Columbo Sunday Mystery Movie Theme Song - Version 1

Classic Sunday Night theme song from NBC Sunday Mystery Movies, this theme is from the show called Columbo

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• Sunday
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• drama
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• opening
• theme
• credits

[obitobi100]

ha The Simpsons =)

[fullmoon7786]

AND ONE MORE THING !. .

May GOD Rest Peter Falk's Soul In Peace.

[excelsciors]

The main actors I recall as a kid on the Sundays mystery movie was: Peter Falk of course as Columbo. Also Richard Boon as Hec Ramsey, and Rock Hudson as officer McMillan and Dennis Weaver as Mcloud!!!! A great sunday nite show. Nothing now or recently can compare to this.

[carlsgutekunst]

@9secondsflat Henry Mancini.

[TheNiteowll]

That brought back memories...Thanks for the upload.

[9secondsflat]

does anyone know who wrote the opening score?

[tomservo56954]

@Laceykat66 I mentioned those other shows because I consider them part of the throughline that leads to MYSTERY MOVIE. At the very least it is the same network and studio doing all those programs.

[Laceykat66]

@tomservo56954 AND the fourth show was Night Gallery and the third was McCloud and for some reason I thought they were in 1968, not 1970, which you correctly stated. Not sure about why The Virginian or Shiloh are mentioned, unless Shiloh focused on one actor per episode like Name of the Game, or, as originally stated, Wire Service.

[tomservo56954]

@Poseidon0077  But let us again refute the urban myth...that was NOT Rock Hudson carrying the flashlight--it was a man who worked in Universal's prop department.

[tomservo56954]

@Laceykat66 Yes...FOUR-IN-ONE aired in the 1970-71 season, and the other two installments were THE PSYCHIATRIST and SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. That same year, NBC and Universal converted THE VIRGINIAN into the rotating series THE MEN OF SHILOH, where one of the three leads of the original show was the focus of an episode. I'm not a Western fan, so I don't know know if it was like NAME OF THE GAME (which did debut in 1968), where the other two didn't appear at all.

[tomservo56954]

@mistressofaminer No, NBC...I read that Rock Hudson was getting $120K an episode in 1971.

[tomservo56954]

@midknightryder13 (Part 2) Falk wanted to do other things, as well. In fact, he did the first season (1971) of MYSTERY MOVIE episodes after originating the lead role in Neil Simon's play THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE on Broadway.