Comments on: The Television Production Music Museum http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/the-television-production-music-museum/ Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Don M. Yowp http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/the-television-production-music-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-12950 Don M. Yowp Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:48:32 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=3096#comment-12950 The site is a wonderland of interesting theme TV music and a must-stop for anyone interested in the subject. It's a shame a few original themes, like for Hollywood Squares and Jeopardy, aren't there. As for the Green cues, they were originally written for the EMI Photoplay series and leased by Capitol for the Hi-Q library. The first cue is 1-PE-214 HAVING FUN from Hi-Q reel L 125. 23 through 34 are the long versions of the cues from reels L 93-94 in consecutive order. The 'Parade' library cue was used as a theme on a CBS Morning Show with Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett. I think it's a Valentino/Major cue as BMI credits it to Robert Ascher. The site is a wonderland of interesting theme TV music and a must-stop for anyone interested in the subject. It’s a shame a few original themes, like for Hollywood Squares and Jeopardy, aren’t there.

As for the Green cues, they were originally written for the EMI Photoplay series and leased by Capitol for the Hi-Q library.

The first cue is 1-PE-214 HAVING FUN from Hi-Q reel L 125. 23 through 34 are the long versions of the cues from reels L 93-94 in consecutive order.

The ‘Parade’ library cue was used as a theme on a CBS Morning Show with Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett. I think it’s a Valentino/Major cue as BMI credits it to Robert Ascher.

]]> By: Barry I. Grauman http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/the-television-production-music-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-9045 Barry I. Grauman Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=3096#comment-9045 I've heard just about all of Phil Green's cues (originally written for Capitol's famous "Hi-Q Production Music Library"), and most of them were used in several situation comedies [none that are widely seen today]. But some of them [in fact, almost all of the first 25 tracks] WERE used in Hanna-Barbera's "QUICK DRAW McGRAW" series during its first season (1959-'60), as background music for "Quick Draw McGraw", "Snooper & Blabber" and "Augie Doggie". I recognized those cues right away! Especially "#10", which was used at the end of several "Quick Draw" stories (where Baba Looey once noted. "I like that Queeks' Draw! He's got a 'lot' up here...no brains, just an empty lot! Adios!" {Iris in...}). In fact, Rhino records reissued some of those on their "Hanna-Barbera Production Music" CDs a few years back. And a few tracks {#5,6,13,19,20 and 21} were used in several Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons during the Hollywood musicians' strike of 1958. AND, the beginning of #27 was used in several 1965 ABC Saturday/Sunday morning promos [two animated kids sitting in front of their TV: Girl: "What do we do on Saturdays?"/Boy: "Watch Casper the Ghost, Casper the Ghost, Casper the Ghost!", etc.]. #28 was also heard in some ABC prime-time comedy promos in the fall of 1964- and WABC-TV in New York also used the beginning of that cue in some of their "4:30 MOVIE" promos [those featuring comedy] duirng the '70s. I’ve heard just about all of Phil Green’s cues (originally written for Capitol’s famous “Hi-Q Production Music Library”), and most of them were used in several situation comedies [none that are widely seen today]. But some of them [in fact, almost all of the first 25 tracks] WERE used in Hanna-Barbera’s “QUICK DRAW McGRAW” series during its first season (1959-’60), as background music for “Quick Draw McGraw”, “Snooper & Blabber” and “Augie Doggie”. I recognized those cues right away! Especially “#10″, which was used at the end of several “Quick Draw” stories (where Baba Looey once noted. “I like that Queeks’ Draw! He’s got a ‘lot’ up here…no brains, just an empty lot! Adios!” {Iris in…}). In fact, Rhino records reissued some of those on their “Hanna-Barbera Production Music” CDs a few years back. And a few tracks {#5,6,13,19,20 and 21} were used in several Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons during the Hollywood musicians’ strike of 1958. AND, the beginning of #27 was used in several 1965 ABC Saturday/Sunday morning promos [two animated kids sitting in front of their TV: Girl: "What do we do on Saturdays?"/Boy: "Watch Casper the Ghost, Casper the Ghost, Casper the Ghost!", etc.]. #28 was also heard in some ABC prime-time comedy promos in the fall of 1964- and WABC-TV in New York also used the beginning of that cue in some of their “4:30 MOVIE” promos [those featuring comedy] duirng the ’70s.

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