Oliver Nelson - Population: Zero (1974)

[MrPeterbare]

I like steve 's belt

[teddibearsworld]

Oh, yeah! The first and ONLY time Steve Austin's theme was played as charted in FULL in an episode! Although most of it was heard again in "Big Brother", I'm pretty sure that was after Nelson's death. This would be a great lead off the wished for soundtrack album!

[signmanj]

Oliver Nelson's running music made the show and NO one will ever replace the great Lee Majors.

[765jmadera]

This show was my favorite to watch, I use to get mad when my dad would change the channel to watch Monday Night Football. I loved watching The six million dollar man and the bionic woman.

[basimpsn]

Love this running scene 1:22 I wonder what life was like for (Oliver Nelson The soundtrack composer) back then. 

[hypershox]

Oliver Nelson was a master of creating music that totally enhanced an action sequence and I wished they kept the sound effects simple as you see and hear in this clip just how much more powerful and dramatic it is without the effects of the latter seasons

[AranaMarkII]

I hope everybody here got the complete SMDM remastered collection from Time-Life

[micpar2]

Damn the $6 Million Dollarman was cool back then!

[MightySaturn5]

this episode was not only the 'best' of the entire series but had the most intense version of the main theme.

[RYELLOWFAST2010]

this was the first time i seen the six million dollar man...i was hoocked

[videozfann]

@RYELLOWFAST2010 LOL! Who wouldn't be?

[signmanj]

I agree. Why doesn't Universal go into their vaults and release a c.d. with ALL of the late great Oliver Nelsons running music for us millions of fans. The music is just sitting there.

[shatnershairpiece]

Notice how Steve's right armpit is dry while the rest of his shirt is wet? They actually paid attention to bionic details like this in the early shows.

[MightySaturn5]

@shatnershairpiece yeah, this first tv episode was quite a bit different and kind of stands alone in that it was more oriented towards adults -details as you mentioned wouldn't have been picked up by children, even the "eye zoom" at :31 was more realistic then the corny periscope visual they used for the rest of the series...as early as the second episode they were already making pnematic tool sounds when he took off a car tire and those overdone 'bionic' sounds for anything he did

[blackonics]

@shatnershairpiece Put a piece of steel in the freezer and when it thaws out, it will have water on it. The bionic limbs were not prothetics but limbs that were mereged with his own flesh (which is why Doctors say it is impossible=SCAR TISSUE). The limbs had blood and other fluids pumping through them (see Stranger in Broken Fork= " Machines don't bleed.") It was silly to start off with the he doesn't sweat because he has artificial limbs. That was not smart...that was stupid. His pits were real

[shatnershairpiece]

Nelson died Oct of 1975, near the start of the 3rd season. The first 3 seasons of 6mdm feature his music, and they are the best seasons of the five as far as script quality and music themes. I used to tape this show all the time as a kid on a panasonic recorder and the music was the best part. It's congatastic! It really deserves a proper soundtrack release.

[videozfann]

Excellent, loved this segment. The music jump compliments the action.

First full episode to set the tone for the series.

[SidJustice1]

@videozfann - Nelson was superb as composer for this series. I think he did about half of the series run worth of compositions. I think he died around then too. I'm not sure.

[crazeeborg]

Great combo of music and action. This has to be one of the best episodes of SMDM (not to mention the first real episode after a string of movies).The music really captures Steve's bionically enhanced speed/ strength. It's just as good to watch/listen today.

[elvislds]

AWESOME...this was the first episode I ever watched and this segment had me HOOKED for ever. This is my favorite episode and favorite part.

[MightySaturn5]

@elvislds ...totally agree

[ojai67]

That was the scene that hooked an entire generation of youngsters. Thanks for posting.

[elio4]

Terrific sequence ! Truly the essence of the SMDM! ThanX for the upload !

[joffetime]

Great music... Oliver Nelson wrote a ton of great music for this show. There's another great bit in season 1 episode 'Little Orphan Airplane', when Steve finds the downed airplane. Some amazing percussion there.

[blackonics]

@joffetime Without the "black man's music" (jazz fusion), the show would not have been as successful as it was...just ask Lee Majors! He said so!

[RandiniDeAitkenese]

Great! We need more Oliver Nelson tv and film releases on cd.

[zerokomma]

Superb!