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Music for the Screen
The Death Squad



Stars:  Robert Forster, Melvyn Douglas, Michelle Phillips

Director:  Harry Falk

Producers:  Aaron Spelling & Leonard Goldberg

First Broadcast:  1974

Story:  An ex cop comes out of retirement to investigate renegade policemen who have styled themselves as judges and executioners.



Outside a haunting, gentle main theme, the music for “The Death Squad” tends to be more play-ins and play-outs for various sequences in the film, as opposed to a thematically based score.  These are all interesting and effective, and additionally there are a number of very pleasing jazz cues which add considerable texture to this TV movie.

Music Supervisor:  Rocky Moriana

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