# Music & More music...From Peter Gunn. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773 "2007-06-12T22:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/1 "2007-06-12T22:06:30Z")
Oh yeah, _ **Bay-beeee** _! **Too** cool. 🆒 Just got it. 🆒 > **[Amazon.com: The Music from & More Music from Peter Gunn: CDs & Vinyl](https://www.amazon.com/Music-More-Peter-Gunn/dp/B00009QP3Z)** > > Amazon.com: The Music from & More Music from Peter Gunn: CDs & Vinyl Everybody know the _Peter Gunn Theme_, but this CD is brimming with Henry Mancini goodness! I recommend: [ul] [li]_The Brothers Go To Mother’s[/li][li]Fallout![/li][li]Timothy[/li][li]Odd Ball[/li][li]Spook![/li][li]Walkin’ Bass_[/li][/ul] Playin it on this. > **[Amazon.com: TEAC SL-D96B CD Player Radio (Black) : Electronics](https://www.amazon.com/TEAC-SL-D96B-Player-Radio-Black/dp/B0009PSFAI)** > > In the heydays of domestic life of post World War II, nearly each home had a clock radio situated in the kitchen or bedroom. Teac SLD96 is a likely replica of that type of radio but with modifications to suit 21st century use. Tubes are replaced by... 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/2 "2007-06-12T22:08:44Z")
You, sir, now own the two albums I would take to my desert isle! Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/3 "2007-06-13T02:22:10Z")
I’ve got the original Peter Gunn LP. Also, a different Mancini CD with 22 tracks. What a talent! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/4 "2007-06-13T16:24:13Z")
If you like that, then definitely get Mancini’s film score to Orson Welles’ **Touch of Evil**. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/5 "2007-06-13T17:46:02Z")
As good as that album in the OP is, there are 2 versions of the Peter Gunn theme that I have that are not on the album. First is the ELP version. I have it from their _Best of_ album, I think it originally was on a live album of theirs. The second one that I have is The Art of Noise version (featuring Duane Eddy) from _In Visible Silence_. It is a great song and every band should probably cover it. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/6 "2007-06-13T19:40:18Z")
Just a quick note - if you love Peter Gunn, you’d love Rhino’s Crime Jazz CD’s. Great original TV series music from the late 50’s / early 60’s crime series. Some are just amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/7 "2007-06-13T19:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] Just a quick note - if you love Peter Gunn, you’d love Rhino’s Crime Jazz CD’s. Great original TV series music from the late 50’s / early 60’s crime series. Some are just amazing. [/QUOTE] That sounds like a great concept. I was going to suggest at least the _Mr. Lucky_ album as a follow-up, but a collection of themes from other cop, spy and detective series would be good, too. Without even trying to locate that CD online, I wonder how many of those shows’ music I can name. Here’s a few off the top of my head: Naked City Mannix Mission: Impossible Richard Diamond Checkmate I Spy Who can add some others? What are some others on that CD? Other Mancini from that era: The Blues and the Beat The Mancini Touch Experiment in Terror Hatari Charade Pink Panther ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/8 "2007-06-14T17:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] That sounds like a great concept. I was going to suggest at least the _Mr. Lucky_ album as a follow-up, but a collection of themes from other cop, spy and detective series would be good, too. Without even trying to locate that CD online, I wonder how many of those shows’ music I can name. Here’s a few off the top of my head: Naked City Mannix Mission: Impossible Richard Diamond Checkmate I Spy Who can add some others? What are some others on that CD? Other Mancini from that era: The Blues and the Beat The Mancini Touch Experiment in Terror Hatari Charade Pink Panther [/QUOTE] A few of those are on the first volume of Crime Jazz - Richard Diamond just flat-out smokes! What great theme music… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-more-music-from-peter-gunn/407773/9 "2007-06-14T17:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] A few of those are on the first volume of Crime Jazz - Richard Diamond just flat-out smokes! What great theme music… [/QUOTE] The music to _Checkmate_ was composed by John Williams, back when he was Johnny Williams. As such he was the main piano player on the Peter Gunn stuff.