The Television Music Thread

An example of one of the most daring and talented television composers ever - Gil Mellé (THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, NIGHT GALLERY and others) . Most know him for his extremely avant-garde electronic score for THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, but he did most of his work for television and the jazz scene.

My favourite television music is probably Bernard Herrmann's work for THE TWILIGHT ZONE, followed by the other regular regular who composed for the series (Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman, Fred Steiner, Lalo Schifrin etc.). WALKING DISTANCE is the highlight, but there are others too.

Uploaded some Ron Jones tracks today, here's a favorite:




http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/notes/box05_disc05.html#ep3

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The story and characters allowed Jones to explore the extremes of love and hatred in his score. Riva receives a gentle five-note motive (“Meet Riva”) harmonized with consonant intervals (mostly fifths) for airy synthesizers that showcases the character’s empathy; wind chimes, EWI and harp create a gentle sonic environment of Renaissance-like enlightenment. The composer develops the theme into a full-fledged, song-like melody (“True Meaning”) as Riva dismisses his chorus and communicates with Troi entirely through body language at a romantic dinner. “It was about empathy connections, so I tried to do it on a romantic level like Romeo and Juliet, and Rachmaninov—rich, alluding to minor sixth chords,” Jones says. “It’s so much fun to have had that opportunity—that cue is two minutes long, so I could actually do a 32-bar theme. We found a way to use synthesizer where it was more subtle and wash-y. If it had been direct it wouldn’t have worked as well against the orchestra.”

The music that played in toilets 150,000 years ago in a distant part of the galaxy.



Love the BSG scores.

Is the following derivative? Absolutely, but I wanna drive around 60's LA in a convertable to it.

Herrmann's score for "Walking Distance" might be one of the best pieces ever composed for television. His score for "Where the Woodbine Twineth" for the Hitchcock Hour was also outstanding.

Here's a good TV theme:


Baladamenti's "Twin Peaks" music was good, but I preferred his work for the film version.

Like the Avengers )the series not the comic)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7IrO3g-snY&feature=related