Herrmann Music in Have Gun Will Travel and - Film Score Rundowns
Herrmann Music in Have Gun Will Travel and - Film Score Rundowns
Herrmann Music in Have Gun Will Travel and - Film Score Rundowns
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-Chapter 3 from 7:21 to 8:09: Collector’s Item cue<br />
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“The Search” June 18, 1960 *** C+<br />
Perry Cook (remember him as the crafty killer <strong>in</strong> “The Posse”?) returns here but<br />
<strong>in</strong> a far more sympathetic role as Fred Mosely. It’s an okay, st<strong>and</strong>ard Palad<strong>in</strong> tale worth<br />
one watch (same for the score).<br />
[Note: Orig<strong>in</strong>al score by Wilbur Hatch]<br />
Note: END of the Third Season.<br />
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GUNSMOKE<br />
While I would rate <strong>Have</strong> <strong>Gun</strong> <strong>Will</strong> <strong>Travel</strong> as my favorite CBS television western<br />
series, <strong>Gun</strong>smoke would be a very close second. There’s a terrific “family” feel<strong>in</strong>g or<br />
gestalt <strong>in</strong> this show because, unlike HGWT, you had at least four pr<strong>in</strong>cipal characters:<br />
Matt Dillon, Chester Goode, Doc Adams, <strong>and</strong> Kitty Russell. Later on the series would<br />
feature Festus Haggen, Qu<strong>in</strong>t Asper, Sam the bartender, Louie Pheeters, Mr. Jonas, <strong>and</strong><br />
so forth. Bonanza <strong>and</strong> The Big Valley, Rawhide, <strong>and</strong> many other popular western series<br />
had the same “family” orientation. <strong>Have</strong> <strong>Gun</strong> <strong>Will</strong> <strong>Travel</strong> only really had Palad<strong>in</strong> (with<br />
the exception of Hey Boy <strong>and</strong> Hey Girl <strong>in</strong> small, relatively <strong>in</strong>significant roles). The same<br />
applied to Cheyenne, Wanted: Dead or Alive (Steve McQueen), <strong>and</strong> several other shows<br />
featur<strong>in</strong>g a solo star, but HGWT was a cut above all of them. John Meston was the<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>cipal writer of the series <strong>in</strong> the first several seasons. He was terrific with dialog! He<br />
also tended to slant his stories with tragedy <strong>and</strong> grimness, a real hard edge.<br />
SEASON TWO:<br />
“The Man Who Would Be Marshall” June 15, 1957 *** C+<br />
This was the third from f<strong>in</strong>al episode of the second season of <strong>Gun</strong>smoke. It marks<br />
the very first episode of the series that used <strong>Herrmann</strong> music (from <strong>Herrmann</strong>’s pilot<br />
score for <strong>Have</strong> <strong>Gun</strong> <strong>Will</strong> <strong>Travel</strong>). <strong>Herrmann</strong> signed the contract for HGWT earlier <strong>in</strong><br />
January.<br />
-Chapter 3 from :01 to :50: “<strong>Travel</strong>” (HGWT) Bars 18-24, 41-45.<br />
-Chapter 4 from 3:08 to 3:58: “<strong>Travel</strong>” (HGWT) Bars 18-24, 41-45.<br />
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SEASON THREE:<br />
“Crack-Up” September 14, 1957 **** B<br />
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