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Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Release Date: 2002
Running Time: 153:01
Label: Turner Records
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This double-CD set is almost 40 years overdue, comprised of the music from the actual scoring sessions from the television episodes. This release is pretty much a salute to composer Jerry Goldsmith, who not only wrote the vast majority of the music represented here, which ended up being tracked into several more shows across the first season. Goldsmith is mostly known as a film composer, but in the early '60s he was working mostly in television and turning in some of the best music ever heard on the small screen -- beyond his original theme for the series, which was possibly the best action series title theme in television history, he scored the pilot episode, which is filled with horn progressions that surge and pulse, swirling strings that add to the sense of excitement, and teasing flute misteriosos; that music, assembled as a complete suite running 14 minutes, is some of the best scoring ever done for American television and worth the price of admission by itself. "The Deadly Games Affair" isn't far behind, containing suspenseful and savage material that holds up as music. The most startling aspect of hearing the music fully exposed is the realization of precisely how diverse the scoring for this series was -- the composers moved freely between classical, pop, jazz, international, and other influences, creating a dazzling array of sounds within an action/suspense context. The two discs give a survey of the music from across the series' four seasons, of which the last part of disc two will be a minor revelation, containing music from the greatly abridged fourth season. There's not a note of music that isn't worth hearing more than once on either of these two discs, and it's all considerably more valuable than the two Hugo Montenegro-arranged LPs that came out on RCA during the series' run in the mid-'60s. The sound is astonishingly good, the tapes evidently having been well preserved and very carefully mastered, and the annotation is extraordinarily detailed, providing biographical sketches not only of Goldsmith but the other half-dozen composers represented as well, and the arrangers. Potential purchasers should be aware, however, that this volume is nowhere near complete without the follow-up second volume. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~First Season Main TitleGoldsmith:48
2Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Vulcan Affair, television episode score~The InGoldsmith14:05
3Man from U.N.C.L.E.:The Deadly Games Affair, television episode score~MGoldsmith11:51
4Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Double Affair, television episode score~Alps /Stevens6:55
5Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Project Strigas Affair, television episode scoScharf7:18
6Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The King of Knaves Affair, television episode scorGoldsmith12:26
7Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fiddlesticks Affair, television episode score~Schifrin6:33
8Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~Meet Mr. SoloGoldsmith2:08
9Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~First Season End TitleGoldsmith:53
10Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~Second Season End TitleGoldsmith:52
11Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Alexander the Greater Affair, television episode sFried13:12
12Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Foxes and Hounds Affair, television episode scDrasnin5:19
13Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Discotheque Affair, television episode score~TFried8:52
14Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Re-Collectors Affair, television episode scoreDrasnin6:32
15Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Arabian Affair, television episode score~The AFried5:33
16Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Tigers Are Coming Affair, television episode sDrasnin4:24
17Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Cherry Blossom Affair, television episode scorFried5:15
18Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Dippy Blonde Affair, television episode score~Drasnin7:54
19Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~Third Season End TitleGoldsmith:42
20Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Her Master's Voice Affair, television episode Fried4:23
21Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Monks of St. Thomas Affair, television episodeFried7:41
22Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Pop Art Affair, television episode score~BasicDrasnin4:53
23Man From U.N.C.L.E., television score~Fourth Season Main TitleGoldsmith:34
24Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Summit-Five Affair, television episode score~SShores5:55
25Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The "J" for Judas Affair, television episode scoreShores8:03







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