rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (01/09/85)
In another spell of insomnia, I watched a program on WPIX Saturday night that I believe was called "Beyond The Limit". It was sort of an early 1960's version of "In Search Of". As the closing credits rolled, they played a theme that sounded exactly like that for "The Outer Limits", but without the synthesizer effects. This show would have pre-dated "Outer Limits" by only a couple of years. Does anyone out there know if the themes were in fact the same? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (01/14/85)
> In another spell of insomnia, I watched a program on WPIX Saturday > night that I believe was called "Beyond The Limit". It was sort of > an early 1960's version of "In Search Of". As the closing credits The correct title of the show was "One Step Beyond". *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) (01/15/85)
REFERENCES: <628@ccice5.UUCP> Robert D. Zarcone asked if the music from "Beyond the Limit" was borrowed from "Outer Limits." Actually I think that the program being asked about is "One Step Beyond." When "Outer Limits" went to its second season on original broadcasts, the new musical theme sounded a lot like the one that I used to hear on "One Step Beyond." On investigation I discovered that both themes were written by Harry Lubin and were stylistically similarly, but not identical. I often hear one piece of music by a film composer and find it reminds me a lot of other pieces by the same man. Parts of HIGH ROAD TO CHINA sound a lot like parts of KING KONG (the 1976 version) (both by John Barry). Much of Maurice Jarre's IS PARIS BURNING? sounds much like his DR. ZHIVAGO to me (both use rapidly stroked strings sounding almost like banjos. (In the case of ZHIVAGO they are probably balalaikas). Many of Miklos Rosza's scores sound very similar (almost overpowering). I guess it is just like Van Gogh had a painting style that is easily recognizable as his, composers also have consistent styles. Lubin's music in the two TV series is very similar; I guess it is a single quavering tone that I remember from both. (Evelyn C. Leeper for) Mark R. Leeper ...ihnp4!lznv!mrl