Thorn.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in. Including wordless female vocals.^

2:02 in. Including wordless female vocals.^

7:39 in. Including a water chime hit. And the cue after the commercial break.^(10:10)

15:03 in.^

17:40 in.^

18:57 in. Including wordless female vocals.^

21:36 in.

23:45 in.^

27:47 in.

30:00 in. Including wordless female vocals.^

31:20 in.^

34:19 in.^(34:33)

39:46 in. Joining a cue already in progress.^

48:09 in. Including wordless female vocals.^

Roosevelt Grier returns for his second and final appearance on the show, returning as the character from the prior episode "Bad Dude", which also had a good score. That episode score is covered in suite #1 (still being edited). Without looking it up, I have a feeling they wanted to give him a spin-off series -- which should have happened -- but it never materialized. But had it, clearly Cacavas would have been the man for the job.

46:21 in: boom mic seen at the top.

(NtM: 38:00)


	Posted:	Mar 21, 2023 - 7:51 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing SEASON 4:

"Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere to Go?"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E12+Where+Do+You+Go+When+You+Have+No+Place+To+Go.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in.^

1:58 in.^

12:53 in.^

14:28 in. And the funky source cue playing immediately after it, though it's mixed at a much lower volume.

23:05 in.

24:48 in.^

29:26 in. Relaxed melancholy cue.^

34:06 in.

35:31 in.^

38:52 in. The light country-music flavored source cue.^

40:51 in.^

44:16 in.^

"Dead Again"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E13+Dead+Again.mkv

Highlights:

0:50 in.^

1:44 in.

9:46 in.^

11:29 in.^

17:49 in.

19:48 in.^

22:59 in.^

27:25 in.

37:30 in. The source music, which kind of falls into a similar vein to the theme music from "Frasier". And the score cue that immediately follows it.^

40:26 in.^

42:57 in.^

45:25 in. Also containing some light funky stuff. This might be an edited track job from a prior episode.^

48:27 in. Closes like it was a piece of classical music.^

For the guys here: 6:29 in. You're welcome.

Kojak: "Its a lousy way to say 'I'm sorry', but it's the only way I got."

"The Godson"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E14+The+Godson.mkv

Highlights:

1:32 in. Including some menacing funky material.^

10:43 in.^

11:36 in.^

19:16 in.^

7:20 in. Out-of-place feel good cue.^

31:42 in.^

34:41 in.^

36:32 in.

37:47 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

48:15 in.^

CinemaSins voice: "Sudden Godson is sudden!"

"The Condemned"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E15+The+Condemned.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in.^

1:53 in. The source cue.^

2:47 in.^

7:37 in.^

16:11 in.^

17:40 in.^

26:26 in.^

32:32 in. I think the paced funky material is tracked from a prior episode.^

37:36 in. And the cue after the commercial break, which I think is just tracked from "A Summer Madness".^

41:03 in. This entire cue may just be an edit job of pieces from prior episodes.^

44:19 in.^

48:26 in.^

"When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E16+When+You+Hear+The+Beep%2C+Drop+Dead.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in.^

3:05 in.

19:49 in. I'll take that Latin bar source music, too, that immediately follows the score cue.^

24:07 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

27:19 in.^

29:16 in. Including a water chime at the end.^

32:41 in.^

34:23 in.^

38:47 in.^

43:12 in.

45:53 in.^

(NtM: 13:50)


	Posted:	Mar 22, 2023 - 7:29 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing SEASON 4:

"I Was Happy Where I Was"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E17+I+Was+Happy+Where+I+Was.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in.^

3:49 in.^

5:36 in.^

7:19 in.

12:43 in.^

23:49 in.^

24:19 in.^

28:06 in.

29:46/32:!4 in.^

35:47 in.^

40:43 in.^

41:50 in.

45:05 in.^(48:30)

A refreshing amount of Spanish flavor added, mostly riffs on what you'd expect to hear playing when a matador is squaring off with a bull.

"Kojak's Days" (Part I)
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E18+Kojak's+Days+Part+1.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in. Pleasant laid-back opening cue.^

2:45 in.^

5:06 in.^

8:49 in.^

15:35 in.^

18:19 in.^

28:33 in.

34:51 in.^

43:56 in.^

48:37 in.^

(NtM: 10:52, 15:25)

"Kojak's Days: Part II"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E19+Kojak's+Days+Part+2.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in.^

16:54 in.^

18:16 in.^

26:22 in. And the moderate disco music playing as source music after the commercial break.^

32:13 in. And the cue after the commercial break.

40:37 in.^

45:21 in.^

Oh my -- Robert Picardo had a lot of hair back then.

Kojak: "Hello, fatso."
Stavros: "Hello, lieutenant."

"Monkey on a String"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E20+Monkey+On+A+String.mkv

Highlights:

8:03 in.^

13:05 in. Romantic music lead by a smooth alto sax'.^

18:16 in. Light funky material.^

22:02 in.^

24:28 in.^

30:50 in.^

33:05 in.^

38:40/42:06 in. The second cue falls just short of nine minutes in length.^

0:51 in: Pretty sure this is tracked from an episode not too long ago.

(NtM: 36:52)


	Posted:	Mar 23, 2023 - 8:16 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Finishing SEASON 4:

"Kiss It All Goodbye"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E21+Kiss+It+All+Goodbye.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in.^

1:52 in. I think this may be tracked from a prior episode. Also including a water chime hit.^

14:14 in.^

18:42 in.^

20:11 in.^

26:50 in.^

34:00 in.^

44:32 in.^

46:37 in.^

"Lady in the Squad Room"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E22+Lady+In+The+Squad+Room.mkv

Highlights:

0:52 in. Solo trumpet and double bass plucks lead the cue. I think this may be tracked from a prior episode.^

6:29 in.^

11:56 in. Short outtro cue. I think the cue after the commercial break is tracked (in fact, I think this is the third episode to use it).^

14:44 in.^

20:28 in.^

29:48 in.^

32:03 in.^

36:35 in.^

39:23 in.

42:49 in.^

45:42 in.^

Lord this show is so boring. How did it last five seasons??? Shows ten times better than this got one season!

Kojak: "You see, some of our leading degenerates are right here on the squad. Um hum. Including me."

"Sister Maria"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E23+Sister+Maria.mkv

Highlights:

0:51 in. Flute and solo harp. Contains a bad edit in the cue, suggesting a part of it was cut out.^

3:45 in.^

6:03 in.^

10:45 in.^

13:14 in.^

15:20 in. The pleasant and laid back solo piano source music cue for the fine-dining restaurant. Goes on for like three and-a-half minutes. And the score cue that follows it.^

27:56 in.^ *

29:42 in.^

41:40 in. Short outtro cue.^

43:38 in.^

47:45 in.^

* = That guy reading out his line was so blandly done and so obviously dubbed over, it reminded me of that episode of "Batman" where a guy says to Batman, "Ringside table, Batman?".

"Another Gypsy Queen"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-4/S4+E24+Another+Gypsy+Queen.mkv

Highlights:

3:17 in.

4:29 in.^

7:13 in. Including some funky walking music.^

21:50 in.^

38:06 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

40:21 in.^

43:40 in.^

(NtM: 12:26, 25:00, 25:17/28:29)


	Posted:	Mar 24, 2023 - 8:03 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

SEASON 5:

This season features an entirely new theme, with a kind of funky "Get Christie Love" vibe and a more romantic theme more akin to "Hart to Hart". No one is credited for the new theme, but given that Goldenberg is no longer credited, I assume Cacavas did the new theme.

"The Queen of Hearts is Wild"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E1+The+Queen+Of+Hearts+Is+Wild.mkv

Highlights:

3:42 in.^

7:21 in.^

14:11 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

36:20 in.^

43:49 in.^

(NtM: 48:28)

"A Strange Kind of Love"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E2+A+Strange+Kind+Of+Love.mkv

Highlights:

1:05 in.^

3:13 in.^

4:39 in.^

6:55 in.

9:12 in. And the cue after the commercial break (which also contain a water chime).^

13:21 in.^

17:13 in.^

21:51 in.^(25:??)

27:43 in.^

31:32 in.^(open/33:50

38:00 in.

44:37 in.^(parts)

"Laid Off"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E3+Laid+Off.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in. Brass backed piece with acoustic guitars for a kind of wistful and warm feeling (for about the first fifty seconds).^

5:16 in.^

8:38 in.^

11:52 in.^

13:28 in. And the source cue after the commercial break..^

16:48 in.^

17:57 in.^

21:01 in.^

24:23 in.^

29:18 in.^

32:48 in.^

33:39 in.^

34:49 in.^

39:14/41:01 in.^

41:57/44:22 in.^

48:00 in.^

This was a particularly good score.

"Theo, I'll make a deal with you: either you kill yourself, or I'm gonna kill myself; there's no point in the two of us dying over this."

Kojak: To Stavros, "You stay here, Fatso, and have a diet drink."

"Cry for the Kids"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E4+Cry+For+The+Kids.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in. Almost a minute of 1970's feel-good music. I get the feeling this is inspired by a piece of score from some movie or TV show -- I feel I've heard something like this before.^

2:34 in.^

10:55 in.

12:41 in.^

17:46 in.^

18:59 in. More of that feel-good music.^

22:20 in. Also contains some feel-good music.^

23:46 in.^

26:51 in.^

29:11 in.^

30:36 in.^

33:34 in.^

41:48 in.^

44:43 in.^

Another particularly fine score.

Kojak: "Next time I'm going to break your chops with my lollipops."

"Once More from Birdland"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E5+Once+More+From+Birdland.mkv

Highlights:

7:42 in. I think this could be tracked.^

14:11 in.^

19:10 in.^

21:01 in.^

25:14 in. This may be tracked,^

28:10 in.^

41:10 in. I swear I hear some instruments either de-tuned or tuned half a note off to create an odd emotional impact in the music.^

(NtM: 48:33)

Kojak: "No, animals don't murder, they just kill."


	Posted:	Mar 27, 2023 - 10:16 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing SEASON 5:

"Caper on a Quiet Street"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E6+Caper+On+A+Quiet+Street.mkv

Highlights:

3:14 in.^

12:09 in.^

14:06 in.^

16:43 in.^

18:35 in.^

20:45/21:57 in.^

26:18 in.

28:13 in.^

29:49 in.^

41:29 in. Opening with small ensemble percussion, including triangle and guiro. A little over six minutes long.^

48:32 in.^

1:02 in: should be tracked from a prior episode.

Out-of-context quote exchange...
Man: "You fingered me!"
Woman: "No, I swear!"

"Letters of Death"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E7+Letters+Of+Death.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^

3:28 in.^

7:09/12:52/22:10/42:22 in.^

17:20 in.^

20:10 in. Including airplane porn.^

23:43 in.^

24:41 in.^

30:25 in.

34:07 in.^

37:23 in.^

39:29 in.^

45:16 in.^

A number of parts of cues sound like classical music.

Lord, the brunette star of this episode, is such a bad actor. And unengaging.

"Tears for All Who Loved Her"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E8+Tears+For+All+Who+Love+Her.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^

7:00 in.^

9:00 in.^

9:39 in.^

13:17 in.^

15:57/18:27 in.^(second)

30:47 in.^

37:29 in.^

38:40 in.^

41:26/42:54 in.^

44:31 in.^

47:23 in.^

(NtM: 2:41)

"The Summer of '69 (Part I)"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E9+The+Summer+Of+'69+Part+1.mkv

Highlights:

3:37 in. The two short source cues on the radio.^

7:06 in.^

9:51 in.^

22:50 in.^

27:52 in. Short outtro cue. And the cue after the commercial break.^

34:46 in. And the piano lead piece after the commercial break. And the source cue that follows the score cue.^

40:52 in. Short cue that reprises of the ideas of the piano lead cue mentioned above.^

47:59 in.^

"The Summer of '69 (Part II)"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E10+The+Summer+Of+'69+Part+2.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in. Also including multiple water chime hits.^

4:08 in. Also including multiple water chime hits.^

6:20 in.^

23:16 in.

29:21 in.^

36:23 in.^

39:51 in. Joining a cue already in progress.^

40:56 in.^

45:48 in.

46:40 in.^

(NtM: 33:42)


	Posted:	Mar 28, 2023 - 8:08 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing SEASON 5:

"Case Without a File"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E11+Case+Without+A+File.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^

10:22 in.^

16:10 in.^

18:20 in.^

20:28 in.^

21:23 in. Cymbal tapping and trumpet with articulated cup playing.^

25:37 in.

28:41 in.^

31:43 in.^

33:20 in.^

35:15 in.^

41:32 in.^

44:37 in. The start of the cue blends into the source music that is already playing.^

"I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E12+I+Could+Kill+My+Wife's+Lawyer.mkv

Highlights:

1:02/2:50 in. I think this is tracked from season four or five.^

4:48 in.^

8:26 in.^

10:21 in.^

13:48 in.^

20:31 in. Also including water chime.^

28:16 in.^

32:05 in.^

34:32 in.^

36:10 in.^

41:14 in.

47:50 in. Funky.^

(NtM: 31:57, 45:35)

"Justice for All"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E13+Justice+For+All.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^

12:24 in.^

14:56 in.^

19:48 in.^

23:29 in.^

28:55 in. Including a water chime.

32:31 in.^

39:03 in.^

41:18 in.^

42:06 in.^

46:59 in.^(47:42)

"Mouse"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E14+Mouse.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in. Classical-music sounding piece.^

3:05 in.^

5:08 in.^

9:09 in.^

25:37 in.^

26:51 in.^

29:03 in. This off-beat funky cue will be a treat to one day have without SFX.^

34:05 in.^

39:05 in.^(39:30)

42:50 in.^

47:36 in.^

Some of the cues just don't sound like Cacavas.

Stavros: "Gambling is a sickness, with massive social consequences."


	Posted:	Mar 29, 2023 - 3:06 PM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Finishing SEASON 5:

Since I likely won't be online tomorrow, here is two day's worth of episodes.

"Chain of Custody"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E15+Chain+Of+Custody.mkv

Highlights:

1:02/2:11 in.^

3:27 in.^

13:05 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

16:38 in.^

17:45 in.^

26:55 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

29:04 in.^

38:52 in.^

45:08 in.^

48:33 in.^

(NtM: 39:29)

"The Captain's Brother's Wife"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E16+The+Captain's+Brother's+Wife.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^

5:11 in.

11:29 in.^

12:53 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^(second)

15:24 in.^

16:34 in.^

18:47 in.^

24:00 in.^

25:30 in. Including steady funky music for driving. That part of the cue alone will be super sweet to have one day without FX.^

31:17 in.^

34:51 in.^

37:44 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

40:59 in.^

47:02 in.^(48:44)

For the guys here: 26:@ in. You're welcome.

"No License to Kill"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E17+No+License+To+Kill.mkv

Highlights:

5:47 in.

25:42 in.^

28:00 in.^

45:35 in.^

On a set of season five scoring, I don't think any of this needs to be released.

"The Halls of Terror"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E18+The+Halls+Of+Terror.mkv

Highlights:

1:04 in.

9:21 in.^

13:55 in. Unusual cue that has a Rosenman tone pyramid, and has moments that sound like Markowtiz and Morton Stevens.^

16:02 in.^

19:18 in.^

36:53 in. Some action-y material.^

42:34 in.^

48:00 in.^

On a set of season five scoring, there's not much here I'd include.

"May the Horse Be with You"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E19+May+The+Horse+Be+With+You.mkv

Highlights:

1:02 in.^ *

7:49 in.^

24:49 in. And the cue after the commercial break, but in this instance the two cues sounds like they go together, so I would make the obvious choice of combining them. It's a logical and correct decision.^

30:41 in.^

32:47 in.^

33:47 in.^

38:21 in. At one point the cue goes into a short bit of southern-music type of sound with jaw harp joining in. Almost three minutes of refreshingly different an enjoyable scoring. A set of season five scoring would be incomplete without this cue.^

41:06 in.^

48:36 in.^

Obligatory horse racing episode thankfully contains almost no horse racing, but is still just as bad as a standard horse-racing epispode.

* = Gawd, that is one awful voiceover.

"Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E20+Photo+Must+Credit+Joe+Paxton.mkv

Highlights:

8:17 in.

11:51 in.^

16:07 in. And the restaurant source cue that crossfades into the end of the score cue.^

19:29 in.^

21:00 in. And the pleasant strings and woodwinds cue that immediately follows it.^

31:35 in.^

39:14 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

41:00 in.^

44:21 in.^

(NtM: 37:51)

"60 Miles to Hell"
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E21+60+Miles+To+Hell.mkv

Highlights:

1:01 in.^

:30 in.^

7:50 in. Including funky material. I think the material heard during the airplane porn scene, might be tracked from a prior episode.^

12:02 in. And the cue after the commercial break.^

13:51 in. Moderately=paced funky cue with guiro.^

18:40 in.^

28:01 in.^

31:31 in. Part of this cue might be tracked from "May the Horse Be with You".^

33:57 in. Part of this cue might be tracked from "May the Horse Be with You".^

36:33 in.^ *

39:05 in.^

40:37 in. Around seven minutes long. Including airplane porn.^

48:43 in.^

Another good effort. This score includes more of the refreshing and enjoyable southern-style cues.

* = Man alive that is one hot blonde woman.

"In Full Command" (final episode)
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-season-5/S5+E22+In+Full+Command.mkv

Highlights:

3:33 in.^

5:49 in.^

6:19 in. Including some funky material which sounds more akin to disco.^

8:09 in.^

11:28 in.^

19:35 in.

20:56 in. And the cue after the commercial break, which sounds more like something you'd expect to hear in "Vega$".^

25:57 in.

28:53 in. And the source cue which immediately follows it, which I think has not only been used before, but may have originally been a score cue in a prior episode. And the cue after the commercial break.^ *

35:23 in.^

38:45 in.^

43:59 in.^

48:33 in.^

While this was the last series episode, there were some TV movies afterwards, and they will be forthcoming.

* = In real life any guy who stop their yapping and ravage her.

(NtM: 17:50)

I had to mention this: we almost got to see Kojak in the theaters. From the wikipedia page for the show, comes this interesting bit of trivia which I wish had happened:

David and Leslie Newman's original script for Superman: The Movie featured a cameo appearance by Savalas as Kojak, with Superman mistaking him for Lex Luthor and accidentally capturing him. This scene was written out of the film after Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz became involved and shifted the film towards a less campy and more serious tone.[16]


	Posted:	Mar 31, 2023 - 7:25 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

TV MOVIES:

"The Belarus File" (1985)
By: Barry De Vorzon and Joseph Conlan (in that order)
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E1+The+Belarus+Files.mp4

Highlights:

12:05 in.^

16:17/43:59/52:29 in.^

26:40 in.^

34:32 in. Assuming this is original music.

38:27 in. And the strings-lead funeral music.^

39:47 in.^

49:05 in.^

54:20 in.^

1:00:27 in.^

1:03:56 in.^

1:08:12 in.^

1:23:11 in.^

1:33:05 in.^

The score began off very weak with dated empty synth work for the first few cues, but recovered later. However, some dated synth sounds are still used and the score is still very inferior to Cacavas' work. But it's not so bad that it doesn't deserve anything released. I say about ten selected cues ought to do it.

(NtM: composer credit -- 4:11 in)


	Posted:	Apr 3, 2023 - 8:56 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing TV MOVIES:

"The Price of Justice" (1987)
By: Patrick Williams
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E2+The+Price+of+Justice.mp4

This is the only effort by Williams.

Highlights:

6:20 in.^

25:12 in.

33:00 in.^

1:12:00/1:33:57 in.^

Unfortunately, back when the show was on the air, that would have still been on the trailing edge of Williams at his peak, but at this point I guess budgets were not what they used to be and as a result it's cheap synth-laden inferior work. I hate to say it, but none of this needs to be released.

The entire notion of this TV movie is that no mother kills her own children, which of course was not only false back then, but several times over it's been proven false after-the-fact. Just a decade or so ago -- for one example -- there was one that made the national news, where the mother was distraught over something, had both kids in the car, drove the car into a lake or some kind of body of water, and drowned her kids.

(NtM: composer credit -- 2:00 in)


	Posted:	Apr 4, 2023 - 7:54 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing TV MOVIES:

"Ariana" (1989)
By: Cameron Allan
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E3+Ariana.mp4

"Highlight":

42:57 in.^

Lord. Cheap synth score with dated sound, aimless cues that at best just plod around, and often are just wrong for the scenes. This is 101 in How to Not Score Kojak. I just feel he was hired based upon his cost. Nothing here needs to be released.

15:08 in: Yikes, age was not kind to Telly. He's looking like a scary Mr. Potatohead.

(NtM: composer credit -- 6:03 in ~ 1:34:51)


	Posted:	Apr 5, 2023 - 8:59 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing TV MOVIES:

"Fatal Flaw" (1989)
By: John Cacavas
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E4+Fatal+Flaw.mp4

Highlights:

0:30 in.^ *

5:48 in.^

7:34 in.

11:51 in.^

20:02 in.^

27:13 in.

32:04 in.^

36:31 in.^

43:31 in.^

50:05 in.^

1:08:33 in.^

1:12:31 in. Now, given the noticeably smaller music budget, this cue is more in line with what he was doing on the series.^

1:19:41 in.^

1:21:31/1:22:00 in.^

1:32:04 in.^

Angie Dickinson guest stars. I bet she was quietly wondering in her head while doing this: How come Telly gets all these "Kojak" TV movies after his series ended, but I got none after "Police Woman" ended?

I was hoping for more than we actually got, with Cacavas' return. The score is mostly synth, with a -- for that time -- generic sax' use. At least one theme used in the show , makes a return. The action cues are mostly synths work with simple repeating ideas, which pale greatly in comparison to the action material in the show. I'd go as far as to say its lazy.
Not much of this score needs to be released, and -- quite frankly -- given the grand scheme of things with all the superior television scoring you could be hearing, it if never got released, it would be no loss of consequence. Maybe a 2CD set covering selections from the TV movies, would do it.

I having been skimming for score, so I don't know if this and the last two TV movies say what happened to the regulars on the show when Kojak was on the force.

* = Man, that is one courteous cabbie. He stayed there after the guy fired multiple rounds into another man in cold blooded murder, walked back, and let him get back in.

(NtM: composer credit -- 1:24 in)

"I figure, if God wanted me in the water, he'd have made me a fish."


	Posted:	Apr 6, 2023 - 7:32 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Continuing TV MOVIES:

"Flowers for Matty" (1990)
By: Cameron Allan
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E5+Flowers+for+Matty.mp4

"Highlights":

9:37 in.

1:25:13 in. Joining a meandering sounds design cue where it gets as far as Allan is probably capable of making it more than that.

1:34:40 in.^

Man, just as bad as the first effort.

In the episodes one of the officers states he finds a safe, and Kojak asks the owner if he'd mind opening it. In real life a search warrant doesn't work that way. You have to specify the area to be searched, the items in relation to the crime to be found, and anything not in that but relevant, must be in plain view. Kojak would need a separate warrant to get into the safe, and the owner should know that. There are no exigent circumstances seen here to do otherwise.

(NtM: composer credit -- 1:39 in)

"It's Always Something" (1990)
By: Cameron Allan
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E6+It's+Always+Something.mp4

"Highlight":

0:31 in.

Just as bad as the first two scores. I'll admit, I gave up at the 29:00 minute mark -- I couldn't listen to this crap anymore. Not a single cue, quite frankly, from any of his efforts, needs to be released. Thank the dear fluffy lord this was his last effort.

One of the original main supporting cast members returns, now a lawyer.

(NtM: composer credit -- 1:27 in)


	Posted:	Apr 10, 2023 - 8:26 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

Finishing TV MOVIES:

"None So Blind" (1990)
By: John Cacavas
https://archive.org/embed/kojak-tv-movie-collection/S1+E7+None+So+Blind.mp4

Highlights:

1:07/4:15 in.^

19:49 in.

22:48 in.^

48:52 in.^

55:20 in.^

1:06:40 in.^

1:07:15 in.^

1:12:42 in.^

1:32:22 in.

Thank goodness the final [original] Kojak didn't end with Cameron Allan!

Some recognizable names in this one, including Jerry Orbach and Rip Torn.

(NtM: composer credit -- 2:00 in ~ 41:38)

Kojak: " I was getting a haircut; can't you tell?"

And that was it for Telly as Kojak. But over twenty years later, there was a remake series. See my thread tomorrow for it...


	Posted:	Apr 11, 2023 - 7:36 AM
	By:	Justin Boggan (Member)

ADDITIONAL, UNCREDITED, STOCK MUSIC COMPOSERS:

Culled from BMI and ASCAP. In no particular order.

Tommy Leonetti.

Bonnie Cacavas. (listed with John)

James D. McAdams. (listed with John Cacavas, sometimes Bonnie & John; also listed with Cassey; McAdams was a producer on the show)

John Gillespie and Frank Paparelli.

Charles R. Cassey. (listed, of course, with Cacavas)

Steven N. Kaplan.

Richard E. Maltby and David Shire.

John A. Costello, III and David P. Hilker.

Irwin Coster. (also listed with Rude V. Frimel)

George Savalas.

Marilyn Jackson. (listed with Cacavas)

Richard McClelland. (listed with Goldenberg)

Telly Savalas. (listed with Bonnie & John)

Richard e. Maltby and David Shire.

John Costello and David P. Hilker.

John Gillespie and Frank Paparelli.

And I only saw Richmond on ASCAP.

As usual, there has been, of course, no release of the show's scoring. No known promos either.

Other Threads I Have Created or Commented in About TV Scores:

PLEASE NOTE: There are some shows left off, that I created as place holders to new TV series, incase I wanted to cover then later, but changed my mind.

"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 (complete)

"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