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Feb 16, 2012 - 7:16 AM
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Thor
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I've now reached a point in my JW 'fandom' that I've seen ALL the feature films he's scored and own some sort of recording of everything. But one frontier remains - his TV music! Even here I've seen quite a bit, and own musical recordings (both commercially released and otherwise) of several things, but there's still a JUNGLE out there of unexplored, lost, buried and unseen/unheard treasures. And the last couple of years have seen the appearance of even MORE stuff that was hitherto unknown (NIGHTWATCH, 11th HOUR, WHO GOES THERE? etc.). So how does one go about unearthing these things? I wish someone made an extensive and detailed discography/filmograhy/buyer's guide of this material. Would give a decent overview, at least, even if some of it was impossible to find. What's your most-desired, completely unreleased Williams TV work that you want to see? Or that should get a soundtrack? Here's my compilation of what I know, in addition to all the details provided below: GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER (1953-1962) --- Season 8: 3 episodes? --- Season 9: 3 episodes --- Season 10: 1-3 episodes? http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=93880&forumID=1&archive=0 PLAYHOUSE 90 (1956-1960) --- ??? http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=106748&forumID=1&archive=0 M SQUAD (1957-1960) --- Season 2: 8 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=99017&forumID=1&archive=0 BACHELOR FATHER (1957-1962) --- Theme (Season 3) --- Season 2: 8 episodes --- Season 3: 37 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=98355&forumID=1&archive=0 TALES OF WELLS FARGO (1957-1962) --- Season 5: ?? --- Season 6: ?? http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=106747&forumID=1&archive=0 WAGON TRAIN (1957-1965) --- Season 2: 4 episodes --- Season 7: 1 episode --- Season 8: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=19918&forumID=1&archive=1 MARKHAM (1959-1960) --- Season 1: 1 episode CHECKMATE (1960-1962) --- Theme --- Season 1: 36 episodes --- Season 2: 4 episodes ALCOA PREMIERE THEATER (1961-1963) --- Theme --- Season 1: 28 episodes --- Season 2: 28 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=111325&forumID=1&archive=0 BEN CASEY (1961-1966) --- Season 4: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=58320&forumID=1&archive=0 KRAFT MYSTERY THEATRE -- SECOND INCARNATION (1961-1963) --- Theme (season 3) --- Season 3: 3 episodes WIDE COUNTRY (1962-1963) --- Theme --- Season 1: Pilot (part of ALCOA PREMIERE) THE ELEVENTH HOUR (1962-1964) --- Season 2: 1 episode THE VIRGINIAN (1962-1971) --- ??? (tracked music from WAGON TRAIN?) BREAKING POINT (1963-1964) --- Season 1: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=119276&forumID=1&archive=0 KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER (1963-1965) --- Theme (Season 1 and 2) --- Season 1: 16 episodes --- Season 2: 2 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=93204&forumID=1&archive=0 BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (1963-1967) --- Theme --- Season 1: 3 episodes(?) --- Season 2: 1 episode (?) --- Season 3: 4 episodes (?) --- Season 4: 1 episode (?) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=80770&forumID=1&archive=0 THE GHOSTBREAKER (1964) --- Pilot (unsold) GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (1964-1967) --- Pilot (unaired) --- Season ?: ?? episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=58620&forumID=1&archive=0 LOST IN SPACE (1964-1968) --- Theme (Season 1 and 2) --- Season 1: 4 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=60348&forumID=1&archive=0 CONVOY (1965) --- Season 1: 2 episodes NIGHTWATCH (1965) --- Pilot (unsold) AND BABY MAKES THREE (1965) --- Pilot (unsold) WHO GOES THERE? (1965) --- Pilot (unsold) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=84878&forumID=1&archive=0 WAYNE AND SHUSTER TAKE AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT... (1966) --- Theme --- Season 1: 6 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=85204&forumID=1&archive=0 THE TIME TUNNEL (1966-1967) --- Theme --- Season 1: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=60202&forumID=1&archive=0 THE TAMMY GRIMES SHOW (1966) --- Theme --- Season 1: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=80715&forumID=1&archive=0 LAND OF THE GIANTS (1968-1970) --- Theme --- Season 1: 1 episode http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=60101&forumID=1&archive=0 CBS PLAYHOUSE (1967-1970) --- Season 2: 1 episode THE COWBOYS (1972) --- Theme (adaptation) KCET (late 1970s) -- Theme/ident NBC NEWS (1985) --- Various themes and bumpers http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=26758&forumID=1&archive=1 AMAZING STORIES (1985-1987) --- Theme --- Season 1: 2 episodes http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=29348&forumID=1&archive=1 EVENING AT POPS (1970-2005) --- Theme (1980?) OLYMPIC THEME FOR TV BROADCAST (1984-2002) --- 1988: "Olympic Spirit" http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=32886&forumID=1&archive=1 MASTERPIECE THEATER (2000) --- Theme http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=1148&forumID=1&archive=1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (2006) --- Theme http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=36499&forumID=1&archive=1 GREAT PERFORMANCES (2009) --- Theme I have omitted the TV films for now, but would have to add them eventually.
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I've now reached a point in my JW 'fandom' that I've seen ALL the feature films he's scored, except STORIA DI UNA DONNA (1970) -- which is basically lost -- and own some sort of recording of everything. But one frontier remains - his TV music! Even here I've seen quite a bit, and own musical recordings (both commercially released and otherwise) of several things, but there's still a JUNGLE out there of unexplored, lost, buried and unseen/unheard treasures. And the last couple of years have seen the appearance of even MORE stuff that was hitherto unknown (NIGHTWATCH, 11th HOUR, WHO GOES THERE? etc.). So how does one go about unearthing these things? I wish someone made an extensive and detailed discography/filmograhy/buyer's guide of this material. Would give a decent overview, at least, even if some of it was impossible to find. Of the "buried" material, the one I'm mostly curious about is probably KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER. I've seen an episode or two, and have audio rips of a few more, but it sounds like something worth seeing. What's your most-desired, completely unreleased Williams TV work that you want to see? Or that should get a soundtrack? I really want Gilligan's Island. I grew up on that stuff.
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So the only thing I would be interested in there would be individual score episodes from CHECKMATE, some of which depart from the cuts on the existing album. The album is terrific, but having watched every single Checkmate episode Williams ever scored, I can say that the episode scores were generally not that interesting compared with his music for Alcoa Premiere and Kraft Suspense.
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Feb 16, 2012 - 3:17 PM
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Morricone
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Kraft Suspense Theater is it for me too. Also it is my favorite TV theme of his. As far as I know, this show never got a video release, right? No DVD's etc.? I wonder why that is. Isn't it a fairly famous show? Because it was an omnibus style program with no identifiable link. The only programs of this fashion that gained a real following in later years were the ones that had a host of some sort. Alfred Hitchcock, Rod Serling, Boris Karloff, even the control voice on the OUTER LIMITS provided some sort of glue to the varied and contrasting tales presented. So even though some of the greatest American television was presented on shows like Playhouse 90, the US Steel Hour, Alcoa Premiere, the Armstrong Circle Theater or the Philco Television Playhouse, if that material exists, no one has tried to release any anthology series in a comprehensive form. As far as I know anyway.
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Alcoa Premiere had a host (Fred Astaire), as did General Electric Theatre (Ronald Reagan). Most of the anthology series with DVD releases you mention are sci-fi/horror-related, which may explain their continuing popularity compared to dramatic anthology series. (Alfred Hitchcock is a special case, I suppose.)
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Feb 16, 2012 - 11:55 PM
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filmusicnow
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Kraft Suspense Theater is it for me too. Also it is my favorite TV theme of his. As far as I know, this show never got a video release, right? No DVD's etc.? I wonder why that is. Isn't it a fairly famous show? Because it was an omnibus style program with no identifiable link. The only programs of this fashion that gained a real following in later years were the ones that had a host of some sort. Alfred Hitchcock, Rod Serling, Boris Karloff, even the control voice on the OUTER LIMITS provided some sort of glue to the varied and contrasting tales presented. So even though some of the greatest American television was presented on shows like Playhouse 90, the US Steel Hour, Alcoa Premiere, the Armstrong Circle Theater or the Philco Television Playhouse, if that material exists, no one has tried to release any anthology series in a comprehensive form. As far as I know anyway. "Kraft Television Theatre" (which has the distinction of airing on two different networks [N.B.C. and A.B.C.]) which aired from 1948 to 1958, is NOT the same show as "Kraft Suspense Theatre", which was coproduced by Romcom Films (Perry Como's production company) and Universal Television. It ran for two seasons on N.B.C. from 1963 to 1965, and deserves a D.V.D. release (are you listening, Timeless?).
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