Comments on: Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra -Peter Gunn TV show theme https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621799 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:42:54 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621799 “Short Skirt, Long Jacket”
A Tribute to Emma Peel
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]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621718 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:38:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621718 Never much of a video gamer and I never saw ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie either. But I did see the last two seasons of Peter Gunn on its original run. Missed the first season as my family got its first TV in the summer of 1959. Very memorable theme by Henry Mancini.

The second season of Peter Gunn was paired with another Blake Edwards half-hour drama, Mr. Lucky, for which Mancini also wrote the theme. Good tune, but quieter and less memorable than the theme for Peter Gunn. Mr. Lucky only lasted one season. John Vivyan wasn’t as compelling a lead as was Craig Stevens. Mr. Lucky was notable mainly for the excellent work of Ross Martin in the role of Andamo, the main character’s segundo. Martin would later go on to considerable aclaim as Artemus Gordon on The Wild, Wild West as Robert Conrad’s segundo.

]]> By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621545 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:51:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621545 Unfortunately, the Lark cigarette commercial killed the William Tell Overture for me.

“Have a Lark, have a Lark today…”

Aaargh!

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621521 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:47:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621521 Boobah- back at ya’. At the arcade.

I eventually learned not to associate ‘William Tell Overture’ with ‘The Lone Ranger’, but, as I’ve never seen the 1958 movie, ‘Spyhunter’ is my cultural reference for this tune.

]]> By: David Eastman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621468 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:37:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621468 That’s a good performance, but I’ve always preferred the Blues Brother version. Here is a pure studio version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRkxqkObCUk&list=RDRRkxqkObCUk&start_radio=1 and here is a more improvised live performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBYETv92fkU&list=RDUBYETv92fkU&start_radio=1

]]> By: Boobah https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/qatar-philharmonic-orchestra-peter-gunn-tv-show-theme/#comment-1621140 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:08:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116209#comment-1621140 I will forever know this as the theme from Spyhunter. Not even MIDI quality sound on the Commodore 64, but I spent hours listening to this tune.

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