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.
Music Credits
Classical |
Movie Scores |
Liszt |
Karl Hajos |
Brahms |
Heinz Roemheld |
Tchaikovsky |
W. Franke Harling |
Richard Wagner |
Sam A. Perry |
|
Franz Waxman |
|
Clifford Vaughan |
|
The complete score of Waxman's Bride
of Frankenstein. |
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