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

Herrmann, broadcast October 2, 1959. Episode 2 is titled “One for the Angels” (airdate
October 9, 1959). For all intents and purposes, it was “scored” by Herrmann as well in
terms of the episode being dominated by his tracked music (just as in many episodes
from the first and second seasons of Have Gun Will Travel). At the very least, I will now
delineate the Herrmann music quotations for this episode. I will give time designations
based on the newly released The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition: Season 1 from
Image Entertainment.
“One For The Angels” October 9, 1959 ***** A
This is a wonderful tale about an old pitchman (Ed Wynn) stalked by wellgroomed
Mr. Death (Murray Hamilton, whom we saw earlier in Have Gun Will Travel).
-Chapter 1 from 1:46 to 1:52: “Fade-In” (House on K Street). Scene: Rod Serling
makes his intro monolog/ introduction, introducing us to “Mr. Death.” The very first cue
of House on K Street is in fact “Fade-In” and becomes the signature chord for “Mr.
Death” throughout this episode. I commend the music editor for his insightfulness and
also for resurrecting this music that was composed by Herrmann earlier in the spring of
1959 for that unsold pilot.
-Chapter 2 from 1:23 to 1:29: “Fade-In” (House on K Street). Scene: Lew (or
Lou) Bookman sees Mr. Death for the first time in his apartment.
-Chapter 2 from 1:30 to 2:32: “Rain Clouds” (Western Suite) Bars 1-14
-Chapter 2 from 3:50 to 5:16: “Night Suspense” (Western Suite) Bars 6-12, 25-39.
-Chapter 2 from 5:17 to 5:28: “Fade-In” (House on K Street) Scene: Bookman
exclaims, “You’re death?!”
-Chapter 2 from 7:04 to 7:28: “Prelude” (Outer Space Suite) Bars 1-4. Scene:
about “unfinished business.”
-Chapter 2 from 8:55 to 10:02: “Prelude” (Outer Space Suite) Bars 8-12, 1-3.
Scene: Lew’s special circumstance for delay of death so that he can make a pitch of “one
for the angels.”
-Chapter 2 from 12:50 to 12:57: “Fade-In” (House on K Street). Scene: The little
girl now sees Mr. Death after being struck by a car.
-Chapter 2 from 12:58 to 13:38: “Rain Clouds” (Western Suite) Scene: She asks
Lew, “Who’s that man?”
-Chapter 3 from :03 to :32: “Rain Clouds” (Western Suite) Bars 40-46.
-Chapter 3 from :43 to 1:01: “Prelude” (Outer Space Suite). Scene: It’s 11:40
pm.”
-Chapter 3 from 1:02 to 1:13: “Fade-In” (House on K Street)
-Chapter 3 from 1:14 to 1:35: “Rain Clouds” (Western Suite) Bars 40-45.
-Chapter 3 from 2:46 to 6:08: “Time Suspense” (Outer Space Suite) Bars 1-37.
Scene: Lew makes his “big pitch” (one for the angels) to distract Mr. Death from his
midnight appointment to take the little girl.
-Chapter 3 from 6:09 to 6:19: “Time Suspense” again, Bars 38-39, 41. Scene: It’s
now exactly midnight. Mr. Death got “tied” up.
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