By thye way, the first theme song used for "The Holllywood Squares" from 1966 to 1969 was an orchestration of "The Silly Song" by Jimmie Haskell; however, the version used on the show is not the same one released on the LP (Jimmie Haskell's French Horns, Vol. 2). The track found on the LP is a version with vocals and has a different instrumentation than the version used on the program.
Composed by Henry Mancini who wrote it special for the Blake Edwards movie "A Shot In The Dark", with Peter Sellers, in 1964.
DocLazybones 1 year ago
cool music.
star5628 1 year ago
By thye way, the first theme song used for "The Holllywood Squares" from 1966 to 1969 was an orchestration of "The Silly Song" by Jimmie Haskell; however, the version used on the show is not the same one released on the LP (Jimmie Haskell's French Horns, Vol. 2). The track found on the LP is a version with vocals and has a different instrumentation than the version used on the program.
SuperRiverratt 1 year ago
Yup.... This is the theme used for DePatie-Freleng's cartoon, "The Inspector".... They never gave credit to Haskell....
musicom67 1 year ago
Wow, I used to hear this music as an intro for the Pink Panther cartoon. This is way better though. Sweet!!
3shacks1house 2 years ago
Jimmie is truly one of the under-sung heros of orchestration & arranging!
I worked with him back in the 80's on the filming of a s The San Diego Opera, what a great conductor!
HunterMann 2 years ago