Intrada Soundtrack Forum

It's no secret that there is a lot of great TV music out there. There are many fan favorites, including The Six Million Dollar Man, Columbo, The A-Team, Night Gallery, Mission: Impossible, Quantum Leap, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., and so on.

It seems that the biggest problem holding back releases of these television scores is the idea that it's mostly an all or nothing proposition among collectors. However, I contend that the vast majority are more than happy with just selections instead of the monumental undertaking of producing everything to please a fringe group.

My suggestion is, if possible, to release a series of 2-CD selections of TV music for these fan favorite shows that mostly come from Universal. For example, 2 discs of music from The Six Million Dollar Man, 2 discs of music from Quantum Leap, etc. Additional sets for particular shows could be produced if sales from the previous ones achieve desired results. This is in contrast to Battlestar Galactica, where it seems that all of the music was planned for release right from the beginning, or the Star Trek box that included everything in one shot.

That is just my thinking about an area of soundtracks that seemingly can only be profitable for so long.

I would love to see more TV show scores get the respect they deserve. We all know the theme tunes from our favourite shows like The A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., even Murder She Wrote. Hell i bet a few of us have had a go humming most of them. But there is so much music to be heard. I particully liked what FSM did with C.H.i.P.S, & what Intrada did with BSG. And i never get tired of hearing each Volume.

Yeah, there is an extreme musical depth to these shows beyond their admittedly addictive main title themes. Yet, a staggering amount of music for very popular television shows remains untapped in album form.

FSM definitely started off the right idea with their series of releases for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and CHiPs. They kept the productions reasonable with well selected music.

I love all-inclusive releases for film series, because the music is easily managed and apparently doesn't do much harm to a label's release frequency. But, long-running shows require a tremendous amount of research if a label is to please those who die for every single note of music.

Yes! Also, "The Rockford Files."

Early 70's television is a weird thing for me, all of the good stuff was on past my bedtime and the entire era has a strange feeling personally. I would love to see a three CD set of the NBC Mystery Movie or Rod Serlings Night Gallery or The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau...

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How about Richard Markowitz' The Wild, Wild West?

They did a masterful DVD release of the first black and white season. They spent less time/$$/effort on the subsequent seasons.

Wonder if the soundtracks survive?