- I've been steering clear of superhero stuff so far because it's a totally different vibe, but I do want to post THE GREEN HORNET (1966-7). www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIws...
Nov 13, 2025 00:58
- "Flight of the Bumblebee" had been the Hornet's theme music since the radio show of the '30s, but Billy May's arrangement gives it an extra wallop by sandwiching the Rimsky-Korsakov trumpet solo (played by Al Hirt) between a jazzy rhythm section (driven by an upright bass) and an equally (cont.)
- jazzy brass fanfare. The result goes *hard.*
- Producer William Dozier was hoping to capitalize on the success of BATMAN with this show, but the more serious tone didn't catch on (though it did help catapult Bruce Lee to fame in the US).
