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Marius Constant — Twilight Zone Theme
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Released: 1960
Length: 0:52
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 rpdevotee wrote:
Song gets an 8...
TV show gets a 10!

 

 

yep
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
For some reason when I hear this I'm reminded of this...

Planet of the Apes
Posted 9 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
Some of the most evocative music ever.
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

{#Flamed}Scary!!!  Awesome.

 


Posted 10 years ago by STLBubbles    [ Reply ]
How cool. This is why RP rules. 
Posted 10 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 Rh wrote:

Right on. My memory too!


 

Posted 11 years ago by Rh    [ Reply ]
 LauraWH wrote:
Although it has been years since I've seen an episode, hearing the music still creeps me out...in a good way. Brings back memories of curling up, and sometimes hiding, under a blanket in the dark, watching a small black & white screen completely memorized and tingly terrified all at the same time. The music was the perfect entrance to a fabulous show.

 

Posted 11 years ago by Rh    [ Reply ]
Although it has been years since I've seen an episode, hearing the music still creeps me out...in a good way. Brings back memories of curling up, and sometimes hiding, under a blanket in the dark, watching a small black & white screen completely memorized and tingly terrified all at the same time. The music was the perfect entrance to a fabulous show.
Posted 11 years ago by LauraWH    [ Reply ]
instant flashback, my dad, a NY Bell telephone lineman, evening tv time, sitting in HIS CHAIR with a Rheingold and a plate of cheese and crackers, me on his lap, rubbing his ample working class belly bulge, and at times feeling the stubble on his chin   the events of the show were beyond me then, but the music, man, that did it... probably had Marius Constant flavored nightmares
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
10 from me.

Brilliant, original and evocative - even if there were no TV series to go with it. 
Posted 11 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
How about some Henry Mancini Pink Panther theme as a follow up
or Sturt Hamm's versions of the Charlie Brown theme song
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
You two never cease to amaze...
Posted 12 years ago by SanFranGayMan    [ Reply ]
Song gets an 8...
TV show gets a 10!

 
Posted 12 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:

Is that Shatner's real hair?  It's been so long since we've actually seen it, I'm just not sure anymore.

 
I think he was already wearing a piece by then.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

Happy Twilight Zone day....really, you can look it up.


Posted 12 years ago by KermitDfrog    [ Reply ]

Love the wide range of music on this site!  (This was rather short ... got a longer version?  Please?  Pretty please?)

     Cynaera wrote:  ...  Not like Stingray, ... I bet he drives a little car at Mach 1 and flips everyone off. And if he doesn't, he should.

Hahahahah!  Hilarious!


Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote

 
 
Is that Shatner's real hair?  It's been so long since we've actually seen it, I'm just not sure anymore.

Posted 12 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
I thought Halloween was over?
Posted 13 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
It's a COOKBOOK!
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
OH NO...scary.
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

 

Damn... BillG looks good in that suit. 

He's certainly having a better day than this guy -

 
Posted 13 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
How cool is this? Now I want to watch a handful of episodes with a large pizza and some Coke.
Posted 13 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Too often, I'd have to go to bed with all the lights on. Man, sometimes they were truly frightening—loved 'em; kept going back for more. Erelong, I discovered Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison—two unexcelled creepmeisters. Dreams with sharp teeth indeed.

 
Oh, I totally agree.  Harlan Ellison is one of my favorite writers.  The first thing I ever read by him was "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream."  And then came "Repent, Harlequin! Said The Tick-Tock Man," and then "The Glass Teat" and "The Other Glass Teat," and "Strange Wine," and "Medea - Harlan's World" which he wrote with, oh, I can't remember who else, in the window of a book store in L.A....  Did you ever read "Croatoa"?  About the alligators and fetuses?  THAT one gave me the willies... 

I wonder if all the episodes of "The Twilight Zone" are on DVD.... Might have to invest and have a "Creep-Night."

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
When I was young and watching it, some of the shows would scare the poop out of me.
 
Too often, I'd have to go to bed with all the lights on. Man, sometimes they were truly frightening—loved 'em; kept going back for more. Erelong, I discovered Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison—two unexcelled creepmeisters. Dreams with sharp teeth indeed.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
oh someone please upload the Dead doing it
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:


Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."

This is absolutely PRICELESS!  Wonderful work, vandal and Baby_M~!  I'm saving this, if I can. Might have to do it once I'm not on Mars...
 


Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
WHO SUBMITTED THIS???  I've got a 102-degree fever, and I hear the Twilight Zone theme... Try to imagine how freaked I am.

Still, it was fun.  Thank you, whoever submitted it. *sigh* Dang, I miss that show. I miss the edginess of it, and the way it forced people to think.

It's gonna stay at a solid 10.  My fever, on the other hand (oh, by the way, I've got another hand now - that makes three, and pretty soon, I'll be an octopus except octopuses don't have hands...) will be all over the map. Apparently, this cold is like a tornado - it goes where it wants, and nothing can stop it until it burns itself out. It will probably do damage in its wake. Please forgive me for anyone I might offend, unless I offend someone everyone WANTS offended. I am unattended in my feverdom.  Not like Stingray, who just posts whatever comes into his head, without the slob-disclaimer of "I have a fever." I love him, anyway. He's a regular RPeep and great comic-relief, and I bet he drives a little car at Mach 1 and flips everyone off. And if he doesn't, he should.

Speaking of should - I should shut up now. If this cold/fever doesn't kill me (and I don't want to know who of you wants me to die), I'll be a little more literate (well, "coherent" is for spoken words) later. For now, I'm apparently using a lot of alliteration. And not enough medication. (And wow - I'm rhyming, too.)

Going away now. Really.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Ah Bill, I see what you're doing there.. Tori Amos now... :)

 Paradisio wrote:
Awesome mix Bill!

Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy
Marius Constant - Twilight Zone Theme

Twilight Zone theme is obvious hearing them in this sequence. I would have never noticed it being a mere mortal {#Cool}
 


Posted 14 years ago by rmmartins    [ Reply ]
Oupsss..... I thought it was my boss slowly coming into my back...
What a shiver!
Posted 14 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:


Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."


  {#Clap}


Posted 14 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
The theme from Barney Miller is awesome too - give that a spin someday (just to mix it up)

Posted 14 years ago by whaze    [ Reply ]
Short and sweet.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Awesome mix Bill!

Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy
Marius Constant - Twilight Zone Theme

Twilight Zone theme is obvious hearing them in this sequence. I would have never noticed it being a mere mortal {#Cool}

Posted 14 years ago by Paradisio    [ Reply ]
Hearing this just sent a chill up my spine.
Posted 14 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
When I was young and watching it, some of the shows would scare the poop out of me.
 
You literally shat yourself?

Posted 14 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
When I was young and watching it, some of the shows would scare the poop out of me.
Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Hah! Great head swap from Vandal! =D

Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
BRILLIANT!  {#Cool} Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
 


Posted 15 years ago by beccab    [ Reply ]

There are a few that lock me into a time . . . this and The Avengers theme  . . .


Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
I loved the episode with Shatner losing it as the gremlin thing stares through the plane window at him.

I used to work with a guy who looked like the gremlin....hi Martin.
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Happy 50th BD, Twilight Zone!
Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Still one of my all time fav black 'n white TV shows
Posted 15 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 wedge wrote:
Wow Does that bring back memories..........:)
 
Hanging out in the den in our garage with the slightly older neighbor kids.  Watching Twilight Zone when I probably shouldn't have.


Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Koan wrote:
Those were a few surreal moments! — especially coming after The Clash's London Calling.
 Just effin' brilliant! {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Wow Does that bring back memories..........:)
Posted 15 years ago by wedge    [ Reply ]
twilightzone
Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
OMGoddess!  Here we go (again)...  {#Eek}


Posted 15 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
My young kids went on Disneyland's The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, which plays this tune at the "pre-ride" area in a dark room. The ride freaked them out. When I later played for them the intro to the Twilight Zone TV show, the kids screamed and refused to watch the show. This song is SCARY to them, but in a good way. :)


Posted 15 years ago by heberman    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
 
OH HYSTERICAL!  I just spit diet coke all over my screen.  I was hearing Rod Sterlings voice.. reading this......
 


Posted 15 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
 
{#Lol} Perfect!

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Alrighty...
Posted 15 years ago by fluorophore    [ Reply ]
Thought you were gonna play Manhattan Transfer for a second there...
Posted 15 years ago by dburges    [ Reply ]
WTF Bill? Have another whippet...{#Eyes}
Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
this past new year's eve and day (exactly two weeks ago today), the scifi channel was running a twilight zone marathon while my wife was toughing it out through a marathon of her own: labor. we had the show on with the volume off in the delivery room to give her something to focus on while she pushed and pushed and pushed. our son was born while burgess meredith was fumbling around on the ground looking for his glasses. one thing for sure, i'll never look at THAT show the same again.
Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
awesome!! totally awesome!!!
Posted 15 years ago by dawige    [ Reply ]
Those were a few surreal moments! — especially coming after The Clash's London Calling.
Posted 16 years ago by Koan    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
 
BRAVO! Well played, sir! {#Clap}{#Notworthy}

Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
 


Posted 16 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
LaurieinTucson wrote:
Bill, do you have the Grateful Dead version?

Was just thinking the same thing.  Was telling my wife about that while watching a newer Twilight Zone last week.  She didn't remember it.

Posted 16 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
That was incredible!!
Posted 16 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
All we need now is the intro to "The Outer Limits"...
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
...bloody iconic...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Bill, do you have the Grateful Dead version?
Posted 16 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Only on RP!
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Baby_M wrote:
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
Posted 16 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
That's so funny...THIS is my ring tone. right after the Clash which was somebody else's ringtone!
Posted 16 years ago by Gednabb    [ Reply ]
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone followed by Marius Constant - Twilight Zone Theme... That is awesome. RP, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Posted 16 years ago by kyleminor    [ Reply ]
interesting. i always thought the great Bernard Herrman wrote this. Apparently he did write the original theme but it was discarded after the first season and was replaced with this.
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
radiojunkie wrote:
Come on, Bill, you know the artist isn't Rod Serling! He was just the host of the show! You've got to correct this!
Rod Serling "just the host"?! wtf. he WROTE and DIRECTED most of the episodes
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Gotta love the visual in-mind about the piece of history that is The Twighlight Zone. While on TV Themes. The Avengers theme is quite nice
Posted 16 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
"Picture a man operating a radio station on the Internet. He's a master of sequencing and selection, plying his art with a keyboard and a mouse, his dog at his feet and a cup of fair-trade coffee by his elbow. But today will not be a day like any other, for when Bill Goldsmith clicks 'save' on his latest playlist creation he'll discover that he's left the world of bits and bytes and bandwith, of ASCAP and BMI, and entered . . . the Twilight Zone."
Posted 16 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I feel like this one is too short to be rated.
Posted 16 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
Next up: theme to the Patty Duke Show... starring Patty Duke!
Posted 16 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
dsrtfalcon wrote:
That's cheating. You can segue to any song with that...
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
That's cheating. You can segue to any song with that...
Posted 17 years ago by dsrtfalcon    [ Reply ]
just making sure everyone is awake this morning?
Posted 17 years ago by ematt    [ Reply ]
Cool! The film was just on OTW. Very moody piece. Nostalgia-inducing.
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
whoah! where am i?
Posted 17 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!...let\'s go kick the can!
Posted 17 years ago by HonduranRed    [ Reply ]
thanks! this is a classic tune in my 'tv memories'
Posted 17 years ago by joanbcn    [ Reply ]
An amazing theme song for an amazing show!
Posted 17 years ago by Wolf825    [ Reply ]
heyjoe3577 wrote:
https://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/twilightZone.html You might find the composer at this link
Wow, that was fast. I was going to post the same link but apparently my Googlabilities are weaker than those of others!
Posted 17 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
Give credit where credit is due. The theme was written by Marius Constant https://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2004/061104.html
Posted 17 years ago by DebateG    [ Reply ]
https://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/twilightZone.html You might find the composer at this link
Posted 17 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
It is nice to hear it in much better fidelity than it was over the TV all these years.
Posted 17 years ago by ghoffman    [ Reply ]
You are entering a dimension of sound. Of mind. There's a signpost up ahead: The RP Zone... Love it. I could watch Twilight Zone episodes nonstop for days. c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
WTF
Posted 17 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
niiiicccceeeee.....
Posted 17 years ago by manleywoman    [ Reply ]
muh man Rod Serling!
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Now its confirmed! I really am in the Twilight Zone!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Come on, Bill, you know the artist isn't Rod Serling! He was just the host of the show! You've got to correct this!
Posted 17 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
it's also the shortest song on RP
... i reckon it must be ... ....................
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Fantastic!
Posted 17 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
"If you can play guitar try playing the bass line backwards. It's the familiar twilight zone theme song. ;)" Posted by Frednic (Santee, CA) on the song comment page for the song played immediately before this one - Golden Earring's "Twighlight Zone".
Posted 17 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
why does this music always cause one of my eyebrows to raise in a dramatic way?
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
it's also the shortest song on RP
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
hahah... nice
Posted 17 years ago by infinity    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
....after Golden Earring's Twilight Zone!
Bill's the best!
Posted 17 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by dawnejazz    [ Reply ]
Kick. Ass.
Posted 17 years ago by MissAmy    [ Reply ]
I'm scared.
Posted 17 years ago by semTake    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
this is currently the highest rated song on RP
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
....after Golden Earring's Twilight Zone!
Posted 17 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
whoa
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]