I Spy, Vol.5 No.10 [Soundtrack]

Earle / Friedhofer, Hugo Hagen (Composer), Earle H. Hagen (Composer), Earle H. Hagen (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Earle H. Hagen
• Composer: Earle / Friedhofer, Hugo Hagen, Earle H. Hagen
• Audio CD (January 4, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Film Score Monthly
• ASIN: B0006SSQ1Q
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Defector / Main Title [Stereo]

2. Hong Kong / Elroy [Stereo]

3. What's the Trouble? [Stereo]

4. Keep Running / You Lose [Stereo]

5. That's My Man [Stereo]

6. Stop That Plane [Stereo]

7. The Whistle Blows [Stereo]

8. "007" [Stereo]

9. End Title [Stereo]

10. Tokyo (H.) / Jean and Kelly (H./F.) / Jean's Pad (H./F.) / Trailing (H.

11. Oops, the Troops! (H.) / Away We Go / Shiftycraft (H./F.) / Dead for Re

12. Away We Go to Mexico / Bye Bye Scotty / Rapido / On the Road Again / Tr

13. Taxi Tour [Stereo]

14. Japanese Trick / Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow / How About That / Babe,

15. End Title [Stereo]

16. Burma / The Chase / And On and On / Some Value [The Warlord]

17. My Lord! / She Is Chinese [The Warlord]

18. Prelude to Dreamsville / The General Dies [The Warlord]

19. Down the River [The Warlord]

20. The Plaza / Main Title [Mono Version]

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The wonderfulness of Hagen, August 11, 2005

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Scott Fien (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Spy, Vol.5 No.10 (Audio CD)

An absolute joy of a soundtrack from one of television's greatest (guilty?) pleasures. Composer Earle Hagen created brand-new music for each of I Spy's three-seasons-worth of episodes ... some 80 hours of television ... an amazing feat when other shows - even today - rely on just a few key musical cues. Here are half a dozen scores on 20+ tracks culled from eps throughout the series run (1965-1968). If you loved this series, or love big band or jazz, go for yourself and grab the CD.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Coolest of the Cool, Hobie., July 26, 2010

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Kevin L. Bray (Corona, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Spy, Vol.5 No.10 (Audio CD)

Oh, yeah!!! There's nothing quite like those searing strings, the great jazz (remember the Mad magazine parody, where the characters wonder why there's jazz being played every time there's a fight scene?? Hilarious!) in nearly every scene, and the general beauty of each score. Check out Hagen's homage to Aaron Copeland's "El Salon Mexico," in one of the episodes (I leave it to you to discern where it is), as well as the simply gorgeous "Mainly in the Plains" episode music. The episode featured Boris Karloff, and the score is lush and evocative. Ah, life is grand, and is even grander with this CD in my collection. "I Spy" will always be a component of my youth, and I'm glad that this is finally on CD, albeit as a limited edition. I think it best to pick this gem up before it's too late, and it becomes a high-priced collector's item. Oh, and by the way, "Hobie" is what Cosby used to call Culp, referring to Bob's character Hobie Gilman in the 1957-59 "Trackdown" series. Bob will be missed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ear Candy, March 23, 2010

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C. Carrier (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Spy, Vol.5 No.10 (Audio CD)

This is a must-have for "true true" I Spy fans. Hagen brings the listener rich scores of 5 selected episodes, each new and originally composed to reflect the exotic locales in which the series was shot. Here we are treated to China, Japan, Spain and Mexico, with tracks that combine cultural musical recognition with the now familiar "I Spy" major and minor themes resulting in the distinctive series sound. A particular favorite is Track 4, a glorious 4 minutes and 10 seconds of breathing rhythm and riveting jazz action that is completely unique and practically unheard of in today's series television. An added bonus is the accompanying 24-page booklet that details the musical - and artistic - efforts necessary to provide each set of episode tracks. This is indeed wonderfulness.