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The name of the show became THE MEN FROM SHILOH for the final season in 1970.
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S'funny, as a kiddy I remember this show being on TV. I also remember the Granger/Morricone thing.
I didn't think a lot about it at the time, but recently the original title came into my head and I thought, 'What a GREAT composition that is.' It's a quite complex tune that changes within its own parameters, starts off like Bernstein or Moross, but develops into this gallop, like some frisky stallion. Very descriptive, but sort of 'historical/Romantic' too, in keeping with the date of that novel the series was loosely based on.
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I actually got hooked on this show, during its original run, because I loved the theme. It was my favorite television theme at the time. This along with Coronet Blue are my most-wanted, legitimate DVD releases.
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Here in Ireland The Virginian is still shown Mon-Fri at lunchtime on the TG4 channel. We sometimes tape it and watch later.
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My bachelor uncle, who had been severly wounded in WWII, was a huge fan of "The Virginian." Sadly, he is no longer alive, but everytime I am reminded of this series, I fondly think of him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWet2qgieVc
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A detailed episode guide (in some cases):
http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Virginian/V-homepage.htm
There's an episode from the seventh (1968-69) season which features another great performance from Steve Ihnat--"Last Grave at Socorro Creek."
http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Virginian/V191.htm
Jim,
Thanks for the CTVA reference, a great source of information. The Virginian was shown on Saturday nights here in Ireland in the early to late 60s and we would never miss an episode. It is still being shown here on TG4 every day at lunch time. I sometimes get to watch it and like many of those great TV shows from the 60s it has stood the test of time. Some excellent writers like Burt Kennedy worked on The Virginian and it shows. I will always remember Steve Inhat for his brilliant performance as the psychopathic killer in Don Siegel's Madigan. I also remember enjoying The Honker's which I think was the only film he directed ?
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A lot of it was to do with the charismatic actors like McClure, Drury, Cobb etc, and even Stu Granger later as 'The Major'.
But it's based roughly on the famous classic novel of course and that gives it some clout, though the TV show was far more modern than the writing in the book.
I remember my little brother telling me that during a school history course his teacher asked all the kiddies to bring in material that was related to the Old American West. My brother chose to bring in my old copy of 'The Virginian'. The teacher looked at him pityingly and said, 'Well, yes, that's the Hollywood take on the old West, isn't it, not really enlightening us about the actual period itself.' My brother rather aloofly pointed out that the novel was written from first-hand experience in the 19th Century. Poor teacher had nowhere to go. She had no idea this thing meant other than a TV show.
PS ... Ah do decleah ... y'all kin read the whole kiboodle from 1902, by Owen Wister here on the old Gutenberg line:
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=911318
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