Spiderman Music '60s Soundtrack Ray Ellis * peterjohnsonmusic.com *

[GenghisCzar]

Pete, You must bask in your own awesomeness!! Thanks for putting this up! I loved the Spiderman cartoon as a kid and half of it was the lavish orchestral soundscapes and themes that this cartoon had. I still had the music bouncing around in my head after the show and would hum the tunes to myself as I read comic books. I got chills when I heard this. Do us all a favor and cover more of the lost original music... your works are superb!

[commentnotapproved1]

Nicely done.....The first two (original) pieces have some fantastic french horn/ brass section riffs,....where's an orchestra when you need one? I'm still searching but I hope to find the something of the originals.

[poopybooyah]

ray ellis used to make music composing of filmation's heckle and jeckle and quacula

[Auzzie4Ever]

wtf this is crap

[Ryoku75]

Who owns the rights to these songs?

[petejohn4]

No idea, and the original recordings are probably long gone.

[Greaseplex]

Yet to find a better rendition on Youtube or anywhere else for that matter. The attention to detail is fantastic and the choice of sounds were perfect. Two thumbs Up Pete! Thx for sharing!

[Greaseplex]

Yet to find a better rendition on Youtube or anywhere else for that matter. The attention to detail is fantastic and the choice of sounds were perfect. Two thumbs Up Pete! Thx for sharing

[moxxi]

Petejohn you did a fantastic job on these classics. Nice, warm sounds and wonderful tone. Great work!! Now I only have one word for you: MORE!! :)

[jprice7]

What's the name of the track at the beginning of the video?

[petejohn4]

I have no idea what the actual titles are. They were never released on CD or any other format. However I noticed that the first piece was used an introduction to some episodes. Imagine the cost of using a full orchestra today for a cartoon series like Spiderman or a production like Lost in Space? I really like these compositions; very atmospheric and exciting.

[MrErtonn]

@petejohn4 it is not full orchestra thoses one neither

[petejohn4]

Thanks for the feedback. I never realised as a child that many of these episodes were most likely created by writers under the influence. I liked the series for the bizarre story lines and of course, the music; wasn't interested in Spiderman. Ray Ellis's music was superior in comparison to the cheap animation. But I guess the same could be said for the original Lost in Space. John Williams produced movie quality music in a television series which certainly didn't have movie quality.

[Ryoku75]

@petejohn4 Bakshi mentioned being on drugs while employed to work on Spider Man in an interview.

[petejohn4]

Music composition in the 60's was probably more about the passion of making music than the money.

[Ryoku75]

@petejohn4 About everything was probably about passion back then, passion and money. Now its just money. I was curious about the music because I'd like to use it in some future stop-motion shorts of mine.

[Stallion67]

absolute classic, brings back memories , best cartoon music themes ever came from the 60's spiderman cartoon i loved all the theme music from 60's spiderman, i sure wish i had all of the theme music from this on cd, that would be the 1 of the best birthday or christmas present ever for me ever, thx for the post

[TheGoldcountry]

This is so psychodelic. I remember watching this as a little kid wondering what the f*** was going on. Still like it. Says something, I guess.

[SwampyDragonX]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you. Thank You. Thank you.