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I have always loved the UNCLE scores (the 3rd season less so; the good scores that year were for GIRL). I'm one of the few people who found and bought the Randazzo album when it came out. I still had it when the CD came out (so I could lose the surface noise).
The entire Mother Muffin score is a highlight of the series. If you can, listen to it on the FSM Volume 3 of the Man from UNCLE. I think it's better without Randazzo's added soprano, but you can't lose either way. Heck, even his additions of his own compositions kept the style and sound so well you'd think they were from the show.
(And yes, I know, Girl was generally pretty lame, if lightyears ahead of "The My Friend the Gorilla Affair". I couldn't even get through that one on the DVD release.)
Anyone who likes 60's spy scoring MUST sample the UNCLE scores. Season one had Goldsmith (with the incredible 5/4 conception of the theme, later spoiled by Schifrin's 4/4 arrangement), Mort Stevens, Walter Scharf and Schifrin. Later seasons had Gerald Fried, Robert Drasnin, Richard Shores and one -choke- misfire from Nelson Riddle (the Batman from UNCLE?). And then there was Girl with works from Dave Grusin, Richard Shores and Jack Marshall (yes, he was a good jazz composer, not just the MUNSTERS man).
Way back in '67, I did a high school piano recital with a friend, which included my own (5/4) arrangement of the theme and "Bye Bye Jill" by Stevens.
Too much reminiscing there. But I can't stop myself when talking about UNCLE. It was the thing that got me started on the whole film score madness.
Now, if I could only find my way to Del Floria's tailor shop. . .
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Remember a few years ago when in a thread here FSM members complained about these extraordinary prices at SAE, and eventually somebody at SAE posted here they were sorry and brought the price down?
Well, I guess that was a one off!
(no, I'm not complaining; if they want to charge a ton of money, that's their prerogative, but at least they should be consistent of the old apology meant nothing)
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Yep, it's my favorite track from the FSM vol. 3 and from the Randazzo album. Maybe one of my favorite Grusin's ever!
I got the series pretty cheap through Amazon Prime, and rewatched the episode for the first time in decades.
Oh my lord, it was dire. Comedy without humor, thriller without pace. Episode without budget.
Still I to this day love Karloff in drag - he does it with so little fuss.
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