Texas (soap opera)

     (NBC Daytime, 1980 - 1982)

     [After "Somerset" made television history as the first netework
      soap-opera spin-off -- derived from the NBC soap "Another World" 
      (1964 - 1999), which see -- Proctor and Gamble took another
      gamble on an unusual concept -- a soap opera costume drama --
      set in historical Texas in the ante-bellum era (pre-civil war 
      days); it was also a loosely derived spin-off from "Another World";

      A mid-run time change of producers, a plot course correction 
      and a different THEME didn't help -- its  ratings sank after 
      two valiant years...
      
      Bob Israel was President of "Score Productions" in New York,
      who often made "work for hire" arrangements with composers.]

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Theme 1 (1980 - 1981): "Texas"

     Composer: Robert ("Bob") Israel (BMI)
              [professional name of Robert Arnold Israel]

     2001 Publisher: [not listed in BMI or ASCAP, but is probably...
                      Score Productions, Inc. (BMI)
                         of New York, NY]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date: 

     Recordings:

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Theme 2 (1981 - 1982): "The Texas Theme"

    [The title as filed for copyright was:
     The "Texas" Theme;

     ...this THEME was also recycled as a background
     for several Citicorp commercials during the 1980s
     
     Rob Mounsey did this as a work-for-hire via a music
     production company owned by Elliott Lawrence Broza 
     which supplied music for the series...]

     Composer: Rob Mounsey (ASCAP)
              [professional name of Robert Perry Mounsey]

     2001 Publisher: The Elliott Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
                        of Purdys, NY

     Publication Date: Sep. 15, 1981;

     Creation Date: 1981;

     Copyright Date: July  1, 1982; PA-142-781.
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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