- IRONSIDE (1967-75) put Raymond Burr back in crime drama just a year after the cancellation of PERRY MASON. Here he plays a police chief who returns as a consultant after an assassin's bullet leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgQ...
- The synthesized klaxon and staccato piano riff at the beginning--especially paired with the graphics--are some of the most effective tension-builders I've heard in TV music. Quincy Jones composed the theme and scored several episodes before the workload became too much.Dec 20, 2025 19:24