KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974) composed by Gil Melle. Some parts of cues sound like Jerry Fielding's music, despite being uncredited for these episodes.
It's rumored composer Gil Melle left after the first four episodes because the series was becoming less serious.

Many thanks to member feedthecats for his track list in post #33. He also identified the Columbo source track, and erroneous Questor Tapes cues, which inspired me to revamp the entire upload: renamed and reordered tracks, split up some cues, and added the "Night Gallery" theme.
FYI someone from UK has downloaded this and is selling copies on Ebay. I guess we should be flattered...

FLAC in 2 uploads
KolchNightStalk1 (tracks 1-27)
https://mega.co.nz/#!fpoEUCKQ!kq1W8XYasgLcqmbST0KM4Fst-3YeOE-kPHx3jjxJLn4
KolchNightStalk2 (tracks 28-52)
https://mega.nz/#!sSoFTYIS!YyfrpgpA2Dj_3gdmXcd113weNaCvkbOM3idODG5OWj0

01. KOLCHAK MAIN THEME 1 minute
02-16. THE RIPPER 15 tracks, 20 minutes
17-33. UFO 17 tracks, 24 minutes
34-49. THE VAMPIRE 16 tracks, 19 minutes
50-52. Questor Tapes, Night Gallery (Themes) 4 minutes
Total: 69 min.
From bootleg cdr, I rearranged RIPPER and UFO cues into chronological episode order. Two UFO tracks contained non-consecutive cues, so I separated them out. Separated out Questor Tapes cues.

NOTES
VAMPIRE tracks 44 and 48 were mostly unused in the actual episode, and instead were partially replaced with tracks 10 and 14 from RIPPER.
A few other unused cues are noted in their track names.
The cdr is missing some music from the film as noted here:
Between tracks 25-26 (20 min. into episode) bridge to morgue.
Between tracks 26-27 (29 min. into episode) bridge in office.
Between tracks 27-28, track 17 is repeated (technically it's not missing so no reason to repeat on cdr).

TRACKLIST
01. Night Stalker Main Title 1:02
THE RIPPER
02. Opening (Carl's Narration) 0:28
03. Strip Club (First Victim) 1:45
04. Third Victim 0:31
05. Cop Carnage 1:40
06. Dark Room; Updike's Bad Day 0:40
07. Sultans Palace Murder 1:16
08. Miss Emily Letters Joke 0:49
09. Carl At Massage Parlor (source) 2:45
10. Massage Parlor Melee; Escape from Jail 1:19
11. Vincenzo Needs A Dime; Jack and Jane 0:54
12. John Updike Joke 0:08
13. Miss Emily Letter Clue 0:23
14. Ripper's House; Electric Company; Zap 6:50
15. Back At The Office 0:14
16. Who'd Believe It 0:24
UFO
17. Opening (Carl's Narration) 0:27
18. Unlucky Cheetah 0:24
19. Invisible Explosion 0:55
20. Vanishing Lead Pile 0:30
21. Mystery Men 0:32
22. At The Zoo; Zoo Analysis 1:20
23. Zoo Office; Mariposa Way 0:35
24. Mariposa Way cont; Purse Snatcher 1:35
25. Zoo Analysis 0:33
26. Autopsy Tape; Leon At Snake Rock 1:49
27. Vincenzo's Ruined Meal 0:18
28. Finding Leon; In the Planetarium 5:09
29. Camera Defense 1:36
30. Action Bridge (unused) 0:30
31. It Escapes; Camera Recharger 1:58
32. Spaceship at Snake Rock 5:36
33. It's All A Point Of View 0:31
THE VAMPIRE
34. Flat Tire; Corpse Reborn 2:01
35. Outfoxing Updike; Catherine Rawlins, Vampire 1:34
36. Hotel Radio (source) 0:51
37. Enroute To Guru Interview 0:31
38. Car Radio 1:13
39. Hollywood Narrative 0:47
40. Lounge Source (Theme from COLUMBO) 2:14
41. The Night Walker 0:11
42. Missing Persons Report 0:28
43. Vampire Room Service Trap 1:03
44. Vamp Seduction & Escape (unused) 1:06
45. Kolchak Dragged Off 0:23
46. Realtor Listings; Vampire's Address 1:39
47. Vampire Inspector 0:31
48. Vampire Confrontation (start, end used) 4:34
49. This Is A Medical Conundrum 0:15
BONUS
50. Questor Tapes Main Title 2:03
51. Questor Tapes End Title 1:02
52. Night Gallery 0:38

Excellent - thanks!

Thanks!!

It should be deleted for the simple reason you used Rapidshare as your file host.

:-D Just kidding..sorta.

Thank you!

It should be deleted for the simple reason you used Rapidshare as your file host.

:-D Just kidding..sorta.

I've been using them recently without complaints. I researched before uploading, and it looked like they relaxed their download speed and size limits per day.

Anyone have a mirror? All this does is take me to a blank sign up page and no archive.

I signed out of Rapidshare, and still get a download option with the link. I know that doesnt help, but it might mean it's a browser or IP issue. Or just try it again. I tried it once and got the "Sign In" instead of "Download" button, but retried and got Download again.

Anyone have a mirror? All this does is take me to a blank sign up page and no archive.

Here ya go (thanks again to sadsack for the share):

Mirrors:

Mirror Creator: Download links for Kolchak_OST.zip - Mirrorcreator - Upload files to multiple hosts (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/MGL3GCWG/Kolchak_OST.zip_links)

MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!ekQElJQB!LOryS1A7fVynYueZfiilDkAUh_khY7BR68nNlXX 6oQw

MEGA, thanks!

Here ya go (thanks again to sadsack for the share)

thanks for helping out!

MEGA, thanks!

Added - post #9

Thanks. Just a heads up, I am unable to upload or download anything from mega all day. I have had several friends report the same, though it seems to be mostly a U.S. problem. :(

Thanks very much!

Cheers!

Thank you!

will listen much thanks..

Thanks. Just a heads up, I am unable to upload or download anything from mega all day. I have had several friends report the same, though it seems to be mostly a U.S. problem. :(

so...thankfully the Mirrorcreator link in post #9 made 12 different host sites to download from, not just Mega. Unless I'm misunderstanding what Mirrorcreator does.

You misunderstand me. I was simply reporting an issue with mega for those of us who use it so heavily. Nothing more than that.

I understood. I didnt want anyone to think Mega was the only extra download link available in post #9.

thanks guys

Mega is working fine today as a follow-up to the problems that have been occurring primarily State Side it seems.

Very Cool! Obrigado!

Thank you very much!

This is great! Thanks very much.

thanks!

Excellent - many thanks!

thank you very much for the share!

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Alternative cover found on-line.

thanks for the share.

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974) Gil Melle...and I think there's some Jerry Fielding in this too. 192 mp3.
49 tracks, 68 minutes. The last two tracks for The Ripper were in the wrong order, which I corrected. There's a cue or two near the end which goes in a jazz direction not used in the series (either an alternate take, or trimmed off for the show).
This is a bootleg for the TVseries, not the forbidden Robert Cobert score for the TVmovie. Do not delete for that reason!

http://rapidshare.com/share/E359756664F89947C4BD2689F2A9A405
Many MORE download links for this in post #9 below. :)



Wow sadsack - you've come up with a lot of great stuff recently?

If you wish, I'll marry you and have your children!!!

:rofldata:

Great thanx for the Kolchak soundtrack! So difficult to find 70s tv series soundtracks...

Based on a boot of this I acquired a few years ago, and taken from a viewing of the complete DVD set of Kolchak, here are track titles I came up with. I’ve taken into account the two tracks that Sadsack swapped around, so they will fit this particular download.

It should be noted that two tracks from Melle’s made-for-TV movie score “THE QUESTOR TAPES” were thrown onto this boot. Don’t ask me why, but they’re there! (Tracks 32 and 33). They are NOT from the episode “UFO.”

Also of interest is the lounge source (track 40) which is a solo piano version of Melle’s COLUMBO theme!

TRACK TITLES:

1. Main Theme (1:01)

Tracks 2 - 16 from "THE RIPPER"
2. Strip Club / First Victim (1:45)
3. Opening (0:28)
4. Another Victim (0:30)
5. Cop Carnage (1:39)
6. Weird Customer (1:16)
7. Bad Exposure / "It Was Horrible" (0:39)
8. The Letters (0:49)
9. Massage Parlour (2:44)
10. More Cop Carnage (1:19)
11. Jane In Peril (0:54)
12. Act Out (0:08)
13. First Lead (0:23)
14. Killer's Lair / Zap The Ripper (6:49)
15. Back At The Office (0:14)
16. Who'd Believe It? (0:20)

Tracks 17 - 31 from "UFO"
17. Opening (0:26)
18. Unlucky Cheetah / Kolchak At The Zoo (1:41)
19. It Stinks (0:35)
20. Strange Rock / Purse Snatcher (1:35)
21. What's That? / Ka-Pow! (1:26)
22. Vanishing Trick (0:29)
23. Mystery Men (0:32)
24. Autopsy Tape / Night Terror (1:48)
25. Have Another Seltzer (0:18)
26. Incident At Planetarium (5:08)
27. Alien Presence (1:36)
28. Kolchak On The Move (unused) (0:29)
29. Invisible Force (1:58)
30. Silver Spaceship (5:35)
31. Last Word (0:30)

Tracks 32 & 33 are from the TV Movie “THE QUESTOR TAPES”:

32. The Questor Tapes (Main Title) (2:03)
33. The Questor Tapes (End Title) (0:57)

Tracks 34 - 49 from "THE VAMPIRE"
34. Dead Of Night (2:00)
35. Kolchak To LA / Vamp Attack (1:33)
36. Hotel Source (0:51)
37. Guru's House (0:30)
38. Car Radio (1:12)
39. Hollywood (0:46)
40. Lounge Source (Theme from COLUMBO) (2:13)
41. Foxy Vamp (0:10)
42. Investigations (0:28)
43. Kolchak Sets The Trap (1:02)
44. Vamp Seduction & Escape (unused) (1:06)
45. Necktie Threat (0:23)
46. Vamp Mansion (1:39)
47. Skulking Around (0:31)
48. Flaming Cross (4:34)
49. Medical Conundrum (0:09)

Based on a boot of this I acquired a few years ago, and taken from a viewing of the complete DVD set of Kolchak, here are track titles I came up with.

excellent, great work!
the QUESTOR music is similar to the Kolchak music, so it makes sense somebody included it in the CD. There's also a Kolchak source-type cue (Hotel Radio) used on THE SENTINEL soundtrack, whose main theme is reminiscent of his FRANKENSTEIN score, so obviously Melle reused his themes. Anyway, thanks for identifying the QUESTOR cues.

Regarding the two cues (15 & 16) on the boot which I swapped to match the episode, why did you name one of them "Unused"? Isnt he returning or in the office typing up his story?

Regarding the two cues (15 & 16) on the boot which I swapped to match the episode, why did you name one of them "Unused"? Isnt he returning or in the office typing up his story?

You could be right. At the time I couldn't identify that short piece of music, and unfortunately I no longer have the DVDs to check. I guess people could call that cue anything they want ... "Back At The Office" ... "Kolchak Returns" ... or if some enterprising soul has the DVDs and the time to check, feel free! I'd be curious to know if I just missed it.

Actually - just had a bright idea - I checked to see if the episode is on Youtube, and it is. I watched the climax and - you're absolutely right! - that short cue comes after the scene where the ripper is electrocuted and Kolchak returns to his office. Well spotted. I'll edit my track list above to rectify this.

I probably already have this, but just thanking you anyway, sadsack! :) Do you have any other Mell� stuff?

And thanks, feedthecats, for the extra tracklisting info.

I have other Melle music, but most of it has been uploaded here and elsewhere (use google): World War III, Borderline, Andromeda Strain, Starship Invasions, Last Chase, Frankenstein True Story.

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974) Gil Melle...and I think there's some Jerry Fielding in this too. 192 mp3.


I have the same, but in 320, so I thought it might be okay to share it here with you and others:

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974) - Gil Melle & Jerry Fielding [320] - 49 tracks
(https://mega.co.nz/#!OEZRlaoJ!LsyiWy6_77Eq3spaYxaWJTQqMhE3I99lXCq0-2-PbMQ)

Thanks, Sadsack for the music, and Feedthecats for the track list!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/lloyd2/woohoo.gif
I like the added bonus of The Questor Tapes Theme.

Thank You!!

I edited, rearranged, and named cues for new upload

I edited, rearranged, and named cues for new upload
Thanks for the update!

Thanks so much for this!

Does anyone know if the Jerry Fielding scores for the subsequent Kolchak episodes are available?

Great post. Downloaded this last week. Many thanks.

thanks, good work !!

What a great, grand re-construction! I've waited decades to hear this! Thank you all!!!
(Why is it that I use more exclamation marks here in one post than I do elsewhere in a year?)
There was a TV movie in 1971, Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You, whose theme song (Jerry Fielding?) seems to me was used as an underscore quite often in Kolchak.

Thank you so much for this! I absolutely LOVE this show and it's music! Are there any tracks missing, or is this all the music in the show?

Thanks guys.

Are there any tracks missing, or is this all the music in the show?

If you're asking if this contains all the music used in the series: no, it's only for the 3 episodes, and there's some small bits of music missing.
There's two unused tracks - they might have been used later in the series, or not at all, just as the QUESTOR cues were unrelated. Another cue was partially used. Also noted where cues were shared between episodes.
It's explained in the first post, and tracklist.

Many thanks to sadsack and soundtrekker for this great find. Bravo,gentlemen.

Thank you sadsack and soundtrekker, this made my week!

Great! Thank you very much.

Excellent work Sadsack and Soundtrekker!
Thanks!

GREAT! Thanks!

Thank you very much for this! Though it is a year after feedthecats made the statement of not knowing why the cues for "The Questor Tapes" are included with the rest of the tracks, I have an answer. According to "The Night Stalker Companion" by Mark Dawidziak, when Gil Melle was hired by Universal to come up with a main theme for the Kolchak series, he was informed that he had twenty minutes to do so since Darren McGavin was heading off in that time to film the opening main title sequence, where Kolchak enters the INS newsroom whistling the theme. Scrambling, Melle remembered a secondary theme he had composed for the "The Questor Tapes" t.v. movie/pilot (another Universal production) earlier that year. This secondary theme starts at 1:21 on the Questor Tapes Main Title track in this collection. Melle quickly found that piece of music in the Universal music library, whistled it into a tape recorder, and then handed off the recorder to McGavin who then went off and shot the opening sequence. So, in short, that secondary theme for "The Questor Tapes" is what became the main theme for "Kolchak: The Night Stalker"!

that's an interesting story of how Melle came up with the Kolchak theme....but I'm not sure it explains why the two tracks were included, unless whomever made the collection wanted to demonstrate the connection?
Speaking of how themes are born, I've often wondered if Don Ellis based one of his themes for FRENCH CONNECTION when the police are ripping up the French guy's car. A power tool happens to make the same sound as part of a musical bridge he uses.

Thank you.

for "Night Stalker" movie fans, Cobert's similar score for "Dracula" was just released. Inexpensive direct from Varese.

Awesome! THANK YOU!

Thanks for the upload, SadSack!

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Great, thanks!

Thank you!

This is magnificent! Thanks!

Thank you for making this available. It's one of my favourite tv series.

thank you

Thanks for the share.

Adding my thanks ...

Mark
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Thanks!!

This is very cool, thank you sadsack :)

Thank you.

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Thank you so much for this!

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thank you

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Thanks Mister Sack for the FLAC upload!

thanks very much

Thank you so much for the FLAC addition!

Thanks!

Thanks for the share�

Thanks!!

Am watching the series for the first time and just had to wonder if there was a soundtrack about it. Thank you, Sadsack.

thank you, sadsack!

Thanks for the share.

Thanks :)

Joe Jusko's superb artwork is crying out to be used as a cover, so...

Joe Jusko's superb artwork is crying out to be used as a cover, so...
Shouldnt he also have a gun with silver bullets, spear of bayou gum, bag of salt, blessed crossbow, holy axe, etc.? I dont think that crucifix is gonna work on all of them. ;)

Shouldnt he also have a gun with silver bullets, spear of bayou gum, bag of salt, blessed crossbow, holy axe, etc.? I dont think that crucifix is gonna work on all of them. ;)

He does look pretty worried, doesn’t he? :)

He does look pretty worried, doesn’t he? :)

Yes, but just worried he wouldn't get a proper story for the next issue of the newspaper he's working for. These creatures can't be more menacing than his boss, if he misses the deadline!

Thanks!

Many thanks sadsack for sharing KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974) Gil Melle FLAC ;-) Rated thread: excellent as always! ;-) I gave you a rep.

Another sweet post, sadsack!

Thank you!

What a wonderful share! Your edited (and flac) version is perfect. Great crime jazz groove from Gil Melle.
Thanks also for the tracklisting and the cover :)

Thanks!

Joe Jusko's superb artwork is crying out to be used as a cover, so...





What the hell?

How did Gremlins find their way into Kolchak's 7th Level of Hell??

Talk about your inter-series contamination!

My theory is that Kolchak was investigating a Gremlin Black Mass.

Sure, the Gremlins had been reading about Anton LaVey in their local public library.

From Anton LaVey, they began spinning Beatles records backwards. Finally, they graduated to "the hard stuff."

Sometime after midnight in an abandoned warehouse, Kolchak must have tripped over a 50-gallon drum of communion wafers (it just happened to be in the way). Said wafers were greedily consumed by hordes of hungry, mischievous Gremlins!

After consuming the wafers (which tasted like Styrofoam), our mischievous Gremlins gave way to pissed off Gremlins (with scorching cases of herpes)!

It happens like that every time!

"And now, you know the rest of the story!"

The moral of this tale:

Knowledge is bad. Therefore, Burn Libraries!
Don't listen to Beatles records played backwards on the turntable or you'll see Kolchak in your dreams!








:zillafire:

Thanks sadsack - good stuff.

I was totally surprised to find this, what a brilliant share - thank you

Thanks for the great share!

thanks sadsack for the links :)
and thank You for adding new cover feedthecats

WOW - This is really good! Is the show as good as the score??? I haven't seen it and haven't had the chance to search around to see if there are episodes lurking on youtube or elsewhere...bravo Gil!

thank you again, sadsack.

thank you

Huge thanks for this!

Great job on these! The Night Stalker music is such a key part of the show's atmosphere. Many thanks for your work.

WOW - This is really good! Is the show as good as the score??? I haven't seen it and haven't had the chance to search around to see if there are episodes lurking on youtube or elsewhere...bravo Gil!

Actually, the series is not great objectively. The first TV-movie is ULTIMO PRIMO, the second THE NIGHT STRANGLER is pretty good, but the series fell into cheesy repetition.

Producer Cy Chermak talks a lot about the series in a recent book I edited for him at Jacobs/Brown Press, THE SHOW RUNNER. http://www.jacobsbrownmediagroup.com/the-show-runner.html

See ya!

great! thanks

I love the kolchak movies and the TV series .... even if it did get a bit daft , Darren Mcgavin fit the role perfectly he is so good in it . I have the movies and series on DVD they dont make em like this anymore !!! Some good music in them too .

I love the kolchak movies and the TV series .... even if it did get a bit daft , Darren Mcgavin fit the role perfectly he is so good in it . I have the movies and series on DVD they dont make em like this anymore !!! Some good music in them too .

Agreed on that! Karl Kolchak is the role McGavin was BORN to play. "This is a NEWSpaper, Vincenzo! We print NEWS!"

Thanks so much!

thank you!!!!

This is an excellent share, being a lover of the show, I really appreciate your share, thank you!

Hello! I would really appreciate the links to this great post! Thank you in advance :-)

I would too.
Thanks much!

Me too, thank you!

I too would appreciate the link for the ost. I also have many to trade. Thank you.

Thanks for the share.

Thank you!

Many thanks sadsack!

Thank you!

Thanks For the wicked ost !