The Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series) - Music

Music

Besides the legendary Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith, other contributors to the music were Nathan Van Cleave, Leonard Rosenman, Fred Steiner, and Franz Waxman. The first season featured an orchestral title theme by Herrmann, who also wrote original scores for seven of the episodes, including the premiere, "Where Is Everybody?" The iconic guitar theme most associated with the show was written by the French avant-garde composer Marius Constant as part of a series of short cues commissioned by CBS as library music for the series. Used from season 2 onwards, the theme as aired was a splicing together of two of these library cues "Etrange 3 (Strange No. 3)" and "Milieu 2 (Middle No. 2)". Varèse Sarabande released several albums of music from the series, focusing on the episodes that received original scores.

Volume 1

1. Main Title Theme – Marius Constant (:27)
2. The Invaders – Jerry Goldsmith (12:57)
3. Perchance To Dream – Nathan Van Cleave (9:52)
4. Walking Distance – Bernard Herrmann (12:52)
5. The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine – Franz Waxman (10:55)
6. End Title Theme – Marius Constant (:42)

Volume 2

1. Main Title Theme – Bernard Herrmann (1:11)
2. Where Is Everybody? – Bernard Herrmann (11:19)
3. 100 Yards Over The Rim – Fred Steiner (12:14)
4. The Big Tall Wish – Jerry Goldsmith (11:52)
5. A Stop At Willoughby – Nathan Scott (12:24)
6. End Title Theme – Bernard Herrmann (1:05)

Volume 3

1. Alternate Main Title Theme – Marius Constant (:38)
2. Back There – Jerry Goldsmith (12:51)
3. And When The Sky Was Opened – Leonard Rosenman (11:54)
4. A World Of Difference – Nathan Van Cleave (11:48)
5. The Lonely – Bernard Herrmann (11:09)
6. Alternate End Title – Marius Constant (:54)

Volume 4

1. Alternate Main Title – Bernard Herrmann (:28)
2. Jazz Theme One – Jerry Goldsmith (9:12)
3. Jazz Theme Two – Jerry Goldsmith (3:12)
4. Jazz Theme Three – Rene Garriguenc (4:04)
5. Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room – Jerry Goldsmith (8:16)
6. Elegy – Nathan Van Cleave (8:14)
7. King Nine Will Not Return – Fred Steiner (11:11)
8. Two – Nathan Van Cleave (12:09)
9. Alternate End Title – Bernard Herrmann (:43)

Volume 5

1. Alternate Main Title #2 – Bernard Herrmann (:29)
2. I Sing The Body Electric – Nathan Van Cleave (11:41)
3. The Passerby – Fred Steiner (12:58)
4. The Trouble With Templeton – Jeff Alexander (11:46)
5. Dust – Jerry Goldsmith (11:33)
6. Alternate End Title #2 – Bernard Herrmann (1:07)

Many of the above were included on a four-disc set released by Silva America. Varese also released a two-disc set of re-recordings of Herrmann's seven scores for the series ("Where Is Everybody?," "Walking Distance," "The Lonely," "Eye Of The Beholder," "Little Girl Lost," "Living Doll" and "Ninety Years Without Slumbering"), conducted by Joel McNeely. Alongside this release, Bernard Herrmann's score for the episode "Walking Distance" received another re-recording accompanying a new recording of his score for François Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Stromberg and released by Tribute Film Classics.