The Wild Wild West (Theme Song)

[usaisbeastly]

cowboys are cool but id rather be apart of an indian tribe

[klarendal026]

how come no one has the whistle thing?

[koert11]

@klarendal026 Whistle thing? You mean 'the good the bad and the ugly'?

[onlyweknow2]

The best part it was free, no cable, was kinda like watching it on YouTube!

[Betterifitsfree]

A bowl of buttered popcorn, on the couch friday night in front of a 20" Black and White TV (that was warmed up). :-) happy times

[3piper]

i liked your theme.You used the whole image of cowboys,not any particular ones

[bluestingerborg]

I remember hearing this song on a radio talk show b4.

[Wingchunskunk]

@bluestingerborg is there still like this old west culture in america ?? because if there is i really wanna go and see it . shit i love cowboys films and stuff LOL

[bluestingerborg]

@Wingchunskunk I'm Pretty sure there is but you have to look.

[PoppySandals]

Martha C & Self-Offspring

[mrstevehartman]

What many people dont realise is, that this show was based on the " James Bond 007 series " . That is, ERR... James West, MAM !!

[photobygil]

Some people have been wondering which recording this is - it is the one by TeeVee Tunes on their first collection, called Television's Greatest Hits. It was a double LP, and later a CD. I liked it because it linked the opening AND closing credits, making a slightly longer version of the theme. However, I wasn't thrilled that there was so much use of synthesizers and (( believe) electronic percussion. Still, for years it was the only version out there, & I was happy to have it!

[movndick]

In México, this series we know has "Espías con Espuelas"

[duke1ification]

i dont know when this aired last................

[KingPuddinsdaddy001]

like this western show a great deal.

[speck444]

the band might have been the wrecking crew or david rose

[bugsbunnybuddy]

the movie was a little off historically but it was fun to watch as long as you don't compare it to the show. I personally liked the show better.

[Slave2Reason]

Wild Wild West TV Show was fantastic... Robert Conrad was perfect.

Then they had to try to PC it up with a Black James West in the movie... Not to likely there were many Black Federal Agents during the Grant administration... To stupid!

[squ666666]

those actors shure looked greate

[EGarrett01]

where's sisqo and will smith

[jimbronxny]

You ever notice how no tv shows write their own theme songs anymore? Now they take songs from the radio and use them. No more talent in the industry when it comes to writing theme songs.....

[richardbone66]

@jimbronxny Did you even take a second to think about this before posting?

[ARK99999]

BEARTRAP037: I think powergirl901 was talking about the bad animation on the original show titles. I don't think she meant to criticize your video. She said that she knew the storyboards were bad even when she was ten years old, i.e., when she was watching the original show many years ago. When she said: "The music deserved a better western series," I think she meant that the theme was too good for "The Wild, Wild West", not that your animations were bad.

[powergirl901]

The animation for the storyboard concept in the titles was terrible. I suppose the viewers just didn't care, but even as a ten year old I thought 'this is the crudest stuff I've ever seen!' This is considering that less than a minute after the titles you'd be into a dog food commercial, and then entertaining the idea of Jim West beating up 5 guys at a time. But those awful drawings sputtering around the screen...sheesh. Terrible.

The music deserved a better western series.

[sgtrock66]

I like the silhouettes, but I don't believe they were from the Wild West. Do you recall where you got them from? Thanks.

[MISSEDHERSIR]

this is true brilliance. great art direction.

[WildBill1993]

i love the west i wish i could have been alive during this time and you can obviusly tell who my child hood idle was by my name

[provoost1]

MMMmmmm 2

[lissiness]

This is so like the Dallas theme!

[foxyroxstar]

Excellent!..So Cool!..High Plains!

[hidan234]

RED DEAD REDEMPTION SOUNDTRACK LIST

[mr3000ts]

@hidan234 thank fucking god its not the will smith one LOL, fuckin hate that movie!!

this is over 9000 x's better!

[mbank007]

This theme really gives me spots of time!

[gassiv]

I download another very similar version from iTunes but can't find this exact one? Where did you get it? I met Richard Markowitz many years ago. Interesting person.

[gassiv]

Love this theme. Which orchestra did the recording? I'd love to get this CD.

[BEARTRAP037]

I tried to check to see which orchestra recorded this song, however the MP3 just titled it 'wild wild west theme'

[geristelm]

To me, that sounds as if it's identical to, or perhaps the original television soundtrack from its first season on CBS.

[jimbronxny]

@gassiv I checked and it was Richard Markowitz. He never rec'd credit for writing it though.

[wyrmsbane54]

@gassiv

TeeVee Toons Presents: Television's Greatest Hits

Track 47

[Jantv81]

@gassiv I have several. The original version can be found on 100 Best TV Themes Disc 2. Or Television's Greatest Hits Voll. 2.

[nauort23]

Looking at his pic, I'm willing to bet "BEARTRAPO37" watched this show for the same reason I did: Robert Conrad shirtless... shwiiiiiiiiiing!! Happy Thanksgiving... if you haven't already gone into hibernation?

[BEARTRAP037]

You got that one right! (lol) and happy holidays to you as well :)

[blkbrucelee]

this generation missed out on a lot of substance and a time where TV execs had to worry about what the parents of the viewer felt about what thier kids were watching now they could care less

[blkbrucelee]

bring back the old TV shows these reality shows are full of dumb ass losers the execs needs thier head examined for filling the time with such garbage

[reno93535]

Amen. Problem is today's folks like seeing trash. Reality Trash. Class? What's that?

[jiskawillems4]

Great music!

[BronxBornBroad]

Well done! Thanks for sharing!!!

[unclejulis]

People enjoy entertainment , I watch tv to escape reality for awile . To be entertained. TV LAND is not longer entertaining. I did not mind watching old reruns of old shows . Who wants to watch reality shows when most of americans just want to sit back and be entertained. TV Land needs restructuring.

[pieman97405]

Amen.

[djminimoto]

The T.V. shows of long ago(The 50s,and more so the 60s) don't have something that modern shows (from the past 20 years or more) with very few exceptions have:mindnumbing boringness(especially sitcoms),and poor acting.That being stated,I don't hate every last T.V. show that has "come down the pike"in the past 20+years.I like The X Files,Cheers,Quantum Leap,E.R.,Ed,Hill Street Blues,Knight Rider,All the Law&Order shows(especially the original),St Elsewhere,Lost,Seinfeld,Cops,& many others.

[djminimoto]

The 60s shows had something that even some 70s shows didn't have:excellent writing,acting,special effects,in fact:excellent everything!

[amwright81]

Don't quite follow your writing. Are you saying the older shows were better or worse?

[reno93535]

Much better.

[Aflaaak]

My favorite show growing up! The reason it's not on reruns might be a licenseing thing. You can rent it from Netflix though. BTW, Richard Markowitz did get credited on some episodes. There was a nice piece on him in the Extras in the last disc of Season 1

[morethansalt]

This show was the ORIGINAL steampunk.

[NSXFiles]

Nicely done. Great job!

[mo1234321]

This was in my GCSE Music exam.

[CulturePeaceForever]

they had a certain something of mysteriousness,action,righteou­sness,& handsomeness(blush)!

[nowoya]

Great.This was way back in the 70's. Use to be the in thing those days.

[CulturePeaceForever]

And yep,I wish usa tv.would bring back these Wild Wild West tv.series reruns soon.How does it work?Do they need viewers writing or calling into the various stations to show reruns,or do they(tv)merely find the sponsors(advertisers)to show the reruns????????

[hanoc101]

I would love for someone to rerun Wild Wild West too. I emailed TVland every day to take off I love Lucy and they eventually did. I'm not saying I was responsible alone but if you and I write in to local station maybe we will be joining a chorus of other voices asking for the same thing. Slim chance but who knows.

[RWayne72160]

They took off I Love Lucy and I can't remember the last time I saw Andy Griffith, but now all they show are Cosby, Roseanne and those crappy reality shows. TVLand has really gone down the tubes.

[hanoc101]

TVland is getting away from it's niche for some reason and trying to become like every other network with crappy "reality shows" Who's Got the Look they should call it "Who Gives a Sh*t" They also are putting on movies that you can see on any cable channel. TVland is becomming completely homogenized.

[RWayne72160]

You're absolutely right hanoc. If TVLand were to start showing great old shows like Wild Wild West, I might start watching their channel again, but Cosby, Roseanne and those crappy reality shows aren't worth burning the electricity to watch.

[doglips1958]

@RWayne72160 Not worth burning the electricity. EXACTLY!!!It's really sad when the BEST TV is stuff I watched 30-40 years ago!!!

[jazzguitardotcom]

this is a rearrangement. I did a rehearsal tonight and I can tell you I played this very guitar part. We did it with the Orlando Philharmonic.

[kymarcin]

Awesome sound you have there. Thank you for sharing.

[bluestingerborg]

I love this song. I've been looking for it for a while. Thanx man.

[Macisaur]

Ennio is great but no. IMDB credits Richard Markowitz. Strangely he did not get screen credit on any episode or the movie.

[DarthSeptic]

Awesome! Didn't Ennio Morricone, the king of western music, compose this song?

[emerson134]

A time when America didn't look toward any government to bail them out of any fix...America needs to return to this right now...

[Llantha]

@emerson134 He WAS the government you DF??!!??!

[xearther]

@emerson134 "A time when America didn't look toward any government to bail them out of any fix.."

While I completely agree with your sentiments, emerson134, I find your comments amusing since James and Artemus were Secret Service agents of the United States government brought in "to bail them out of any fix..." ;-)

[Iceman6792]

Ha! What a great theme!

[bluestingerborg]

I agree

[Kdogdude26]

Thank you "Beartrap." This doesn't sound like the original (TV show.) Is it from the movie?

[BEARTRAP037]

You know i am not sure, I agree it's not the one used on tv, but still a good one.

[bluestingerborg]

Thanx for posting this song man.

[Neville6000]

It's from the album Greatest TV Show Themes, Vol.1, by TVT (TeeVee Tunes)Records, distributed by Universal Music Group

[Kdogdude26]

Thank you Neville!