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Favorite Game Show Piece of Music (Non Theme)
« on: July 04, 2006, 02:54:52 PM »
Listening to some of the pieces on that new site...got me to thinking...what's your favorite prize cue, bumper, etc?

Mine is A Time for Tony.
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Clay Zambo

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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2006, 04:13:56 PM »
"Splendido" always makes me happy.
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2006, 04:27:10 PM »
It's technically a theme, but until I first saw Jeopardy '78 a few years ago, I only knew its closing theme as background music for WoF.  That's really my favorite, though I like the ending on "A Time for Tony".  Runner up for me is the "klunk" music on Barris' "Treasure Hunt"--that always puts a smile on my face.
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2006, 04:38:23 PM »
I'll second, or third, A Time For Tony. It's quite a piece of music.

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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2006, 04:48:38 PM »
"The Money Maze" had some of the best and most varied music of any show that ran just 26 weeks.  Great job by Score on that assignment.
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2006, 04:55:49 PM »
I always liked the little string fanfare when the contestants were first shown on the original TTTT.
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2006, 05:00:21 PM »
Really all but one or two of the shopping cues on 'Wheel of Fortune' from the eighties. Also assorted cues from the original 'Feud'. There's also a particular showcase cue on 'TPIR'. Its upbeat and has a lot of horns.
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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2006, 07:16:24 PM »
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"The Money Maze" had some of the best and most varied music of any show that ran just 26 weeks.  Great job by Score on that assignment.
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Too bad there's no series episodes around anymore for it (although portions of the different cues were used as briefy as MG think music and the main theme for The Guiness Game.

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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2006, 07:38:26 PM »
Any of those instant bargain cues from $ale. Sooooo fun.

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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2006, 07:51:30 PM »
Quite a few Price cues---"Starcrossed", the Race Game and Take Two cues, and some others I can't mention at the moment.

Some of the music from the Vegas LMAD eps was pretty cool too [enough to make me buy the Music for TV Dinners CD, that had "Sporting Highlights" on it], as well as the '84 cues.
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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2006, 10:11:42 PM »
The prize music from PYL (Tomarken).

There was a prize cue from LMaD84, that was used during the Big Deal, usually the "2nd place" deal. It was a decent mix of synthesizers and horns, and that's about the best I can do to describe it. :-P
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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2006, 10:18:19 PM »
I'm sure it would change based on what's recent in my memory, but I recently watched some Password Plus clips, so I'll nominate the main game win cue.
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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2006, 11:29:04 PM »
If bscripps can name the 1978 "Jeopardy!" theme in its WoF incarnation, then I can name the "He Said, She Said" theme in its incarnation as the "Who's Who?" music on '70s "WML."
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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2006, 12:22:08 AM »
Ouch. He Said She Said was just...grating. Some of my favorites:

Contestant intro: The Joker's Wild (runner up: Bullseye)
Think music: Tic Tac Dough
Win cue: Joker's Wild main game '79-on
Prize cues: The 1983-era TPiR car cue that starts with horns and has a flute lead somehwere in the middle. (There's a sax version that occasionally played in some big-ticket showcases in the mid-to-late '80s.) Special mention to Hal Hidey and his entire late '70s B&E package.

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« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2006, 03:56:34 AM »
There are many non-themed cues I liked.  So, I'll spit it up in the decades of my life:

The 70's:
The various TPIR cues fron the 1972 & 1976 package
The win cue on the early version of TJW
Win cues from the syndie versions of TJW & TTD
The consolation/parting gift cues from Gambit & the Magnificant Marble Machine

The 80's:
The various TPIR cues from the 1983 package
The prize cues from LMAD & High Rollers
The main game board set-up from HR
The "Klunk" cue from Treasure Hunt
The puzzle solve cues from WoF