In reply to Cody1949....I would love to see a CD release of Frontiere's scores for: 1. "Chisum" coupled with 2. "The Train Robbers"....both John Wayne Westerns for cryin' out loud!
In reply to Cody1949....I would love to see a CD release of Frontiere's scores for: 1. "Chisum" coupled with 2. "The Train Robbers"....both John Wayne Westerns for cryin' out loud!
Yes,thanks for reminding me about Chisum. It would make a great companion piece. In fact, Chisum would be the main attraction. J.
I'd really like to hear the music he did for the Tony Franciosa episodes (or at least the 1st episode, Fear of High Places) of The Name of the Game, another Leslie Stevens production. The Jeff Dillon theme is one of my all time favorites. The series theme itself was Grusin, tho'.
"The Name of the Game" had some interesting and classy composer choices. On top of Frontiere, the series episodes were also scored by (there's no complete listing online currently, so this is all I got):
Leonard Rosenman (multiples) Ralph Ferraro (who also was orchestrating for Rosenman at the time) Dave Grusin (on top of the theme) Benny Carter Oliver Nelson Ralph Burns Billy Goldenberg Robert Prince Patrick Williams Stanley Wilson (supposedly)
In reply to Cody1949....I would love to see a CD release of Frontiere's scores for: 1. "Chisum" coupled with 2. "The Train Robbers"....both John Wayne Westerns for cryin' out loud!
Yes,thanks for reminding me about Chisum. It would make a great companion piece. In fact, Chisum would be the main attraction. J.
I'm sure many of us would like to see (hear) these but unfortunately -- and this just from stuff said here in the past -- the material for both seems to be missing/lost (along with Frontiere's Barquero).
Find the love theme from Alex North's Spartacus: the blueprint for Frontiere's Hero's Island main theme that he reworked for 4 episodes of Stoney Burke.
In reply to Cody1949....I would love to see a CD release of Frontiere's scores for: 1. "Chisum" coupled with 2. "The Train Robbers"....both John Wayne Westerns for cryin' out loud!
Yes,thanks for reminding me about Chisum. It would make a great companion piece. In fact, Chisum would be the main attraction. J.
I'm sure many of us would like to see (hear) these but unfortunately -- and this just from stuff said here in the past -- the material for both seems to be missing/lost (along with Frontiere's Barquero).
They also said that about THE GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL. We shall see.
In Follow The Leader (episode 2, guest starring Andrew Prine), two cues from The Outer Limits were reworked and re-arranged, one from Don't Open Till Doomsday and one from The Borderland.
In Decision (episode 7, guest starring Tim O'Connor), one slow mysterious and one brief tense cues later re-arranged on the pilot of The Invaders during the discovery of Bud's Diner by tired Vincent and, later on, Vincent's fight against Sheriff Lou Carver in Kinney at night are heard.
In Interlude (episode 10, guest starring Dana Wynter), one original torn-inside and love cue reworked later on The Love War and A Name for Evil is heard.
Just a few examples…
PS: The last season 1 of The Outer Limits aired on May 1964 and the first season 1 episode of Twelve O'Clock High aired on September 1964.
My holy grails would be The Invaders and Stoney Burke, particularly since a lot of the cues I wanted to hear on The Rat Patrol CD were tracked from Burke. LL Land??
In addition, I have some old recordings from both Probe and The Immortal ... and they are very good as well. Perhaps a multi-CD compilation would be a potential way to go, though I know rights might be an issue.
I've been watching episodes of 12 O'Clock High recently and noticed a cue that I recognized as being one I had heard on the Rat Patrol CDs. I identified the music as track 36 (also track 5) on Volume 1. I can't find the place and episode I first noticed this on, but it was used again in the episode "The Threat" during the fight between General Savage and Gilly Bright on the train.
This all the more makes me hope for a similar soundtrack release of Dominic Frontiere's score for 12 O'Clock High. Does anyone know any details about the recording? Was a portion done episodically, or was it all library cues like the Rat Patrol? Where and when was the score recorded? Do the tapes for it still exist? Is there any chance that it was recorded in stereo like Rat Patrol was? What is the likelihood of such a release? Etc.?
Discovered a couple goodies from Frontiere the passed few weeks, thanks to youtube loads:
The pilot score to "Strike Force".
And a crummy TV movie (maybe failed pilot?) called "The Love War".
Good stuff. I've also, over the passed few months, have been adding missing pilots to his IMDb page (or missing from IMDb all together), using books on pilots, old articles like BMI reporting scoring assignments, etc. So, I've added probably two dozen individule credits. Only one was rejected and I couldn't give them enough information to get it taken:
"American Masterpieces" (1964)
A biographical pilot for a potential sereis on biographies on people. Directed by Allen Baron for Daystar Productions.
