The first and best version of all, season one and early episodes of second. The horn at the beginning sounds great, and the rythm a bit faster is better than in the following season.
Oh, yes. The prolonged sound of horn at the beginning instantly reminds me of a police siren and brings a feeling of emergency to my mind. Overall mixture of horns and rhythm creates the atmosphere of a city rush, emergency and coolness of the hero. It's a fantastic piece of music.
'Who loves ya, baby?' On this day in 1973 {October 24th} the detective series "Kojak" debut on the CBS-TV network... The show ran from 1973 to 1978 with a total of 118 episodes... Telly Savalas won a Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Actor - Drama'... After the series ended, between 1985 and 1990 seven 'Kojak' made for TV movies aired on CBS-TV... R.I.P. Mr. Savalas {1922 - 1994}, Dan 'Capt. Frank McNeil' Frazer {1921 - 2011}, and George 'Detective Stavros' Savalas {1924 - 1985}...
Such an earworm, and the epitome of suavity and coolness. The second iteration of this theme in the third season, with its more ornate instrumentation is good but I prefer the sparer simplicity of this one, with those jarring woodwind stabs and the heavy bassline to the fore. Nice to hear it this way instead of through a tinny mono lo-fi tv speaker like we did in the 70s.
I'm probably going to catch hell for this.I'm black & much as I admire Ving Rhames he had no business doing Mr.Savalas best known & signature role.The same for Blair Underwood doing Raymond Burr's Ironside &Will Smith doing Robert Conrad's James West-Wild Wild West role.I'm for black performers getting roles up to a certain point.I heard that Vin Diesel may be playing Kojak in a movie version.Part of me says he can pull it off & yet I think again it was Telly's signature & best known role & should be left alone.
@@ericsamuelson5656 It was a shame. Season 4 was really strong with lots of great episodes. Season five had a slashed budget and was so obviously filmed in LA.
Welch ein geniales Thema, außer den unauslöschlichen Erinnerungen an die Kindheit war diese rhythmisch sowie harmonisch komplexe Musik (in welcher sogar eine Sitar die Basslicks einzigartig doppelt...B-)) die beste Gehörbildung, die ich (neben der des versierten Organisten am Ende eines jeden Gottesdienstes...) in jener Zeit erhalten konnte. Das gilt auch für Billy Goldenbergs Musik zu "Columbo" - Danke!! (Oder ,um mit Theo zu sprechen: "Entzückend...;-)
