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The opening theme music features saxophones as well as series composer Barry Gray's first use of an Ondes Martenot. [28] The closing theme song – "Fireball", arranged by Charles Blackwell and performed by Don Spencer – was a minor hit in the UK, spending 12 weeks on the music charts, peaking at number 32 in March 1963. [28] [34] [35] [36]
The character name the Space Angel was a secret identity. Scott McCloud had an eyepatch; when he appeared as Space Angel, he would lower the dark-tinted visor on his helmet to conceal his identity. Apart from the use of Synchro-Vox, animation was very limited, but the static panel art by the renowned Alex Toth was often well-drawn. Story lines ...
Space Probe Taurus (a.k.a. Space Monster) Leonard Katzman: Francine York, James Brown, Russ Bender: United States: Horror [nb 5] [39] Village of the Giants: Bert I. Gordon: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges: United States: Comedy Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet: Pavel Klushantsev, Curtis Harrington: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Marc ...
The soundtrack was written by Peter Schickele, a bassoonist who also composed comedy music under the name P. D. Q. Bach. [4] It contains two songs written by Schickele and Diane Lampert, which were performed by vocalist Joan Baez: "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun". [5] The two songs were issued as a single by Decca (32890).
The theme music for the series was composed by George Greeley and performed in part on an Electro-Theremin by Paul Tanner, a former member of Glenn Miller's band. It was influential in Brian Wilson's engagement of Tanner in 1965 and 1966 to work with the Beach Boys on their landmark hit, "Good Vibrations". Greeley also scored the series; an ...
From the '50s and '60s is a compilation album of television theme songs released by Tee-Vee Toons in 1985 as the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series. It was initially released as a double LP record featuring 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.
Men Into Space (a.k.a. Space Challenge in later US syndication) is an American black-and-white science fiction television series, produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc., that was first broadcast by CBS from September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960.
The film stars Sonny Chiba as Iron Sharp (called Space Chief in the U.S. version). [2] The film was released in 1961 in Japan and was later released in 1964 direct to television in the United States. [5] Often considered to be one of the worst movies ever made, In 1997, the film was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.