Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

favorite episode in this first season is Episode 14, “Play It Glissando” (original airdate
January 20, 1961). It stars Jack Lord as a jazz trumpeter, and Anne Francis as his
paranoid wife who thinks he’s out to kill her. The setting is the “Holiday House” on PCH
at Malibu. Now it is called Geoffrey’s at 27400 PCH. We passed by it a few times but
never stopped in. Next time we’ll visit the joint and see how it has changed since 1960!
Anne Francis just died this February 2011.
-Beneath the 12 Mile Reef (1953) *** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Mile-Reef-Gilbert-
Roland/dp/B00005A0QI/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684677&sr=1-3
This is a good 20 th Century Fox movie but certainly not great. But the score by
Bernard Herrmann is certainly great! I’ve done a 60-page rundown on it here:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/herrmann/12milereef.pdf
-Star Trek: The Original Series, Season One (1966) **** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Original-Complete-
Season/dp/B0002I831S/ref=sr_1_35?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684882&sr=1-35
[reviewed Wednesday, June 29, 2011]:
Classic sci-fi series. I was 16 when the first season was originally aired, and I
tried never to miss an episode on Thursday evenings. I corresponded with a gentleman in
Australia I believe and sent him a reel or cassette tape of “The Devil in the Dark”
episode. He was excited because they would not be getting the series for years yet, I
believe. I was excited by the vivid colors, Mr. Spock as a highly appealing character, and
of course the music (especially by Fred Steiner who just passed away about a week ago,
by the way). My favorite episodes from this first season:
-“What Are Little Girls Made of?”
-“The Corbomite Maneuver”
-“The Menagerie”
-“The Conscience of the King”
-“The Galileo Seven”
-“The Squire of Gothos”
-“Court Martial”
-“The Return of the Archons”
-“The Devil in the Dark” Very atmospheric. Needed a Herrmann score!
-“City on the Edge of Forever” Classic.
I do not have the new set with the reworked special effects but if I can afford it
someday, I’ll buy it.
-Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 2 (1967) **** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Original-Complete-
Seasons/dp/B0002JJBZY/ref=sr_1_30?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684948&sr=1-30
Another terrific season. My favorite episodes:
-“Amok Time”
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