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Author: Phillip ThornePhillip Thorne Date: Apr 11, 2008 20:47
Toss enough random things into a single memory bank, and you start to
encounter unexpected coincidences. Music cues can be especially
evocative.
"Challenge of the Super Friends" is (c)1978 by Hanna-Barbera. The
credited music editors are Sam Horta, Joe Sandusky, and Robert Talboy.
"Battle of the Planets" was also 1978, and was adapted by Sandy Frank
Productions from "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" (1972). One of the
changes was a new opening theme song, replacing the vocals of a
Japanese children's choir -- I'm trying to remember if the new theme
was based on one of the original cues. It's been over a year since
I've watched an ep.
The four-second clip of the BotP theme -- the fanfare, specifically --
appears in the episode "The Time Trap," time reference 8m09s to 8m13s
in that episode's chapter of the DVD, just as Captain Cold and
Sinestro lure Green Lantern and Samurai to Camelot, 500 AD. That ep
is available as "Challenge of the Superfriends [sic]: Attack of the
Legion of Doom" (Warner Bros. Home Video) in Netflix's catalog.
Anyone aware of this previously being reported?
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Author: Chris SobieniakChris Sobieniak Date: Apr 13, 2008 15:59
On Apr 11, 10:48 pm, Phillip Thorne comcast.net> wrote:> Toss enough random things into a single memory bank, and you start to
> encounter unexpected coincidences. Music cues can be especially
> evocative.
>
> "Challenge of the Super Friends" is (c)1978 by Hanna-Barbera. The
> credited music editors are Sam Horta, Joe Sandusky, and Robert Talboy.
>
> "Battle of the Planets" was also 1978, and was adapted by Sandy Frank
> Productions from "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" (1972). One of the
> changes was a new opening theme song, replacing the vocals of a
> Japanese children's choir -- I'm trying to remember if the new theme
> was based on one of the original cues. It's been over a year since
> I've watched an ep.
>
> The four-second clip of the BotP theme -- the fanfare, specifically --
> appears in the episode "The Time Trap," time reference 8m09s to 8m13s
> in that episode's chapter of the DVD, just as Captain Cold and
> Sinestro lure Green Lantern and Samurai to Camelot, 500 AD. That ep
> is available as "Challenge of the Superfriends [sic]: Attack of the ...
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Author: Phillip ThornePhillip Thorne Date: Apr 15, 2008 19:08
On Apr 11, 10:48 pm, Phillip Thorne comcast.net> wrote:>> The four-second clip of the [Battle of the Planets] theme -- the fanfare,
>> specifically -- appears in the [Challenge of the Super Friends] episode
>> "The Time Trap," time reference 8m09s to 8m13s in that episode's chapter
>> of the DVD,
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, Chris Sobieniak gmail.com> wrote:>Although you probably failed to noticed this, the music guy behind
>both shows is Hoyt Curtin, so it's no mystery why it might sound the
>same. If anything, it gave BOTP that look I often called
>"SuperFriends Wannabe" if nothing more.
Thank you; that's exactly the sort of commonality I was looking for --
although I don't remember seeing Mr.Curtin's name in the CotSF credits
(maybe he was uncredited), and I didn't have a copy of BotP around to
compare.
Hoyt Curtin, 1922-2000, < http://imdb.com/name/nm0006022/>
Yep, listed for both BotP (no title) and CotF (musical director).
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Author: Chris SobieniakChris Sobieniak Date: Apr 15, 2008 20:41
On Apr 15, 9:09 pm, Phillip Thorne comcast.net> wrote:> On Apr 11, 10:48 pm, Phillip Thorne comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> The four-second clip of the [Battle of the Planets] theme -- the fanfare,
>>> specifically -- appears in the [Challenge of the Super Friends] episode
>>> "The Time Trap," time reference 8m09s to 8m13s in that episode's chapter
>>> of the DVD,
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, Chris Sobieniak gmail.com> wrote:>>Although you probably failed to noticed this, the music guy behind
>>both shows is Hoyt Curtin, so it's no mystery why it might sound the
>>same. If anything, it gave BOTP that look I often called
>>"SuperFriends Wannabe" if nothing more.
>
> Thank you; that's exactly the sort of commonality I was looking for --
> although I don't remember seeing Mr.Curtin's name in the CotSF credits
> (maybe he was uncredited), and I didn't have a copy of BotP around to
> compare.
>
> Hoyt Curtin, 1922-2000, < http://imdb.com/name/nm0006022/>
> Yep, listed for both BotP (no title) and CotF (musical director). ...
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