I remember during the movie’s commercial breaks they would play just a few bars of this. I was pretty young so hearing this was pretty special, I get to stay up late stuff. Like Carson.
Ah, such fond memories of classic movies and crime dramas. It seemed like they would show "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and an Elvis movie every month.
Yeah! I've been wanting to hear this for decades now! CBS would use this on a loop when promoting the following week's film line up. I distinctly remember it playing while I was told "The Children of the Damned" was coming next Friday. Someone else posted the prime time versions from the 60's and 70's so thanks for completing the collection of this great theme that never seems to make it onto records (excluding a Bob Crane album that had a lot of comic "previews and scenes" playing over a fine arrangement).
The bass and French horns are the stars of this particular upload; as are the trumpets. I'm trying to find information which will allow me to approximate the levels associated with full instrumentation.
Hey, Check out "NBC Mystery Movie" theme by Mancini. If you like the CBS theme, you will probably enjoy the full-version of the Henry Mancini composition.
We can come up with announcements while "Something Old, Something Young" plays in the background. For instance, I could picture a staff CBS announcer reading, "Tonight on the CBS Late Movie, Warren Beatty stars as Dick Tracy" or something to that affect, if you know what I mean!!!
Morton Stevens was the creator of the most memorable theme for TV, besides his iconic theme for Hawaii 5-0. Now, who made the original theme for the NBC Mystery Movie?
I agree with all the comments about loving this theme music. I have wonderful memories of being a young kid in the 1960's and listening to this opening theme score. Thanks so much for finding it. I have thought about it so many times over the years and was afraid it was lost forever. The nostalgia associated with this theme song almost brings tears to my eyes. Thanks again and God Bless!
This is the version of CBS Movie theme KGMB Honolulu used a lot starting early 1973. Cover up CBS voice-overs on movie ends, opens to local movie in prime-time and sometimes CBS movie opens . Promos. Prerecorded Tuesday night series on Fridays. Hawkins and Shaft. No end after 20 seconds. Example: czcams.com/video/LiJJUCVrIJc/video.html
I Wish I could tell you where I got this from but I honestly don't know. It must have been at least fifteen years or so ago that I stumbled across this recording online but I can't recall where. I searched around before posting it here to try and find it again but no luck. I would guess that whatever site that was is probably long gone by now so I'm glad that I got it when I could. This piece of music always gives me a strong feeling of nostalgia perhaps rivaled only by the theme to the ABC Movie Of The Week (Nikki). I'd like to find a clean version of that recording someday.
@@fredshaffstall9674 Yes, Nikki by Burt Bacharach. The album version sucks compared to the ABC version. I too am also searching for a full version of the ABC version. The Television Music Museum may have it, or not ?
The skull is a Randotti. It is unrelated to to either the CBS Late Movie or its music. I just happen to keep it next to my TV which is why it appears in the photo.
Thanks for posting this. Before finding this post, this them goes through my head way more often than it should. Strange though. I do not remember it’s starting to “swing”, like it does halfway through the theme, when the trumpets come in. Also, I remember it with a different button at the end. Trumpets playing a sharp, two-note ascending lick and it stops suddenly, and the announcer's voice would come in. If you have that truncated version, please post. Also, if you have the video that goes with it, please post that. I remember after 2001 A Space Odyssey came out, everyone was using the slit-screen video effect in their show bumpers.
Douglas Trumbull, who designed the slit screen mechanism for "2001" hired out and did the ABC opening titles for their "Movie Of The week" shows. The Opening Titles for the CBS Late Movies were done by a different Animation house.
Tonight on The CBS Late Movie: Charlie Brown gets kidnapped by The Notorious Red Barron and his Crime Ring Circus and Snoopy The World War I Flying Ace and Woodstock is on The Case and Hunting Down The Red Barron and even dealing with The American Nazi Party on Snoopy The World War I Flying Ace!
I’m looking for the one that had the animation in the beginning & there were 2 people on sailboats who meet & kiss, stick figures/animation they were. Have the theme playing in my head. Late night movie? Midnight Movie? Thing it was on Fridays or Saturdays. If any of you have a clue as to what I’m talking about feel free to chime in.
You have a good eye for detail. It is a Randotti skull but I did not get him at Disney World. I Bought him at Disneyland in 1982 at little gift shop near the exit of The Pirates of the Caribbean ride (where the Pirate Arcade used to be located way back when). He still has the Mickey Mouse price tag on the bottom, $3.50, and he still glows in the dark. His name is Orville.
@fredshaffstall9674 Haha. Such great memories! I have one just like yours, complete with the Mickey Mouse ears price tag but from the Florida park. Was there anything better than a dark night at a Disney park as a kid with a glow in the dark skull? Heck, as far as I was concerned, anything that glowed in the dark back then was pure magic. During a second trip to Disney World, I picked up the larger version of the Randotti glow in the dark skull, and it's about 6 inches tall and wide. It's a chunk! Such good times. I recently learned that the Randotti name was a blend of Randy and Dotti - a couple who made the skulls for Disney. I always assumed it was some mysterious, deviant magician's name! There are some cool websites online about them. Thanks so much for sharing, Fred! Bless you.
@@banthony3775 Yeah I found it here on CZcams. The one with the TV Guide listing. I'm hoping someone will post a clean copy of that version. The record listing is posted on Discogs so it exists. It's gotta be out there somewhere.
I have posted a version of this ftrack accurately as possible. The only enhancements I have attempted are those of the percussionists. I tried to emphasize (without empowering) the drummer (all non-melodic accents) and the harp. I am personally biased to the character added by harpists, so I have tried to only mildly "bring-up" the timbre. Not much of a re-master, but I hope those who like the 'CBS' Stevens' theme will appreciate the attempt to amplify some of the more quiet voices often left away. If you have suggestions to microtune this or other themed further, let me know.
@@SammyReed-cd4cu A ;lot of people might care, including me! Why do people like you have to be so negative on social media sites like this one? It's really unappreciative.
The only dude who could kick-ass is Mancini. Because he is ... Mancini. You cannot overthrow this dude. Both are iconic producers of sounds that will remain intertwined as identities of cultural productions.
reboot... great. In line with Mancini. Likely not as prolific; but both have indelibly left a mark upon me...and probably you if you care to read this.
IN those days, the network cared about its audience.... this and ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE introduced me to so many great films!
The theme song of summer vacations of youth
Saw more than a few gems on the CBS Late Movie, like the pilot for the original Hawaii Five-O
I remember during the movie’s commercial breaks they would play just a few bars of this. I was pretty young so hearing this was pretty special, I get to stay up late stuff. Like Carson.
Music played before and after commercial breaks are called "bumpers".
Beautiful music. Great Theme.
LOVE this extended version
Ah, such fond memories of classic movies and crime dramas. It seemed like they would show "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and an Elvis movie every month.
Oh yeah,
Don't overlook ABC's rendering of Burt Bacharach's "Nikki", (Movie Of the Week).
Yeah! I've been wanting to hear this for decades now! CBS would use this on a loop when promoting the following week's film line up. I distinctly remember it playing while I was told "The Children of the Damned" was coming next Friday. Someone else posted the prime time versions from the 60's and 70's so thanks for completing the collection of this great theme that never seems to make it onto records (excluding a Bob Crane album that had a lot of comic "previews and scenes" playing over a fine arrangement).
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The bass and French horns are the stars of this particular upload; as are the trumpets.
I'm trying to find information which will allow me to approximate the levels associated with full instrumentation.
Hey,
Check out "NBC Mystery Movie" theme by Mancini. If you like the CBS theme, you will probably enjoy the full-version of the Henry Mancini composition.
@@banthony3775 The NBC Mystery Movie theme is one of the best! Written at a time when they spent time and money on such things. : )
TY for this! For years I've been looking for an original track of this CBS theme music!
Excellent find.
The CBS Late Movie premiered on CBS Valentine's Day February 14 1972 over the years they aired theatrical moviea
Ah, the good old days...GONE FOREVER!
"Tonight! On the CBS Late Movie:" - - - I can imitate that guy lol 😂
Very majestic
Love this.
Good 2 hear the whole theme song
We can come up with announcements while "Something Old, Something Young" plays in the background. For instance, I could picture a staff CBS announcer reading, "Tonight on the CBS Late Movie, Warren Beatty stars as Dick Tracy" or something to that affect, if you know what I mean!!!
Yeah, the Sheffield theme definately was used against promo's. The theme's title, however, is: "So old, so young".
As an interesting counterpoint, try searching: "1966 cbs Thursday/Friday movie" and hear the first arrangement of the Stevens theme.
We need a clean copy of that version as well.
Brings me back.
Now that CBS has canceled THE LATE LATE SHOW, maybe its high time for CBS to bring back THE CBS LATE MOVIE AT 12:35 Eastern 11:35 Central
with the original music and graphics
I didn't know he did this!
Thanks for posting. So many memories. Except I had this confused with the NBC Saturday Night movie intro. Heck, I was just a kid....
Morton Stevens was the creator of the most memorable theme for TV, besides his iconic theme for Hawaii 5-0.
Now, who made the original theme for the NBC Mystery Movie?
Henry Mancini, but I'm guessing you already knew that.
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
Luis Reyes Henry Mancini did amigo
My heartfelt Thanks to all who remembered. 😊
Despite my efforts (I would never enhance claimed "clean" versions), Mr. Sheffield has nailed the best rendition.
Channel 2 New York.
I agree with all the comments about loving this theme music. I have wonderful memories of being a young kid in the 1960's and listening to this opening theme score. Thanks so much for finding it. I have thought about it so many times over the years and was afraid it was lost forever. The nostalgia associated with this theme song almost brings tears to my eyes. Thanks again and God Bless!
Thank you for finding this. Been looking for a full play! Hopeful the song with words will be found?
Later, the spinning film reel
This is the version of CBS Movie theme KGMB Honolulu used a lot starting early 1973. Cover up CBS voice-overs on movie ends, opens to local movie in prime-time and sometimes CBS movie opens . Promos. Prerecorded Tuesday night series on Fridays. Hawkins and Shaft. No end after 20 seconds. Example: czcams.com/video/LiJJUCVrIJc/video.html
Makes me remember other late night movie themes there were -
ABC Movie Of The Week, Etc .
Excellent, where did you find this?
CBS affiliates only got a mono copy
on reel to reel.
I Wish I could tell you where I got this from but I honestly don't know. It must have been at least fifteen years or so ago that I stumbled across this recording online but I can't recall where. I searched around before posting it here to try and find it again but no luck. I would guess that whatever site that was is probably long gone by now so I'm glad that I got it when I could. This piece of music always gives me a strong feeling of nostalgia perhaps rivaled only by the theme to the ABC Movie Of The Week (Nikki). I'd like to find a clean version of that recording someday.
@@fredshaffstall9674
Yes, Nikki by Burt Bacharach. The album version sucks compared to the ABC version. I too am also searching for a full version of the
ABC version. The Television Music
Museum may have it, or not ?
@@fredshaffstall9674 and
1 of the longer versions, definitely. Maybe the longest.
Love this! Brings back childhood memories. But what's with the skull?
The skull is a Randotti. It is unrelated to to either the CBS Late Movie or its music.
I just happen to keep it next to my TV which is why it appears in the photo.
Wow! In stereo and full lenght first time
Love it. How did you get this?
Thanks for posting this. Before finding this post, this them goes through my head way more often than it should. Strange though. I do not remember it’s starting to “swing”, like it does halfway through the theme, when the trumpets come in. Also, I remember it with a different button at the end. Trumpets playing a sharp, two-note ascending lick and it stops suddenly, and the announcer's voice would come in. If you have that truncated version, please post. Also, if you have the video that goes with it, please post that. I remember after 2001 A Space Odyssey came out, everyone was using the slit-screen video effect in their show bumpers.
ABC used that slit screen technique for their movie of the week bumpers.
@@looseandjanglingproductions OK yeah, now I remember. thanks
Douglas Trumbull, who designed the slit screen mechanism for "2001" hired out and did the ABC opening titles for their "Movie Of The week" shows. The Opening Titles for the CBS Late Movies were done by a different Animation house.
Tonight on The CBS Late Movie: Charlie Brown gets kidnapped by The Notorious Red Barron and his Crime Ring Circus and Snoopy The World War I Flying Ace and Woodstock is on The Case and Hunting Down The Red Barron and even dealing with
The American Nazi Party on Snoopy The World War I Flying Ace!
I’m looking for the one that had the animation in the beginning & there were 2 people on sailboats who meet & kiss, stick figures/animation they were. Have the theme playing in my head. Late night movie? Midnight Movie? Thing it was on Fridays or Saturdays. If any of you have a clue as to what I’m talking about feel free to chime in.
Wondering about the bumper versions as well.
I preferred that over the Tonight Show anyday.
Hi, Fred. Thanks for the video. I noticed the skull at the bottom right of the TV. You got that skull at the Magic Shop at Walt Disney World?
You have a good eye for detail. It is a Randotti skull but I did not get him at Disney World. I Bought him at Disneyland in 1982 at little gift shop near the exit of The Pirates of the Caribbean ride (where the Pirate Arcade used to be located way back when). He still has the Mickey Mouse price tag on the bottom, $3.50, and he still glows in the dark. His name is Orville.
@fredshaffstall9674 Haha. Such great memories! I have one just like yours, complete with the Mickey Mouse ears price tag but from the Florida park. Was there anything better than a dark night at a Disney park as a kid with a glow in the dark skull? Heck, as far as I was concerned, anything that glowed in the dark back then was pure magic. During a second trip to Disney World, I picked up the larger version of the Randotti glow in the dark skull, and it's about 6 inches tall and wide. It's a chunk! Such good times. I recently learned that the Randotti name was a blend of Randy and Dotti - a couple who made the skulls for Disney. I always assumed it was some mysterious, deviant magician's name! There are some cool websites online about them. Thanks so much for sharing, Fred! Bless you.
Now we need the 1960s version.
There is the original 1966 version. Search "CBS Thursday/Friday Movie Theme, Morton Stevens". It's quite different than the '72 brass version.
@@banthony3775 Yeah I found it here on CZcams. The one with the TV Guide listing. I'm hoping someone will post a clean copy of that version. The record listing is posted on Discogs so it exists. It's gotta be out there somewhere.
I will try to remaster this by including more of the voices supplied by the percussion (drums, cymbals) and plucked strings (harp).
Please!
I have posted a version of this ftrack accurately as possible. The only enhancements I have attempted are those of the percussionists. I tried to emphasize (without empowering) the drummer (all non-melodic accents) and the harp. I am personally biased to the character added by harpists, so I have tried to only mildly "bring-up" the timbre.
Not much of a re-master, but I hope those who like the 'CBS' Stevens' theme will appreciate the attempt to amplify some of the more quiet voices often left away.
If you have suggestions to microtune this or other themed further, let me know.
TV was a little bit classier once.
awesome! Do you have the Bumper used ?
Unfortunately not.
Replaced The Merv Griffin Show in 1972.
Havnt herd THAT IN Over 40 yrs! A ggod use of CZcams. Sounds like same kinda theme as Mannix, Vega$, other cool 70 s stuff. So who compose it?
Morton Stevens.
Trivia question: The composer of this theme, Morton Stevens, was born under another name. What was Morton Stevens' real birth name?
Morton Aaron Suckno. Know it? No, I word searched it.
@@SammyReed-cd4cu A ;lot of people might care, including me! Why do people like you have to be so negative on social media sites like this one? It's really unappreciative.
@@toddwacha5108 Sorry.
The only dude who could kick-ass is Mancini. Because he is ... Mancini. You cannot overthrow this dude. Both are iconic producers of sounds that will remain intertwined as identities of cultural productions.
Planet of the apes intro
Morton Stevens: '66 CBS, super; '72 reboot
reboot... great. In line with Mancini. Likely not as prolific; but both have indelibly left a mark upon me...and probably you if you care to read this.
Ahh...that would be 'Shaffstall'.