Oliver Nelson - The Pioneers (1974)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2011
- Music clips culled from the season 2 episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man" entitled "The Pioneers" (1974) in which lost and drugged astronaut David Tate (actor Mike Farrell) wanders in a deep Minnesota forest, then bionic man Steve Austin (actor Lee Majors) runs to locate him in order to save him, spots him in a pound and is forced to fight him.
Composer Oliver Nelson first writes a cue to describe the primitive mental state of drugged astronaut David Tate by highlighting a didgeridoo (an ancient Australian instrument used by the aborigines) melt with a classical melody dominated by a fast violin and supported by a military drum. At 00:23, the pace speeds up because the main protagonist runs and Nelson introduces a funky rhythm led by a bass guitar, a conga and a drum followed by brass and violins that redefines the main theme. At 00:56, the fast-paced tempo carries on full force. At 01:42, the martial violin sound without the didgeridoo returns for the big finish.
If your watching this you had a great childhood.
You hit the nail on the head with that one brother! 👍👌
Definitely, my favourite series growing up as a kid, also the Bionic Woman, what guy didn’t have a crush on Jamie. The soundtrack was just as good as the action on screen. Even today in 2022, it’s hard to top that opening title sequence for the visuals & the music :)
Well, I was born just as this series ended but in my teens I loved watching this show every day after school on 90s Sci-fi Channel reruns
that 's correct. .I like this film when I was child..
I called lee major "the six" 😁😁
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NO one will ever replace Lee Majors and this Oliver Nelson music. Is loved by thousands of fans.
Lee rocks
Totally agree about the music, but there is one today who could be the new Colonel Steve Austin and in fact he could NAIL IT! And that is Thomas Jane
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This was tv growing up 🥰
A soundtrack recording should have been made a long time ago!!!
Nothing like that Bionic Sound 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Iam 61 years old and still enjoy the six million dollar man,I've watch it every since I was 12 years old.
Same here. I am the same age! Majors was perfect for the role, The only other person to have that stage presence was Paul Newman.
Lee Majors as Steve Austin has the best running style ever!
He had the tightest butt !
I think the secret is his head and hips travel along a flat plain like they're on rails.
I love the Six Million Dollar Man this is a classic TV show I use to run in slow motion pretending to be like Steve Austin Lee Majors was the perfect one to play The Six Million Dollar Man they don't make them like this anymore.
@@stevenbissett Hi ok thanks I will check it out
The six million dollar man tune is so iconic.....its one of those you never tire of...
Perfect music. It has simple, primal themes, and an alien techno stye to it...and the way it starts slow, with the deep bass and slowly quickens is pure genius.
Oliver Nelson and his musical contributory talents to this creative television show is as well as never will be short of amazing including phenomenal. Rest in peace Mr. Oliver Nelson, you got nothing but adulation, love, & respect from me so please rest in peace ☮️ my brother. Yours truly, Brian Paschal the freelance cartoonist, genius, & writer.
Maybe you can help me. A few years ago I was part of a group that included his son Nyles. Did you ever meet either of them? Nyles attempted to kill me and soon after shot his young girlfriend and himself. I still have a difficult time wrapping my mind around it.
Lee you will always be the man u rock forever
This music should be mandatory listening for all aspiring percussionists and conga players.
When Motown went to L.A. in '72...EVERYTHING IT PRODUCED, THEN, WAS WITH CONGA-DRUM percussion. It became A STANDARD ON THE WEST COAST, I believe. Most times, I get tired of it;. sometimes it FITS really well!
Wonderful! ... Simply... wonderful!
Brilliant american music.The 70's was truly a golden age for american music,tv and films.
That was the greatest nation on earth who had just landed the first man on the moon and ascended to pre-eminence in the world. I am an Indian in India. I grew up watching many American shows in Africa, and I thank my stars I did for the world view it has given me.
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Steve Austin was perfectly cast as the Bionic man... 8-)
I'm irresistibly inclined to agree & believe every word that you said on the subject.
Nobody runs like Majors does\did. he is paying for that now, but there is no manlier running style than his.
@@vpreggie ACTUALLY, - there was an episode of, i think it was magnum P.I. in which Tom Selleck gets out of a car, to run down the side of a hill, and they put him in slow motion, put the bionic sound in, & he has a white shirt on, - open a few buttons. He does the floppy shoulder thing just like Majors . . . . T'was somebody's idea of a gag I spose.
Lee Majors was perfect for the role. He is so charismatic (he still is in 2022)! He looks impressive, imposing, strong, and sexy when he runs in slow motion.
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The number of ways they mixed up that bass line and kept it recognizably 6MDM was amazing
Oliver Nelson, you're the best ever! Yours truly, Brian Paschal the freelance cartoonist, genius, & writer.
Ok...you're not a real genius. You DONT tell people -- THEY REALISE IT THEMSELVES.
Oliver Nelson music was perfect for this show....... he was sadly missed when he passed away
John Manning It’s a shame that after the first couple of seasons this beautiful music was rarely used if at all.
Agent 86 -Nelson died during the second seasons. Recreating these themes were next to impossible without Nelson.
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@@Agent-xn1hr Exactly its wasn't the same...
I use to watch these series when I was real young and I can't see nobody else playing the bionic man but Lee Majors.
My favourite TV series as a kid. I had most of the action figures and would often hum Nelson’s themes when I went on my own missions. I’m in my late 50’s but I recently picked up this collection & The Bionic Woman on DVD during an Amazon Prime sale.
The music to this show rocks
Awesome soundtrack!
If I saw Lee Majors in person in front of me, I would say: Thank you, thank you very much for being part of my childhood and helping me develop my imagination and my life with a form of healthy and happy entertainment. Thank you Colonel Austin."
I just met him in person at the Indiana comic con! He is just as awesome in person!
Oliver Nelson was a genius! Such a great music, i love it so much
They just don't make music like this anymore.
i wish they would make a soundtrack cd of all nelsons smdm music
He's a great actor!
One of my favourite tv shows. Steve Austin running in slow motion to indicate speed.
I love the drumming in the background 😍
The sound of the back ground and slow motion go hand and hand with the depiction of the script the best times growing up with this show🎊🎉🎉🎉🎇🎆🎂🎈🎊🎉
Season two had some of the series' best episodes. I loved the epilogue of this episode in which Oscar blamed himeself for the death of David Tate. Steve told him that Tate was a pioneer, and Oscar couldn't have stopped him from going. He ended the discussion by telling Oscar that he was a pioneer too and posed the question, "Where would I be if you weren't?" Great stuff with wonderful acting from Richard Anderson and Lee Majors.
+Steve Bergman That's a very good point. Yes, it was very unsettling that the writers had Oscar acting behind Congress' back. It bordered on almost being sinister. Having him do that ran contrary to his nature.
Season 2 was definitely good, but I think season 3 was the best.
Oliver Nelson's music to Steve Austin action, wonderful 👍❤️
Bongos and Bass drums. Modern tv composers take note!
Trail, natation, lutte, natation synchronisée, plongeon, boxe, danse,lancer de poutre… Un régal.
The part I remember the most about this episode occurs shortly after this battle - a team of locals show up armed with rifles determined to kill Tate, but Austin screams, "No, he's a man!" and launches one of their rifles into the next county. Above all Austin was aware that his combatants weren't "conveniently inhuman", justifying their fate to be beaten and destroyed. Because he was struggling with his own humanity he empathized with the people he battled.
Oliver Nelson and earlier, Gil Melle. Both great.
When music was music! Go Steve Austin!
Perfection..best show ever
Amazing. Thanks 😊
RIP Oliver Nelson
Beautiful music on one of the best episodes of the series. Little trivia: in some of the first episodes of the SMDM when Steve is running you’ll see sweat marks under his right arm pit which was corrected in later episodes when fans pointed out that his right arm is bionic so it shouldn’t extract sweat.
Mike Farrell is well known to M*A*S*H fans as BJ Hunnicutt, but I liked him in this episode as astronaut David Tate, who received too much serum that it transformed him into a superhuman lunatic. Tate could only get relief from immersing himself in water. After the battle with Steve and being shot by the locals, Tate says "Take me back into the water. I'm burning up ." This is one of the best episodes, right up there with "Day of the Robot," with John Saxon. The battle between killer robot and bionic Steve Austin was also a classic episode.
So it was similar to the Lisa Galloway episodes of BW, when she took too much of the Adenalazine and it nearly killed her too.
@@Tony-dc8dt Yeah, I was only 6 when this episode aired, so I don't remember S1 that well, mostly the ones after Jamie arrived.
Nice ❤️
Do you have eye witness episode would like to see that one again I watched this series as a kid growing up loved it and I was hooked on it saw him running fast motion I said holy crap he can really move
I certainly had the privilege to watch this great series in mid 1970s. I was born 1965. I do have the complete series. Its great today as it was then. Ahead of its time .👍✨💫🌟
Steve Austin beats up BJ from MASH! Thanks for the memories. Great time to be a kid. First and second season were the best. We’ll see what Wahlberg does with the film.
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WHAT film ? - Were they making a updated version of T6M$man ?
@@caltonfollows2168 A few years back Mark Wahlberg and the director of Lone Survivor were attached to a possible movie project based on the series. Haven’t heard much since
@@flixsymmetry Oh ! Thank you for that !
No one can run like steve austin
He looks impressive, imposing, strong, and sexy when he runs in slow motion.
Classic..when steve is haulin through the woods..lol i would imitate him when i would run...
Me too! I still do sometimes lol.
Seriously good action and effects here. Love that steel girder bending on impact with the bionic arm, and the force of the beam-shattering impact throwing Steve backwards off his feet.
Totally agree! The action was epic. The beam shattering scene was especially cool, I like the camera zooming in while he falls into the lake. Stuff like this add realism.
@@apollo-so5yj So true! I liked it when he picked up the boulder and hurled it at Steve. This scene was awesome.
If they do a modern reboot of this series this is the episode they should do. It perfectly blends with how our current technology seems to completely engulf us and seems to be replacing our humanity. Austin is all too aware of how distanced he feels from his own humanity and he feels empathy for this poor astronaut who is also altered by technology. Each man feels a concern over what drives him, and if he is indeed still a human being.
Count me in! With the japanese guy in jungle and the Shatner episode's music. Brilliant and original music with a afro-american groove that makes it unique. AAA!
Gotta laugh, I remember this episode when it first came out. I was 9 and the beginning scared the Hell out of me, with all of Tate's growling and carrying on! LOL!
I feel the same way about this episode, in fact while growing up this was my 2nd favorite episode, Day of the Robot being my 1st.
@@jonbongo2508 Ah. Then you've got me by one year! Yeah, I loved the fembot episodes. And both robots of Oscar! Classic!
It has a Hawaii Five-0 feel to it with the percussion
The music used here is not used a lot in the rest of the series as I recall, I liked it
You had to be there!!! 😤😤😤🔥🔥🔥
"The Six Million Dollar Man" was one of my favorite TV shows. This episode, like "Burning Bright" several months earlier, dealt with people who couldn't handle their newfound powers. Josh Lang's encounter with an electrical field in space super-energized his brain, while David Tate's superhuman madness resulted in cryogenic glitch. "The Pioneers" was pure action-adventure!
He was my hero as a kid in the 70's he made running look super cool.
It's good to see BJ Hunnicutt get a job after the war
Too bad this theme was only used in this episode. "the pioneers" is one of my all time favs!
Nesse ano eu tinha só 10 anos, mas eu era louco por esse filme e não perdia um!
Steve Austin was part of my childhood, the 70s,the best tv shows and movies.
Que música!!!!! Con la serie era espectacular
yes,I have a great childhood
My childhood was spent debating with my friends whether or not Steve could physically do the things he did on the show. His arm was strong but his body didn’t have the strength to hold the weight he was lifting. It would rip his arm off! 😂
How about a soundtrack for Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman being produced. Hello Universal Studios help us out
This guy was like the Hulk, minus the transformation and green skin. He would have been a good reoccurring character; possibly, a super-powered teammate for Steve or a powerful villain.
He would have made a terrific supervillain. At times, it seemed like he was stronger than Steve.
Love the show but Lee Major’s stuntman were so obviously not him! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great show and episode
nice music...epic battle
I remember this episode!!
My ❤idol i love 💕 this movie 🎥
Best show
verry good the film .
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THE BIONIC
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SIGUE SIENDO
LO MEJOR
EN SERIE;
NO HAY NADIE
QUIEN LE GANE
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DE OLIVER
INSUPERABLE.
Mengapa felem ini kok gak di putar lagi di tv padal sekarang banyak saluran tv dan semakin maju( tolong di putar lagi aku kangen banget sama felem ini)makasi.❤
Estos si eran series las.mejores programasiones❤❤❤
I agree thank u too the original people Oliver Nelson Lee Majors Lindsay Wagner. Andre the giant as bionic Bigfoot thank u to all
Of u for a Awsome job big fans of the show to this day since a kid always will be
Cara eu era criança quando assistia ó homem biônico e à mulher bionica muito legal hoje tenho 49anos. Gratidão à DEUS e à todos quê proporcionou este momento 👍🤝
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ESTA SERIE DEL HOMBRE BIÒNICO DEBERÎAN HACER UNA PELÌCULA, AHORA CON SU PROTAGONISTA: LEE MAJORS.
Quando o Stive saia para uma missão e começava a correr e começava essa música, era muito emocionante.
Does anyone know where the original score can be heard/purchased?? Oliver Nelson - too bad he passed so early.
I'm sure this joke has already been made several times but 1:45 on is how I sound when I have to get up to go to work early in the morning
This would have been a perfect fight scene and special effect with the steel beam if when he threw the beam to the ground after hitting Steve, it sounded like steel hitting the ground instead of plastic. They did the sound effects so perfect in Return of the Robot Maker.
Bass n' bongos, baby!!
Go Steve Austin!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
The fight scenes with Farell and Saxon (Day of the Robot) remind me of the Chuck Norris film where Norris fought the Frankenstein like creation.
Silent Rage is the Chuck Norris film you're referring to.
Yes, Silent Rage was one of my favorite Norris movies. It felt like a real 70s horror too.
Where did you get these source clips? Are they from the Time LIfe DVD set? They are much better quality than what you usually see and hear.
Hawkeye better watch his mouth when b.j. gets back to camp
what has got to do with what you said has to do with the Bionic Man
So should Frank Burns.
Muito bom esse filmes
Excelente musicalización , musica con base marcha militar ..
Bons tempos saudades dessa época amo assistir o homem de seis milhões de dólares
Same outfit Austin fought Bigfoot in.
WOW ! A 6 Million Dollar Man music appreciation site ! HA HA HA! And here I've been for the last 45 YEARS ! ( SHIT-A-BRICK, - it's been THAT long !? ) thinking I was the only 1 !!! And I never realized he ever used a didgeridoo !! ( I'm Australian btw ). Oh THIS is just too much !!
Is the guy fighting Steve Austin B.J Honicut from MASH?
Someone please tell me how I can purchase this particular music theme.... Or the six million dollar man studio claire cover.. Please!!
Funny story: when I was a teen I somehow (without the internet, mind you) found the address to the production company or maybe to the network asking for the music to the show. To my surprise they sent me back the sheet music to the theme song. I wrote them again asking for a cassette recording of the music, but never heard from them again. It didn't occur to my dumb young mind to just record it myself off the TV! Lol!
@@oldtymer9106 thats cool! Lol when the studio got your second letter they probably thought this kid is being greedy now, we already gave him the sheet music.
@@apollo-so5yj it was probably the receptionist at the production company that read my letter and tossed it! Years later from 1989 to 1994 I was a receptionist at a film production company myself. We made short educational movies like the ones you watch in health class, nothing major. I did get to meet a coupla well known actors. The old guy from the karate kid movies, Wilbur from Mr Ed, Steve Railsback from the stuntman (that movie encouraged me to move from Cleveland to Los Angeles). Sulu from Star Trek. Lots of fun working there! But everything comes to an end eventually. Hold onto the good memories and the bad it makes you who you are today.
@@oldtymer9106 that's awesome Steve. Thanks for sharing!
Nobody runs like Steve
Esses filmes eram um sucesso pra época e não essas porcarias de hoje
Uma das melhores séries de televisão que já assisti bem marcante ótimas lembranças
muito bom esse episódio
He’s just BETER. Faster. Stronger! Steve Austin. Love your eye too! It’s like mine. I used to pretend I was you (only I was a little girl with a cool Bionic Man eye!)!
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@arckangel38 He went into space and was bombarded with some type of rays on a failed mission. He has "bionic level strength." Everything is sped up so fast in his body that it's killing him.He feels like he is on fire. Oscar sends Steve to get him. Steve is forced to fight him. Hope this helps.