OT: Great TV Westerns Theme Songs

[Carnac]

Another one of my favorites Starring Wayde Preston -

 

[Carnac]

These episodes were always good. I like Branded, but not the Rifleman. Go figure.

 

[Carnac]

I’m shocked that no one has mentioned the very popular series Cheyenne with Clint Walker.

 

[Hoops66]

Love it, Hoops66, did then, and still do now.

I'm curious how they manage to have all those credits and never bother to tell anyone that Rossini inadvertently played a major role in the success of The Long Ranger!

Agree, for sure, and my other post on Sgt. Preston of the 'Yukon' (far north Western?) which had another classical piece, this one from Donna Diana by Emil von Reznicek. I still love it as I did as a kid. Here's the overture FYI.

 

[CL82]

 

[BlueDolphin]

"The Rebel" was by no means the greatest series of the period, but a theme song by Johnny Cash moved it up a few notches.

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[Aluminny69]

I’m shocked that no one has mentioned the very popular series Cheyenne with Clint Walker.

Clint Walker was a major heartthrob and probably the main reason my mother watched this show. Also loved him in The Dirty Dozen.
From WIKI:
Cheyenne was an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1962. The show was the first hour-long Western, and was the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

ahem ....

 

[JordyG]

For me this, along with Bonanza, will always be the best.

 

[Monte]

 

[Scud49]

I love these great themes, but this one was always my favorite:

 

[Aluminny69]

For me this, along with Bonanza, will always be the best.

I guess we should pay our respect to Lorne Greene and his version. A pretty good voice.

 

[Aluminny69]

Boneyard posters are amazing! I think you got almost all of them. Wait a minute, lrt'd noy forget The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
From WIKI
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults,[1] premiering four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955.[2][3] Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western Cheyenne. The series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program aired for six seasons (229 episodes) on ABC from 1955 to 1961, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

I'm not quite sure, what is the difference between Brave, Courageous, and Bold?

 

[Aluminny69]

To prove the beauty of this music, This is from a 1964 LP "Pop's Roundup" performed by the Boston Pops under direction of Arthur Fiedler. Super album and this is the opening medley. Enjoy!

 

[JavaMan]

 

[JavaMan]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[JordyG]

Careful how you bandy that name about these days padnah.

 

[RoadMaster]

One more..

 

[Waquoit]

I remember the alternative lyrics when I was a kid:

Stranded, caught in a toilet bowl
What do you do when your stranded,
And you ain't got a roll?
To be a man, you wipe with your hand...

 

[Forego]

My favorite tv western music is the theme from How the West Was Won. (Definitely not the movie). It’s composer is Jerrold Immel who has won or been nominated for emmys for several tv shows including the theme for Dallas. I am hoping another boneyarder can download it so everyone can listen to it. Unless you have seen it on one the western channels, I would believe that most of you would not remember the show as only 26 episodes were made. James Arness was its star.

 

[Aluminny69]

A little TV Western Trivia: Chuck Conners, The Rifleman (58-63) and Branded (65-66) started out as a professional athlete. In fact, he is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).

 

[Aluminny69]

And as a Boston Celtic