(ABC Primetime, 1963 - 1965) (Syndicated)
[Frontiere Themes used from 1963 - 1964, according to "Outer Limits: Official Companion" by David Schow and Jeff Fientzen. Frontiere was also Director of Post-Production for this series, but left in 1964 when the network wanted a clean sweep.] Composer: Dominic Frontiere (BMI) Original Publisher: [probably Unart Music, Inc. (BMI)] 1998 Publisher: EMI-Unart Catalog, Inc. (BMI), c/o EMI Music Publishing of New York, NY Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: CD: "The Outer Limits" (1996) GNP Crescendo GMPD 8032 Original soundtrack recordings conducted by Dominic Frontiere
[Frontiere Themes used only from 1963 - 1964] Composer: Dominic Frontiere (BMI) Original Publisher: [probably Unart Music, Inc. (BMI)] 1998 Publisher: EMI-Unart Catalog, Inc. (BMI), c/o EMI Music Publishing of New York, NY Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: CD: "The Outer Limits" (1996) GNP Crescendo GMPD 8032 Original soundtrack recordings conducted by Dominic Frontiere
[According to book "Outer Limits: Official Companion" by David Schow and Jeff Fientzen: in 1963 Dominic Frontiere who was also Post-Production Director, left the series along with several other executives of the production company in a dispute. Harry Lubin was hired as Music Director. In the scramble to find new music, a previous Harry Lubin composition was recycled as the THEME for the final 1964/65 season. This THEME was a revised arrangement of "Weird" -- a frequently-heard CUE Lubin wrote for use behind the narrator on the weekly introduction to the 1959-61 series "Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond", which see.] Composer: Harry Lubin (ASCAP/BMI) Original Publisher: Harrose Music Co. (BMI) 1998 Publisher: Harrose Music Co. (BMI) Copyright Date: Feb. 26, 1960; EU 617 008. Renewal Date: Recordings: CD Re-issue: "Television's Greatest Hits (Vol. II)" TeeVee Toons TVT 1200 CD (1986) [the recording label incorrectly attributes this THEME to composer Dominic Frontiere... but it's the last-season THEME by Lubin.]