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

-Chapter 7 from 2:36 to 2:40: [???] Sounds like a fragment of Herrmann’s but I
still need to place it. Scene: Mason with Evelyn stating that if she is lying to him he
cannot help her.
-Chapter 8 from 4:02 to 4:22 [Chapter 4 starting at 4:03 new dvd]: “Lead-In B”
(Police Force) all 7 bars, faster version. Scene: Mason parks his car, and then Paul Drake
runs up to him.
-Chapter 8 from 6:35 to Chapter 9 at :19 [Chapter 4 starting at 6:35 new dvd]:
“Lead-In A” (Police Force) Bars 1-6. Scene: Perry arrives at the Eucalyptus Grove
Motel in Riverside. Note: The music actually starts at a studio location. This studio is
actually 20 th Century Fox.
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[Noted from June 13, 2007: The next three episodes are the sequential episodes in
the “new” dvd set (Disc 1) of Volume 1 of Season One. I will not make timings here
since my time is limited but I’ll make a few notes:]
“The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece” September 28, 1957. There is
Herrmann music (from the “Western Suite” right off the bat in this episode. Just a few
more Herrmann inclusions are given later on. There is I believe a Police Force Lead-In in
Chapter 5 starting at 4:34 when Mason says “Good-night” to Doris Cole, the middle-aged
blonde played by lovely Hillary Brooke, and then the scene dissolves to young Steve
Harris (played by Darryl Hickman) going to Tragg’s office.
“The Case of the Nervous Accomplice” October 5, 1957. Once again there
is music here, but not very much of Herrmann’s (although it starts off with a fragment of
I believe a Police Force Lead-IN (I have to dig out my materials to verify).
The Case of the Drowning Duck” October 12, 1957. A very interesting
episode with the music editor inserting very interesting loops of music from the opening
Street scene music from the pilot of Have Gun, Will Travel. I don’t think I have ever seen
the music extended-edited in this manner before. This starts at the opening of Chapter 2
as the bus rising along the desert comes to Logan City. A mysterious man wearing a
standard white shirt and dark tie (coat in hand because it’s so hot) greets Mrs. Reed. The
music lasts two minutes and 12 seconds. You’ll hear the Fight cue from HGWT at the
start of Chapter 3 when the youth fights the mysterious man.
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“The Case of the Baited Hook” December 21, 1957 ** C+
This episode was included in the first volume of the subscription series (along
with the pilot show). However, there is no Herrmann music here. [Note: You won’t get to
this episode in the first dvd set until Disc Four.]
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“The Case of the Silent Partner” October 26, 1957 ***** A
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