[Thor Joachim Haga]

Apparently, there’s a new documentary coming out about Billy Goldenberg. See the trailer below.

My knowledge of Goldenberg mostly stems from the Spielberg connection. Even if you take away DUEL, you could still make a mini album of the Goldenberg/Spielberg collaboration that covers their TV work together.

But what are some other things worth exploring?

[Malte Müller]

A surely familar name especially as well for DUEL and of course various COLUMBO scores way beyond Spielberg (I have an “unmentional” of that). Beseide that I have the scores GRASSHOPPER, RED SKY AT THE MORNING and THE DOMINO PRINCIPLE in my digital collection. been a while I listened to them so I cannot say much according to some internal labels I liked them 😉

Of course there is also his original KOJAK theme:

There is a cool cover version by Willie Bobo:

I also have these themes labeled as by him:

Theme to the short lived 1973 action series FIREHOUSE:

Harry O first season theme:

There are surely some more.

I never had the album for unknown reasons but I watched the 1989 version of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAY mini series starring Pierce Brosnan and Peter Ustinov which is also still available digitalls. TThe main title is nice:

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Thanks for those suggestions, Malte.

Now that I think about it, I remember getting a CD-R of some Goldenberg music from, I think, vinylscrubber or Dana Wilcox on FSM. That one included THE DOMINO PRINCIPLE and a few other things. Shame I can’t find that one in my collection anymore. By the way, I’ve invited both Dana and Goldenberg connaiseur James Phillips to this forum; it remains to be seen if they tune in.

Incidentally, here’s the Goldenberg/Spielberg album that could have been made, if someone chose to:

1. COLUMBO – Suite from “Murder by the Book” (1971)
2. THE NAME OF THE GAME – Suite from “LA 2017” (1971)
3. NIGHT GALLERY –Suite from “Eyes” (1969)
4. Suite from DUEL (1971)

[Malte Müller]

NIGHT GALLERY does not say anything to me but THE NAME OF A GAME has great Grusin theme.

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Kritzerland (I wasn’t aware they were still producing CDs!) just released, or rather reissued(?), Goldenberg’s THE GRASSHOPPER and THE DOMINO PRINCIPLE:

https://www.kritzerland.com/billy.htm

[Dr. Jacoby]

Billy Goldenberg is very underrepresented on LP and CD. I would love a box set of his 1970s TV scores, but that ain’t gonna happen.

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Listening to “The Amazing Falsworth” on the AMAZING STORIES set now, and it’s easily the creepiest score in the whole series. It’s like Xenakis on steroids.

[KMCG]

Really enjoying the recent Kritzerland two-fer CD of GRASSHOPPER and DOMINO PRINCIPLE.
Contrasting music and styles.
GRASSHOPPER, all 70s froth and eclectic styles in that Lee Holdridge kind of way, while DOMINO is more tense/jagged 70s thriller music.
Both scores feature songs that bracket each score (also very 70s in nature).
Great release. Highly recommended.

[Dr. Jacoby]

I’ve always gotten Billy Goldenberg and Pat Williams mixed up. Why? Both architects of the 70s urban sound, and both are underrepresented on LP and CD.

[Malte Müller]

Both architects of the 70s urban sound, and both are underrepresented on LP and CD.

At least they adapted it to the screen 😉 But yes I love that sound as well and the Lalaland STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO set was an instant buy.
I just looked at soundtrackcollector and it seems there are or were more Patrick Williams releases than I was aware of.

I have those two Goldenberg as probably older LPs rips, too.

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