Friday, December 09, 2016

"WILD BIKE" a well remembered bit of music from Robert Vaughn's MAN FROM UNCLE


Robert Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) had mixed emotions about "Man from UNCLE." The double-edged sword was that playing Napoleon Solo made him famous, and forever beloved by Baby Boomers. But it no doubt typed him to the extent that he lost some roles he wanted to play, and even if he was dressed up as Franklin Roosevelt or Hamlet, half the audience was still blinking and thinking, "That's him, Napoleon Solo!!" 

I remember seeing Vaughn at a book signing Q&A, and yes, virtually ALL the questions were about the one crime-fighting TV show (and he did more than one, and some of them lasted a lot longer than UNCLE did). Asked if he had a FAVORITE episode of "Man from UNCLE," he gave one of his famous open-mouthed grimaces (a bit like William Buckley Jr.) before saying, "NO." 

Since Mr. Vaughn is much too famous to belong on this blog of less renown, and so is the theme song from "The Man from UNCLE," we turn to a lesser known bit of soundtrack music from the show. You'll recognize "Wild Bike," as it was probably used quite a few times during the first season of the show. While most associate Jerry Goldsmith with UNCLE, this piece was composed by Morton Stevens. 

"WILD BIKE" by Morton Stevens

ALTERNATE LINK:

"WILD BIKE" by Morton Stevens - Alternate Link

4 comments:

tip said...

I don't seem to be able to download from your Box account?

Anonymous said...

I have the same problem. Please help.

Ill Folks said...

Hi Folks, Dec 18th -- I checked my settings, and it turns out the blog is surprisingly popular lately. I've gone over my bandwidth. Please check back in a week or two. I'm not sure if my bandwidth is re-set back to zero on the first of the month or some other time. I'll try and see what else I can do about this.

Dana said...

I was hoping to find The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in your TV theme posts, I have this on the original Man From U.N.C.L.E. album https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2FHugo-Montenegro-Original-Music-From-The-Man-From-UNCLE%2Frelease%2F7261655&psig=AOvVaw0kxpFcGODGuoC8pDcOz-CE&ust=1608346007451000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCODT4fXB1u0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAM

U.N.C.L.E., in all its forms were my favorites as a young teen and still holds a special spot in my memories, and the cover, well that was the icing on the cake ;-)

Thanks again!