Themes & Scores for TV Series' G - H
The following are musical notes for the TV series' "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "Gidget," "The Girl from UNCLE," "The Girl With Something Extra," "Good Morning World," and "Good Times."
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1968-1970 theme/scores
This successful series portrayed the ghost of a long-deceased New England sea captain (Edward Mulhare) haunting his former home, and now its new tenant, Carolyn Muir (Hope Lange, who won two Emmys for her performance).
Appropriately, the theme for this series conveys a 19th century yankee clipper flavor, with the ghost's seafaring background and bombastic nature prominent .
Dave Grusin also scored this series as well as providing the distinctive theme
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Gidget
1965 - 1966 scores
Dave Grusin scored 16 of the 32 episodes of this Sally Field series which was based on the successful motion picture, but did not do the theme which was written by: Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
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Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 - 1967 scores
In addition to giving Jerry Goldsmith's famed “Man from U.N.C.L.E.” theme a fresh jazz sound for this spinoff series, Dave Grusin also scored several episodes, including the first one and the famed “Mother Muffin Affair.”
There is also a `soundtrack' album from the series (MGM - SE 4410) featuring a number of Dave Grusin compositions as well as his arrangement of the title theme.
NEWS UPDATE: Music from "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. has also been included on the limited edition series of CDs brought out by Film Score Monthly titled "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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Good Morning World
1967 - 1968 theme
Little trace remains of this Ronnie Schell series about early-morning radio, but Dave Grusin's theme captures the wackiness and good vibes of the show in a bouncy tune with fun overtones.
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The Girl With Something Extra
1973 - 1974 theme
Light and breezy, the theme for “The Girl with Something Extra” was designed to play harmoniously under dialogue between Sally Field and John Davidson, which lays out the premise of the series, in other words, not to get too much in the way.
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Good Times
1974-1979 theme
Thought to be one of the catchiest of sitcom tunes, the theme from “Good Times” offered an innovative gospel pop approach - a flavoring which appears so effectively in Dave Grusin's work now and then. With lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, sung at moments in tantalizingly garbled fashion, the song was also nicely covered by Diana Ross.
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