M SQUAD (with Lee Marvin) a pulsating sound as only the "Count" could swing.
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Reality_TV_Sucks — 16 years ago(March 02, 2010 12:09 AM)
"Meet Corliss Archer"
"Rocky King, Detective"
"I Married Joan"
"I Love Lucy"
"The Honeymooners"
All very catchy! I hope I DO get them stuck in my head!
"It's Bucket 'o Nothing! Surprise your friends, amaze your family, annoy perfect strangers!" -
stranddan — 16 years ago(March 02, 2010 08:47 AM)
I like most of the ones mentioned, at least those I remember. I was not a fan of either Lucy or Honeymooners, but I do remember the themes.
No recollection of "Corliss Archer" (except radio)
No recollection of "Rocky King"
I would add to these lists the melodic theme from "Medic," starring Richard Boone as Dr. Conrad Steiner. -
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3rdrowleft — 16 years ago(March 04, 2010 10:20 AM)
- Peter Gunn (without a doubt)
Others in no particular order:
Mr. Lucky (another Mancini)
The Untouchables
Perry Mason (extended into the '60s)
The Twilight Zone
Alcoa Present One Step Beyond (not so much the theme, but the music that occurs at the time of the psychic phenomenon).
But throughout it all, my motto was "Dignity! Always dignity!".
- Peter Gunn (without a doubt)
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grantch — 15 years ago(May 29, 2010 04:33 AM)
(1) The crashing chords as you saw the view of the city and night fell diagonally The opening of The Edge of Night as well as the gorgeous piano and organ closing theme played during the credit crawl.
(2) The tempestuous waves hurling at the rocky cliffs displayed during that great tense music for the opening of The Secret Storm. (Visually that image was so great Dan Curtis lifted it a decade later for the opening of Dark Shadows. LOL)
The visuals and the musical themes for the opening of those two shows still make me smile at the recollection. It's tragic today that closing themes and credit crawls no longer exist. Much as I love shows like Lost or The Vampire Diaries, is there any living person who's heard and can humm the musical themes accompanying them? -
uncle_g1234 — 15 years ago(May 23, 2010 06:56 PM)
My lyric memory is sketchy but here are some I remember.
The lawman came with the sun.
There was a job to be done,
And so they called for the badge and the gun
Of the lawman!
And as he silently rode
Where evil violently flowed
They knew he'd live and he'd die by the code
of the lawman!
or
Riverboat ring your bell.
Fairthewell Annabelle.
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans,
Living on jacks and queens.
Maverick is the legend of the West.
or
Have gun,will travel reads the card of a man.
A knight without armor in a savage land.
His fast gun for hire meets the calling wind.
A soldier of fortune is the man called Palladin.
Palladin, Palladin, where do you roam?
Palladin, Palladin, far far from home.
or
Johnny Yuma was a rebel.
He roamed thru the West.
And Johnny Yuma, the rebel.
He wandered alone. (cant' remember what comes after)
I used to sing along, and then I'd sing these songs at odd times between programs. At one time I think I knew all the words of Rawhide. It was sung by Frankie Layne, who was a kid favorite of mine. -
gcarras — 13 years ago(December 17, 2012 10:02 PM)
Even though it was a stock theme from composers John Seely and Bill Loose at Capityol, The Donnas Reed Show theme, TC-430A "Happy Day" or "Domestic"
Of course,
Walter Schumann's "Dragnet theme"
Elliot Daniel's "Lucy"
Fred Steiner's "Perry Mason" -
jimbo97-1 — 12 years ago(May 19, 2013 12:06 PM)
Henry Mancini's hard-driving "Peter Gunn" theme, especially the way they made the main title FIT the music, adds to the excitement! (A '60s main title favorite, "Hawaii-Five-0" does a similar "marriage" of music with quick-cut visuals.)
Frankie Laine's "Rawhide" (Keep movin' movin' movin' tho' they're disapprovin')
"Perry Mason" the "threatening" strings at first segue into a piano-beat minor chord theme that can only be called kinky.
"Dobie Gillis"
The Ballad of Wyatt Earp (sung by a barbershop quartet)
"Bat Masterson"
Heck, I can still hum the themes from "Riverboat", "Buckskin" and "Death Valley Days" tho' I haven't heard them in years. -