THE MAN FROM UNCLE Season One Episode Seven Closing

This is the closing title sequence from the seventh episode of UNCLE's first season, THE GIUOCO PIANO AFFAIR (November 10, 1964), featuring Jerry Goldsmith's original theme. Note that appearing in this episode are most of the creative team behind UNCLE: executive producer Norman Felton, creator and producer Sam Rolfe, producer Joseph Calvelli, and director Richard Donner (Donner, of course, after directing much TV, went on to feature films).

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[ineendubh]

Love this version of the theme music.

[lp45cdwoman]

Thank you. So do I.

[TheTimananda]

thank you for this! it is just the "Theme" that I remembered and wanted.

[archiecallie]

Jerry Goldsmith was a genius. Before his estimable career with film, he turned out terrific themes for TV. The Man from UNCLE was one of my favourite shows as a kid and no doubt much of that is attributed to the galvanizing Goldsmith theme. According to author John Burlingame, Mr. Goldsmith hated the Lalo Schifrin version for Season 2. I guess flutes and bongos weren't his thing. Good base line, though. Still, I favour Jerry's theme from Season 1 by a nose. He was one of the greats.

[AJNorth]

Indeed. The venerable Mr. Goldsmith sure could turn out a tune, whether for this classic series, the beautiful theme to "Dr. Kildare" - or films such as "The Lilies of the Field" and "The Trouble with Angels," to mention just a few.