The Virginian 1962 - 1971 Opening and Closing Theme HD Dolby 

Well said!

Amen to that!

Absolutely!

Well Sed

No.1 Virginian ❤👍...No.2 Hawaii Five 0 🎉❤ No.3 The High Chaparral 🤗❤

Couldn't have said it better. No substitute for real arrangements with full orchestra as opposed to a twangy de-tuned guitar or keyboards-only soundtracks they try to get away with on more modern so-called "westerns."

Those orchestra themes made you look forward to life !!!

Since he had no name on the show I always called him "Jimmy". Yes, I talked to the TV back then, lol "Go get him, Jimmy!"

Lovely to see Lee j cobb at the beginning offre this theme

Thé Real name if Lee J Cobb was " Leo Jacoby" a jewish name

Amazing how the writers cleverly wrote the scripts so to never mention the title character's name.

Men Of Shiloh is now available for viewing on Free vee. I wasn't even aware of this series until today. I just watched one with Greer Garson & James Whitmore in it from 1970 (Season 9 Episode 8) that was pretty good. Well written, which would explain how it lasted 9 seasons. But I HATE that the Virginian & "Men of Shiloh" both are listed on Comcast/Xfinity without a list of the guest stars and their bio's being made available to viewers interested in watching. The guest stars on old westerns, to a large extent, determine whether I am going to have any interest in watching the episode. It really annoys me that this information is available for other westerns but it is not readily available for these 2 shows. WRZ 2023-03-06

In france,we were numerous to watch these series!We remember lee j cobb as judge Garth,james Drury as Virginian and his friend Trampass!

Same. One of the many film and TV series heroes of my childhood here in Finland.

@spillymcgee.2350

@@jorluo It was a very very good time !!

@@yannmorellec1922 Ha ha, TV was very important at that time. It was still a fairly new invention and everyone stared at it in the evenings. I remember how James Drury was brought to Finland in 1971 by a Finnish organizer with a big (at that time) money. They drove him in different parts of Finland at midsummer festivals and people gathered to watch the world-famous TV star. He spoke a few words on the stage, smiled and signed autographs. Somewhere he was put on a horse and photos were taken. One summer they brought Ryan O'Neal on a similar tour. Everybody knew him from the TV series Peyton Place. William Conrad from the TV series Cannon also toured Finland at midsommer festivals in 1970s, as did many others. The organizers earned well.

The show is still on every day

I reckon so.

Amen

ex xxwwx rxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Was it on 5 spike

Yes. We did, Michael. I love The Virginian.

A real shock. I just start watching this year. A real shocker.

JR, you'll love the show even more now..

Yes Rest in Peace James, very sad, but 85 a good innings! And what a Terrific show indeed right guys!

a real loss w/ Drury passing

Yes , in France too , to day it's bullshit television !!

My granddaddy was from AL. I remember watching westerns with him, especially Bonanza, and that show reminds me of him. But this was always my favorite theme song.

Same here! My brother loved westerns, but I never cared much for them. He had a stroke and I had to step into his world! Didn’t know what I was missing! Now, I’m proud to watch these westerns with him!!!

😢RIP, so nice that you have this wonderful theme to remember her by.

Composed by Percy Faith.

Me too! Love it.

yessssssssssssss

Inolvidable la músisa... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I totally agree

Where all the poison was laid down, though.

You were a kid, every decade is great when you are 10 years old/oblivious of life’s problems.

True but life was so much simpler and we had much more freedom from the state then....in England and I am sure that would be true in The USA,as well...

My era

It's nice that they list the actor credits at the start of the episode instead of at the end. I am much more likely to watch these old episodes if they have guests I am already familiar with. It's annoying to have to record an episode and then fast forward to the end to see who was in it. But I am also confused why I can NOT click on the info button when watching on the Comcast IMDB channel and see the bio for the "guest star" actors in each Virginian episode like I can for the episodes of most other westerns like for instance Gunsmoke. WRZ 2022-05-09

Composed by Percy Faith.

It is almost perfect for this kind of show.

Agree

Just relooked at comments and saw yours. You are so right.

Oh my God, NO!!! I didn't know that. Oh my goodness. I am so so sos so sad.

i found out 2am tuesday morning 8th dec, 2020. i cryed because i tryed saving the money up , money was hard to save as i didn't have a job, it was hard to save the money up, 2017 is when i was planning a way to get to where is group was , i never got the chance , i feel so robbed from getting to meet him and financially, he was only 85 he had 15 more years to live. i wonder if we can still visit, they won't stop surely, i'll have to look into that, it would've been good to have a week visit, the man i had a crush on is gone to visit heaven. mr. j. drury didn't know how many fans he had how near and far we we're, at least i can still play the VIRGINIAN theme , it's time for me to stop crying now, i'm never gonna be able to visit that town now.i didn't even get the chance to say bye to him, i'm robbed again , so many loved him and he didn't even know it. 'god bless to you sir JAMES C. DRURY , LOVE YOU ALWAYS SIR. XOXOXOX LOVE FROM PATRICIA M. XOXOX.' I FELL INLOVE WITH HIS CHARACTER'

THIS IS PATRICIA M. I DO HAVE MY OWN FB NOW, I'M STILL WITH R. COOPER, HIS FB IS DOWN , THATS WHY I HAD TO GET MY OWN. GOD BLESS TO ALL. LOVE FROM PATRICIA M. XOX.

this is patricia m. if anyone is trying to reach me my fb , i won't except untill you leave a message hear, i can check this once a week. god bless to all. xox.

Me too

Le virginian c'était la belle époque

David Osterman lol. It was always shown on a Friday in the UK so we were allowed to stay up a bit later.

For me that was Bonanza (of course I would always plead to stay up and watch "banana") . It came on right after Lassie.

Monday night was Gunsmoke, Tuesday was Combat and Wednesday was The Virginian. My late father's favorite shows. Great memories.

Same here! I remember this opening theme vividly, and the font/typeface. Huge influence on my graphic design projects later in life. Never actually saw the show because, yeah, it was bedtime, lol.

I remember when "Soap" first came on and I wanted to watch it. Mom wasn't quite that pleasant about me getting to bed then.

Ever!

The great Percy Faith

Memorable music...I hear it and visualize an endless prairie with the virginian's horse galloping......

Composed by Percy Faith.

I think some of the parts of the song could have been extended couple times as for the very beginning although I am impressed with a version that I have heard done by a modern time musician going under the name Haran Erikson called Victory theme, very well done & I actually like it better than this original version...

This is the best of all westerns

I had no idea it had been written by Percey Faith.

Superb !!!!!

BONANZA IS WONDERFULL

THANKS FOR BEAUTIFUL PICTURE

I'am a fans of James Drury .

Rose04. You got that right

What a pity that 15 years ago it was still possible on RU-vid to watch full episodes of the Virginian (including the very first one or the one introducing Trampas...), but they have since been taken down... So the young generations will never be exposed to that great show....

Composed my joint favourite tune of all-time " Theme For a Summer Place" reminding me of leaving London,England at weekends with my parents when I was a boy and going to stay all summer at our caranan in Kent, 50 miles from London.Idyllic times :)

Love his “Newhart” theme.

Actually, Max Steiner wrote the "Summer Place" theme, but Percy Faith created THE definitive arrangement.

The "Newhart" theme was by Henry Mancini. Mr. Faith may have recorded a version though, I'm not sure.

James Drury was well cast as the Virginian as he looks very like the character in the original novel by Owen Wister.

I don’t know. It’s pretty hard to compete with Gunsmoke. The guy that played doc was born in rural Kansas back in 1904 and Arness put in a lot of work at that role. I mean I love all the shows, the rifleman, bonanza, wanted dead or alive, lawman, cheyenne. It’s all glorious. But Gunsmoke is just so good. Even John Wayne said Arness was excellent. I know they were friends but that’s high praise from Wayne.

It's almost magical just thinking about it

Here in Ireland, too! I met Jim on his Irish visit in 2008 and had lunch with him in Houston a few months later.

My favorite TV Western themes are those of Gunsmoke and The Rifleman, but The Virginian's is right up there, too.

And B O N A N Z A

It is a good one (so many nice ones back then) but High Chaparral is my favorite musical theme ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dEOGhUBgtAQ.html and with lyrics it is Rawhide ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AKC8pSFg1Vw.html

Agree with you!

rawhide

como puedo ver los capitulos del virjiniano

I agree.

It's Terrific!!!!!

It is my American memory

It's nice that they list the actor credits at the start of the episode instead of at the end. I am much more likely to watch these old episodes if they have guests I am already familiar with. It's annoying to have to record an episode and then fast forward to the end to see who was in it. But I am also confused why I can NOT click on the info button when watching on the Comcast IMDB channel and see the bio for the "guest star" actors in each Virginian episode like I can for the episodes of most other westerns like for instance Gunsmoke. WRZ 2022-05-09

Yes , very good music , in France , we song the Virginian , where we were children to the girls whose surname was : Virginie !!

miss those days to

When I was a kid watching all these westerns on TV I never knew they were watching in Germany.

@@PC-dc1kv Yes I did. Every Sunday at 6:15 p.m.

I missed that, its so sad... He and Trampas both gone

And not to forget Wagon Train, The Rifleman and The High Chaparral!!!!!

I like your comment, so pure, innocent and expressive.

Copy that, for sure--and Revue (Now Universal) had a treasure trove of classic classics.

You are so right...no false pc back then as both men and women were picked for the strength of their acting not because of the colour of their skin or in the case of actresses for their lack of feminine curves as very obvious nowadays where shallow comedy acting from the neck up is the norm and there must be no difference between the male & female. The message seems to be: get women to believe they can kill & batter just like any man.. that's equality🤔

@@danring1340 yes.they did not even have social distancing in the intro.the three were to close together.

I believe the actual saying goes: _"Wyoming; where men are men and the sheep are nervous."_

Many male stars today when asked to ride a horse would probably go “icky, it smells”.

What a roster.

Don't forget the GREAT character actor, Paul Richards. great theme, BTW

ROBERT Duvall

Hugh O'Brian.

Brian Keith and DeForest Kelly were both on the episode I watched yesterday.

Muy hermoso recuerdo. Gracias por la nostalgia

@@pausmith2785 ¡Con mucho gusto!

@@nicedog1 Saludos cordiales desde Chile.

@@pausmith2785 Gracias. Saludos desde Inglaterra.