Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:20 am

I enjoyed watching The Fugitive but I did not watch it religiously. The very firstepisode is titled, “Fear In A City” (airdate Sept 17, 1963). There is of course a lot ofmusic by Pete Rugolo. The Fugitive Main Title is rather famous and dynamicallydramatic. Unfortunately I never did see any of the written music composed by Rugolo atthe CBS Collection, but then again I never expected it. But I have seen many of thewritten cues for the stock music cue sections used for the episode from the CBS MusicLibrary. Examples are as follows:-“House of Prentice” Library 9, Reel 56-1, B. Herrmann :05. [Note: Somebodywrote down the cue name wrong. It should be spelled “House of Prentiss.” This cue wasfrom Herrmann’s pilot score, Collector’s Item starring Vincent Price. CBS cue # 1283. Itwas the very first cue in the pilot.]-“Hammer Blows of Fate” Library 12, Reel 22 (M); Rene Garrueng, :31. [Note:Somebody wrote down Rene’s name wrong! It should be Garriguenc (with an end “c”—not “g”! By the way, I happened to have hand-copied this cue. I’ll have to dig itout…..Yes, it’s titled “Hammer Blows of Fate (Tragic Chord & Tail)” domiciled in Box79 CBS Collection, only 5 bars, CBS XII 44E… so apparently a different version sincethe above referenced Reel 22 in Library 12. Hmmm…]-“The Squaw” Library 13, 22(M), F. Steiner. :08. [Note: This is from that episodeof Gunsmoke I mentioned earlier]-“Ostinato Suspense” Library 8, 56D-3, R. Garrigueng (!), 1:32. [Note: I handcopiedthis music or at least portions of it.]-“Neutral Suspense” Library 7, 56B, R. Garrigueng (!) 3:21. [Note: I believe Iworked on this one as well. I’ll have to check out the dvd set—if I ever get enoughmoney to buy it!—to see if 3 minutes and 21 seconds of it was actually used in that pilotepisode.]-“Shoot To Kill” Library 11, Reel 78E-8, Wm. Lava, 1:21. [Note: Not sure wherethis cue is from—perhaps a Have Gun Will Travel episode…]-“Climatic Close” Library 8, Reel 48C, B. Herrmann, :28. [Note: Otherwiselabeled on the music as Climax Close.” CBS cue # 218 contained in Box 11 at UCLA.This is one of the earliest cues written by Herrmann for CBS television. Immediatelyafter that he wrote the so-called “Indian Suite” cues (starting cue # 219, “Echo I”)]-“Shock Chord” Library 8, R44C, L. Moraweck, :10. [Note: I never worked onthat chord]-“Reckoning Opening” Library 10, 47D, J. Goldsmith, :10. [Note: I’ll have tocheck my papers and see where that cue is from…]-etc.“The Girl from Little Egypt” episode (airdate December 24, 1963) uses moreHerrmann cues. “House of Prentiss” is used again (stilled misspelled “Prentice”) for fourseconds, as well as Garriguenc’s (still misspelled with the “g”) “Hammer Blows of Fate”for 8 seconds at one placement, and 22 seconds at a later placement by the music editor.But you also hear Herrmann cues form the Twilight Zone episode he composed for(“Walking Distance”): “Memories” and “The Parents.” But you’ll hear a lot of stockmusic cues from many composers from the CBS Music Library. Examples are:3