Herrmann Music in Have Gun Will Travel and - Film Score Rundowns

It’s a stormy night in San Francisco, and Paladin investigates the death of an
Hawaiian prince. It soon becomes an international mystery. The score is far better than
this lighthearted story, however. While the episode overall is merely a C, the rating for
the score is a B plus.
[Note: Original score by Lyn Murray. I never looked at the written score but I
wish I had. Maybe some day…]
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“Lady With A Gun” April 9, 1960 **** B+
Wow! Paula Raymond guest stars as the “lady with a gun” out to shoot Ruddy
Rossback (played admirably by Jack Weston). She is simply gorgeous! You might
remember her in Harryhausen’s Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. I wish she was in more
episodes of HGWT. However, I remember her also in other CBS series such as Perry
Mason. Ron Soble plays the gunman she hires, and he looks a lot like Jerry Seinfeld, the
comedian. It would be so funny to digitally put Seinfeld’s face on that actor and
substitute the voice!
[Note: There is no Herrmann music used in this episode. I really like the opening
music but cannot identify it at this moment. In fact much of the music selected by the
music editor is quite good. I wish I had the official cue sheets.]
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“Never Help The Devil” April 14, 1960 **** B-
This is a decent standard Paladin drama about a gunman named Kramer
(excellently played by Jack Lambert) who gets wounded after a gunfight and hires
Paladin to protect him from the townsfolk fast turning into a mob.
-Chapter 2 from :01 to :15: “Ghost Town” (Desert Suite) Bars 1-4. Scene: Paladin
enters Crescent City at the northern border of California.
-Chapter 2 from :16 to :35: “East Horizons” (Desert Suite) Bars 10-13, end Bar
19.
-Chapter 3 from 3:04 to 3:12: “Lead-In C” (Police Force) end Bars 10-11.
-Chapter 3 from 3:13 to 3:57: “Lead-In F” (Police Force) Bars 1-2, 5-11. Scene:
Paladin knocks on Kramer’s hotel room.
-Chapter 3 from 5:20 to 5:52: “Night” (Police Force) Bars 1-4, 11-15, 32-37.
-Chapter 4 from 1:02 to 2:05: “The Desert” (by Rene Garriguenc) Cue # 178,
Bars 1-13, 1-2, 1-2. Scene: Paladin and Kramer slowly leave the hotel.
-Chapter 4 from 3:10 to 4:19: “Prelude (The Desert)” [Desert Suite] Bars 18-28,
28, 22-23, 26-27, 40.
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“Ambush” April 23, 1960 * D
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