(CBS Primetime, 1950 - 1955) [offscreen narrator Richard Stack delivered the commercials on-camera live, which may have compromised the "suspense" somewhat...but after a particularly suspenseful show he delivered the commercials appearing "shaken" by the drama.]
[Above is title as filed for copyright in 1956; ASCAP title variations... aka: "Danger (Theme) & (Background Music)"; aka: "Theme from 'Danger'"; The jazz score and THEME was performed live by The Tony Mottola trio, which also recorded television's first soundtrack album for an individual TV show] Composers: music by Anthony ("Tony") Mottola (ASCAP) with lyrics added by Sunny Skylar (ASCAP) [pseudonym of Selig Shaftel] Orig. Publisher: George Paxton Inc. (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: George Paxton Corp. (ASCAP) 2000 Publisher: Sis 'n Bro Music Company (ASCAP) c/o Carlin America, Inc., of New York, NY [registered under the title "Original Descriptive Music for Guitar from 'Danger', 1st Edition"]: Published Copyright Date: July 30, 1951; EP 56 287. [later publication in a piano arrangement]: Unpublished Copyright Date: July 2, 1956; Eu 442 470. Unpublished Renewal Date: Nov. 1, 1984; RE-217-390. Recordings: 45-rpm EP album: