(ABC Primetime, 1958 - 1963)
[Above is the title as listed in BMI;
aka: "The Rifleman" as per TV Guide;
Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "Looking
For A Lost Chord?" April 28, 1962, pp. 12-13;
Although composer Herschel Burke Gilbert is ASCAP,
and no specific BMI publisher was listed, this title
was found in the BMI database, indicating perhaps
the Four Star BMI publishing wing had control of
it at some point.]
Composer: Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP)
1999 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP), of
Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date:
Recordings:
LP: [in a medley with the End Credits THEME]
"Television's Greatest Hits" [Vol. 1]
TVT Records, TVT 1100 (1985)
CD Re-issue: [in a medley with the End Credits THEME]
"Television's Greatest Hits" [Vol. 1]
TeeVee Toons, TVT 1100 CD (1986)
[aka: Theme from "The Rifleman",
aka: (The) Rifleman (Title Song from the TV Series)]
Composer: Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP)
1999 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP), of
Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date:
Recordings:
LP: [in a medley with the Main Title THEME]
"Television's Greatest Hits" [Vol. 1]
TVT Records, TVT 1100 (1985)
CD Re-issue: [in a medley with the Main Title THEME]
"Television's Greatest Hits" [Vol. 1]
TeeVee Toons, TVT 1100 CD (1986)
LP: "TV Classic Themes"
Breakable Records [private label] (1973)
CD Re-issue: "25th Anniversary Edition - TV Classic Themes"
Breakable Records [private label]
DPMC 105 (1999)
8720 Woodley Ave. #232, North Hills, CA
[Above is the title as listed in BMI.
This is an "expansion" of the melody line of Theme 1,
which inserts some figures at the end of each phrase;
so it is an adaptation or "arrangement" of Theme 1
Although both composers Gilbert and Perry are ASCAP,
and no specific BMI publisher was listed, this title
was found in the BMI database, indicating perhaps
the Four Star BMI publishing wing had control of
it at some point.]
Composer: music by Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP), and
lyrics by Alfred Perry (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP)
1999 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP), of
Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: [circa 1960]
Recordings:
[Above is the title as listed in BMI;
aka: "The Rifleman Theme"]
This is an "expansion" of the melody line of Theme 1,
which inserts some figures at the end of each phrase;
so it is an adaptation or "arrangement" of Theme 1
Although both composers Gilbert and Perry are ASCAP,
and no specific BMI publisher was listed, this title
was found in the BMI database, indicating perhaps
the Four Star BMI publishing wing had control of
it at some point.]
Composer: music by Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP), and
lyrics by Alfred Perry (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP)
1999 Publisher: John Paul Music (ASCAP), of
Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: [circa 1960]
Recordings:
LP: "Themes from the Original Soundtrack of
Four-Star Television Productions"
Dot DLP-3421/25421 (1962)
conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert