I get countless emails and guest book entries regarding the music used in the Flash Gordon series. When I first started the site I had most of the music bites, but had no idea of their titles or origin. Richard Bush (a very good friend to this site) is the person responsible for the music cues below. He has extensively researched this music and contributed a chapter to the book Film Music 1, in 1989. Although this book is no longer in print it is still available in many libraries. The liner notes for the Silva America CD of the complete score of Franz Waxman's Bride of Frankenstein were also supplied by Richard Bush. Many thanks to Richard for his contributions. You may read an article of his published by the Miklos Rozsa Society.

The music for the Flash Gordon serials was primarily stock music from other films, with the exception of the main title to the first serial, they were virtually all originally composed for earlier Universal films. 

 Music cue listings and composers for a chapter from each serial. 

  "Flash Gordon" Chapter 2   

CUE	SOURCE FILM	COMPOSER
Main Title "Flash Gordon"	Flash Gordon	Vaughan, Clifford
Narrative	Flash Gordon	Vaughan, Clifford
Fanfare		Klatzkin, David
Lost Soul	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
First Sign	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
First Murder	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
the Menace	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
First Murder	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Police Captain's Orders	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Chase	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Men Run	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Men Approach	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Shot	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Steps	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Shots	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Men Approach	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Shots	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Fire	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
March Bombay #1	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Xavier	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "Bombay Mail"	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
March Bombay #2	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Lost Soul	Bombay Mail	Hajos, Karl
First Murder	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
March  Bombay  #1	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Xavier	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
March  Bombay  #2	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "Werewolf of London"	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Appassionato	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Appassionato	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Finale	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Orloff	Midnight Sun	Bernhard Kaun
Main Title "Flash Gordon"	Flash Gordon	Vaughan, Clifford

  "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" Chapter 3   

CUE	SOURCE FILM	COMPOSER
Main Title "Black Cat"	Black Cat	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Prowling Monster	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Dance Macabre	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Prowling Monster	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Cat Threat	Black Cat	Roemheld, Heinz
Dance Macabre	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Transylvania	Dracula's Daughter	Roemheld, Heinz
Sonata in B Minor	Black Cat	Lizst/Roemheld
Dance Macabre	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Dance Macabre (second half)	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Whistling Drunk	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Two Werewolfs	Werewolf of London	Hajos, Karl
Shirley's Theme #3 (finale)	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Crucifixion	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Pastorale	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Village	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Chase	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Pastorale	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Governor's March	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Bombay Tension	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Knife Scene	Great Impersonation	Vaughan, Clifford
March Bombay #1	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Xavier	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "Bombay Mail"	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Knife Scene		Vaughan, Clifford
Crucifixion	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Orgy of Spirits	Classical	A. lljinsky
Cat Love Theme	Black Cat	Roemheld, Heinz

       
  "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" Chapter 2   
   

Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt
Crucifixion	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
War	Sun Never Sets	Skinner, Frank
War	Sun Never Sets	Skinner, Frank
Torture Scene	Tower of London	Skinner, Frank & Freed, Ralph
Anne Neville Montage	Tower of London	Skinner, Frank & Freed, Ralph
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt, Franz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
War	Sun Never Sets	Skinner, Frank
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt, Franz
Entrance of the Duchess		Composer Unknown
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt, Franz
Crucifixion	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Tribulation		Perry, Sam A.
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Anne Neville Montage	Tower of London	Skinner, Frank & Freed, Ralph
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt
March of the Torches "original "	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
March of the Torches	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
War	Sun Never Sets	Skinner, Frank
Snowstorm	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
Snowstorm (repeat)	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
Erotic Theme	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
Main Title "The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
War	Sun Never Sets	Skinner, Frank
Les Preludes	Classical	Liszt

  Assorted Music Clips Used in the Series.

CUE	SOURCE FILM	COMPOSER
Pretorius' Entrance	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
You Will Need a Coat	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
You Will Need a Coat Part b	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
March Bombay	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Oriental Dance	Tarzan the Tiger	Sam A. Perry
La Rhumba		Charles Previn and Frank Skinner
Inspector Theme	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz
Adagio Dance	The Raven	Clifford Vaughan
Creation Excerpt	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Processional March	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Pastorale Excerpt	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman "original"
Parsifal Excerpt	Classical	Richard Wagner
Village Festival
Scherzo	White Hell of Pitz Palu	Roemheld, Heinz
Les Preludes Passage	Classical	Liszt
Croydon Airport	Dracula's Daughter	Roemheld, Heinz
The Old Tale	Werewolf of London	Karl Hajos
Monster Breaks Out	Bride of Frankenstein	Waxman
Invisible Man Finale	Invisible Man	Roemheld, Heinz
Governor's March	Bombay Mail	Roemheld, Heinz

Music Credits

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