OT: Great TV Westerns Theme Songs

[Mdoggie]

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Aluminny69]

Here's another theme song where we learned all the words (mostly). A real ear worm. See if you can listen with out inging along. Double dare you.

 

[Aluminny69]

THE BIG VALLEY 1965 to 1969. All Star cast, fully orchestrated Theme song.

 

[Carnac]

As much as I enjoy all the themes, this one kinda brings me home. I just got pangs of nostalgia as soon as I heard it, remembering the countless late Saturday evenings when, as a young boy, I'd watch Gunsmoke with my Dad. Those were halcyon days for me.

Aluminny69 and Carnac, there's no way of knowing, but I'd bet my Dad saw darned near all of the episodes!

Both my parents were BIG fans of Doc, Chester, Matt and Miss Kitty from the beginning when the Gunsmoke episodes were only 30 minutes. Two things my father loved: Westerns and boxing. That's why I'm familiar with so many TV westerns of the 50-60's era.

We only had 1 TV, and I was the remote control. Change the channel and adjust the rabbit ears. The only time I got to watch my kiddie shows was the early evening hours from 3-6 pm. When dad got home from work, the TV was his!!!! We had to watch whatever HE watched. I don't know how it was in YOUR house, but that's how it was in mine.

 

[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]