Have Gun Will Travel by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Have Gun Will Travel

lazarus57

May 08, 2022 10:53pm

TV Themes & Silver Screen - 2 round contest!<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/GDYS/817b381d74_NQ6E_media.jpg"> TV THEME Have Gun – Will Travel is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Western</a> series that was produced and originally broadcast by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CBS</a> on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series was rated number three or number four in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nielsen ratings</a> every year of its first four seasons, and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-boone-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> That <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_program" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">radio series</a> debuted November 23, 1958, more than a year after the premiere of its televised counterpart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-boone-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> The program's opening was a four-note motif composed and conducted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Bernard Herrmann</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[14]</a>For the opening theme, Herrmann reused a short sequence he had previously composed for the 1951 movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Dangerous_Ground" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">On Dangerous Ground</a>, starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ryan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Robert Ryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Lupino" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Ida Lupino</a>. The "Have Gun – Will Travel" theme (and fragments of incidental music also used in the television series) are featured in a chase scene across snowy fields; at the 35:25 mark of the film, the actual "Have Gun – Will Travel" opening theme is played in recognizable form, although the scoring is slightly different than that heard in the better-known television version.The show's closing song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Paladin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">The Ballad of Paladin</a>", was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Western" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Johnny Western</a> (who had a role in Season 1 Episode 35, "The Return of Dr. Thackeray"), Richard Boone, and program creator Sam Rolfe, and was performed by Western. In the first season the closing song was a reprise of the opening theme. In syndication, the first (premise) episode concludes with the Johnny Western ballad. The rest of the run of the first-season episodes play a reprise of the opening theme; although the theme song was used in closing at least four times in season 1, including episodes 33 & 34.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[15]</a>In the second season the song was the only closing music. In the third season a new lyric was added to the five line "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Paladin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">The Ballad of Paladin</a>" making it six lines long. In 1962–1963, the final season, the song's lyrics were cut to four lines, the original fourth and added sixth being dropped. This occurred because the production credits for writer, producer and director were pulled from the closing credits to appear over the opening sequences. However, in the Season 6 episode "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet_Lady_in_the_Moon&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(186, 0, 0);">Sweet Lady in the Moon</a>" (Episode 26, 1963), the ballad was played complete over the closing credits.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[16]</a>Johnny Western has sung a fully recorded version, opening with the refrain and including a second verse never heard on the television series.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[17]</a> <img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0991_5.JPG" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.c00e70be164c1a5a6d73a7c8bc1fd3ea?rik=VQ6kQcCKs9i6eg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi.ebayimg.com%2fimages%2fi%2f381296440804-0-1%2fs-l1000.jpg&ehk=RGZ6sPu5dzW9l60qV8NDL4MdJ36uw3E2P%2bhRP%2bmM3EU%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://www.filmous.com/static/photos/72675/124_midi.jpg" alt="See the source image">