(CBS Primetime, 1974)
[based upon the 1968 motion picture of the same name, and its
four sequels between 1970 - 1973; the idea of this TV series
seemed like a "no-brainer"; But the franchise which worked on
the big screen so many times, lasted only briefly on the small
screen despite Roddy McDowell and a supporting cast in full
ape drag; after it failed, another cast tried a 2nd TV series
the following year -- "Return to the Planet Of The Apes" with
a music THEME by Dean Elliot; that same year (1975), an animated
version was attempted for Saturday Morning as a cartoon;
but none of the TV series lasted longer than a year;
The movies were scored by Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman
and Tom Scott]
[The Pilot episode Main/End Title by Lalo Schifrin became the
series THEME; scoring of episodes were by Earle H. Hagen and
Richard La Salle]
Composers: Lalo Schifrin (BMI)
[professional name of Boris Claudio Schifrin]
1974 Publisher: Twentieth Cent. Fox Music Corp. (BMI)
2001 Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Pub (Fox Special Acct.)(BMI)
c/o Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA
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