Fierce flute

That’s the ingenious work of Composer Jerry Goldsmith

what trumpets? the most prominent wind instruments are flute, trombones and french horn

shō nuff

If they remake this show who will play the role.

True talent

A lot of people don't realize this but Buddy Ebsen was at first a very accomplished dancer. It was only much later in his career that he delved into acting.

You are so correct and was almost the Tin Man.

@@GCBlues45 Wow! Good Question... Not sure how they got Buddy but this was such a great talent.

And now I’m 2023, I have to stay up until 3 in the morning to catch it on MeTV.

Me too I stay up until 3 too

I used to watch it in 1974

Wow! , same here LOL

Great stuff.

That makes two of us. I was born in the seventies I remember this and Medical center with Chad Everett and that Daly guy.

Yeah me too. Lying on the floor and watching tv 📺 in the 70’s was the norm for me. Miss my mom😊

Same here, what a special time that was.

Jerry Goldsmith: LEGEND!!!

Exactly my dear

Barnaby Jones theme in my Top 10

@@davidbrown386 I know what you mean I have listen to this so many times I can't count

Another great one is the Sreets 0f----------By Jonny Parker, the full Theme is a riot -----It too is so (bad) I mean BAD!! that Drummer smokes

While I’m partial to saying the 80s had the best themes, I totally agree that ‘’70s theme music was just historically epic 🎉

You are soooooo right!! That intro is one of the best!! You can't go wrong with a Quinn Martin Production.

Ha! Ha! So 180% from playing Jed Clampett. I remember he did a TV Movie where he worked with Ron Howard.

😂😂😂

ORGman... I wonder if ole ( B.J.) Barnaby Jones had any Old Grandad 💯 Whiskey in that mug May 5,2021

LMAO. That was hilarious and vet true!

@@sheiladavis6523 nope - Barnaby always drank milk

It's too intense for me!!

I agree it in your head and you a humming it the next day,i remember when I was small cannon,and him always seem to appear in each others shows

Almost cooler than the show itself...

Yes it's got that classic early 70s sound to it I just love it. Reminds me of muscle cars and pimps in mink coats.

One of the best melodies I've ever heard. It was written by Jerry Goldsmith, who was a Jethro Tull fan and this theme sounds like it was right off of the Benefit album. I liked it so much I learned it on classical guitar.

Agreed!!!!

Family Stone I loved to see all the working actors and actresses as guest stars! They weren't celebrities but just actors acting!

Never

This stuff is still running on antenna tv channels.

You want rocking bass....what about the theme from "SWAT" !

Wrecking Crew bass ace Carol Kaye.

@@recxx54 Rocked so hard it was a hit on the radio!

@@ricoz2016, SWAT theme was a hit on the Radio, not the BARNABY JONES theme..

@@robertsprouse9282 I was replying to someone else

Uh, no, Hank Sims mispronounced many names. But all QM productions list the major stars like that

Definitely

70s TV for ya

Same here. I watched this show a lot at my grandmother's house when I was a kid in the 1970s.

@Bob Martin, I love the openings with the theme song.

me too .....miss those days ....badly nothing like that ever again..

@@spartanx5806 Wish we could go back.

@Bob Martin im ready

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I prefer the pre-JR seasons where you usually knew who the killer was from the beginning.

Putting the murder solving puzzle together= square pieces with JONES name..but, first comes the blue squares= events unfolding until the deed happens and the big black box is... murder, followed by the name BARNABY JONES appearing in scatalogically, scrambled, and jumbled form= repping JONES getting clues and info..and finally, BARNABY JONES putting it all together and solving what the audience already knows, and he comes out on top and straightens out his own thoughts into a cohesive conclusion... Jerry Goldmith did this theme, and JONATHAN GOLDSMITH as JONATHAN LIPPE before changing his name back to GOLDSMITH, acted in guest roles on the show a few times. But, nope..neither are related. WHO IS JONATHAN GOLDSMITH? Dos Equis MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD, ring a bell..? STAY OLD TV SHOW WATCHING, MY FRIENDS.

Smithy of Gold , like totally literally Gerry

He was almost as good as John Williams. They are the two best film/tv composers ever. By far.

Yes indeed. He has a very authoritative voice.

Same

Emotionally elevating is the only way to describe this musical masterpiece 🎷🎺🎹🎸🎻🥁🪘

5-0 was an Absolute Blast 🚀✨

It was the same thing when QM produced The FBI.

Better than a denouement..

The way it SHOULD be!

@emerybayblues: And clothes buy "Botany 500" "Automobiles by Ford Motors"

Police Squad had that too.

Aww that is so nice. A lovely memory

Sir, I don't know you and we grew up in very different places, you are fortunate to have such a beautiful memory...thanks for sharing it with us.

No kidding.

DICK WESSON..a legend..

You forgot to mention "also starring the Catwoman".

True, and I loved the folksy wisdom and one-liners. It made our elderly hero not just determined and wise, but very compassionate and human. There are three episodes in the second season that show great understanding of the human flaws that lead to tragedy. How many shows would do that today, and with such a gentle, talented actor?

Narrated by Hank Simms, who also served as the announcer for the annual Academy Awards ceremonies every year from 1961 until 1988.

A lot of stars before they were famous appeared on the show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

It'd be nice if that intro with the cat prowling the office was somewhere on KZfaq, from when Barnaby Jones was run back to back with Mannix.

Yeah it was a good show with Ebsen & Lee Merriweather!

.... and then there was the A-team, who would expend tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition in every episode and never manage to hit anybody.....

And without packing away the booze either.

Cotton Hill: “I killed fitty men.”

@Michael Bowman That's true. He didn't shoot unless it was necessary and his aim wasn't to kill.

Michael Bowman...one of the few notable exceptions to that rule so to speak, was the two part Deadly Conspiracy finale, when both Cannon and Jones fired at the same time to kill the gangster who turned toward them with a shotgun !

Buddy Ebsen was a dancer back in the Thirties and clearly kept himself in good condition.

Season 1 episode 2

William shatner appeared on many TV shows back then because he had to pay alimony and child support. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

The nineties had a few gems too like Frasier, The X Files, In Living Color etc. But I agree the 70s and 80s were in leagues of their own

Cannon also had theme music you can dance to. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@@harperstacey9604 yup!

I was just thinking that. I remember these shows, but looking at them now, you're amazed how long the openings and closing credits were.

@@DyenamicFilms I know. I was just watching the openings to some of the Saturday morning Sid & Marty shows and the openings are even longer.

My favorite quinn Martin series was the streets of San Francisco.

WOW. I didn't know that. From Ms. Harper Stacey.