Magnum Mania!
Episode Music |
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| Song | Artist | Type | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Twelve Days Of Christmas | Traditional | Closing Credits Music | "Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too" (1.4) | Orchestral version. |
| Deja Vu | Dionne Warwick | Piano/Vocals | "Missing in Action" (1.9) | Sung by Laura Fraiser (Rebecca Holden) at the King Kamehameha Club. Only a few lines are heard. [audio] |
| "Rescuing Higgins" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "J. "Digger" Doyle" (1.17) | Use for the Haiku Valley Ladder ("The Stairway to Heaven") scene with Magnum and Digger. [audio] |
| "Michelle's Theme" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score (Orchestral) | "Memories Are Forever" (2.5 & 2.6) | Heard during Tom & Michelle's first "reunion" & over the closing credits. A slightly different version is also heard over the closing credits of "Little Girl Who" (7.7). [audio] |
| "Kacy's Song" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Wave Goodbye" (2.8) | Smooth Jazz piece heard at the beginning of the episode when Kacy and Gary meet at the Surfrider Club. [audio] |
| Got A Date With An Angel | Billy Williams | a cappella | "Did You See the Sunrise? (1)" (3.1) | 1930s jazz song revived, and made popular, in the 1950s by Billy Williams. Sung by T.C. while flying the chopper. |
| (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones | Stock Cover | "Did You See the Sunrise? (1)" (3.1) | Heard on the radio at T.C.'s house. This same version will also be heard in "The Look" (4.9). |
| "Mau Mau Fever" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Black on White" (3.6) | Dark, haunting piece. [audio] |
| Am I Blue? | Ethel Waters | Stage Performance | "Flashback" (3.7) | Sung by Marissa (Irene Yah-Ling Sun), accompanied by piano. |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey | Closing Credits Music | "Basket Case" (3.15) | End credits. |
| "Rod's Song" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | " ... By Its Cover" (3.21) | Psychedelic, Doors-esque rock song heard in the opening scene. [audio] |
| "Tijuana Tokyo" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Distant Relative" (4.4) | Pseudo-New Wave. [audio] |
| Sittin' On (the Dock of the Bay) | Otis Redding | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson (Gretchen Corbett) radio broadcast. |
| She's Not There | The Zombies | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| Yesterday | The Beatles | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| Up on the Roof | The Drifters | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. T.C. also sings part of it. |
| Crocodile Rock | Elton John | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| When I'm Sixty-Four | The Beatles | Stock Cover | "The Look" (4.9) | Heard during a Holly Hudson radio broadcast. |
| Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters | a cappella | "Operation: Silent Night" (4.10) | Sung by T.C.. |
| Chain Gang | Sam Cooke | a cappella | "Operation: Silent Night" (4.10) | Sung by T.C.. |
| Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | Saxophone | "Rembrandt's Girl" (4.14) | A couple bars of the melody are played by Magnum on his sax. |
| Nowhere to Run | Martha & the Vandellas | Stage Performance | "Paradise Blues" (4.15) | Sung by Alexis Carter (Leslie Uggams). |
| Here's That Rainy Day | James Van Heusen | Stage Performance | "Paradise Blues" (4.15) | Sung by Alexis Carter (Leslie Uggams) w/ Chuck Mangione on Flugelhorn. [audio] |
| Three Little Maids From School | Gilbert and Sullivan | Stage Performance | "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" (4.17) | Performed by Agatha Chumley (Gillian Dobb), Bernice (Hermione Baddeley) & Sylvia (Olga Marr). |
| Surfer Girl | The Beach Boys | Original | "Dream A Little Dream" (4.20) | Heard in the beginning of the episode during Karen Teal's surfing competition. This song was only used in the original broadcast and early syndication packages! It was taken off the DVD version (and later syndication packages) and replaced with incidental music, presumably because of licensing issues. |
| Good Lovin' | The Rascals | Stock Cover | "Dream A Little Dream" (4.20) | Heard over the radio and sung by Karen Teal. |
| Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) | The Temptations | Stock Cover | "Dream A Little Dream" (4.20) | Heard over the radio. |
| Feelings | Morris Albert | Vocals w/ Piano | "I Witness" (4.21) | Sung by Joy Kelley (Joy Garrett) while playing the piano. Three different versions are played. This is also Rick's favorite song! |
| Blade Runner Theme | Vangelis | Original | "Echoes of the Mind (1)" (5.1) | Played in the opening scene. [audio] |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | The Four Aces | a cappella | "Under World" (5.5) | Sung by T.C. while chartering two honeymooners to Maui. [audio] |
| Purple Haze | Jimi Hendrix | Stock Cover | "All For One (1" (5.15) | Episode music during the Cambodian bar scene. |
| Proud Mary | John Fogerty | Stock cover | "All For One (1)" (5.15) | Episode music during the Cambodian bar scene. |
| Last Word Woman | Reuben Leder & Jay Huguely | Stage Performance | "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) | Sung by George Lee Jessup (Robby Weaver) with band on stage. [audio] |
| Cheatin' Kisses | Dennis Weaver | Performance | "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) | Written & Performed by Dennis Weaver. Higgins also sings vocals. |
| Texas (When I Die) | Tanya Tucker | Stage Performance | "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) | Sung by a female country singer (Amanda McBroom) in a bar. |
| When Will I Be Loved | Linda Ronstadt | Stage Performance | "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) | Sung by a female country singer (Amanda McBroom) in a bar. |
| I Just Want to Hold You | Dennis Weaver | Stage Performance | "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) | Written & Performed by Dennis Weaver. [audio] |
| Run To You | Bryan Adams | Stock Cover | "Ms. Jones" (5.19) | Heard in the "ladies club" scene. First true contemporary song used in the show. |
| Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar | Stock Cover | "Ms. Jones" (5.19) | Heard in the "ladies club" scene. |
| Misty | Erroll Garner | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by Magnum at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. This clip will also be briefly seen in "Solo Flight" (7.16) as a flashback sequence. [audio] |
| Sentimental Journey | Ella Fitzgerald | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by Jean Claude Fornier at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. |
| Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by a patron at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. |
| Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | Hank Williams | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by a patron at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. |
| Tracks of My Tears | The Miracles | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by a patron at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. |
| On the Road Again | Willie Nelson | Karaoke | "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) | Sung by a patron at the Sing Sing Palace karaoke bar. |
| Dead Man's Curve | Jan & Dean |
Original | "Old Acquaintance" (6.3) | Heard almost in its' entirety in the background at Rodney Radcliff's garage. |
| Come Go With Me | The Del-Vikings |
Original | "Going Home" (6.7) | Played at the "Welcome Home Magnum" dance at Tidewater High School. |
| When I Fall in Love | Nat King Cole |
Original | "Going Home" (6.7) | Played at the "Welcome Home Magnum" dance at Tidewater High School. |
| Duke of Earl | Gene Chandler |
Original | "Going Home" (6.7) | Played at the "Welcome Home Magnum" dance at Tidewater High School. Also heard in Don Eddie Rice's taxi. |
| I Shall Be Released | Joe Cocker |
Original | "Going Home" (6.7) | Memorably played when Magnum visits the Vietnam Memorial. Written by Bob Dylan. |
| As Time Goes By | Herman Hupfeld |
Stage Performance | "A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief" (6.20) | Played at a lounge bar in Albuquerque. Piano only. It's Rick's favorite song. |
| Since I Fell for You | David Sanborn (Sax) & Carl Anderson (Vocals) | Special Original Recording | "L.A. (2)" (7.2) | Written by Buddy Johnson in 1945. The version heard in the episode is an original recording by Sanborn and Anderson, recorded just for this episode. Parts of this song can also be heard over the end-credits of "Out of Sync" (7.19). [audio] |
| Mama | Genesis | Original | "Death and Taxes" (7.6) | From their 1983 self-titled album, the song is heard in its entirety, and used to great effect, in the scene where Magnum is searching for The Ripper's next victim. Following in the footsteps of Miami Vice, this is the first time the show has featured a contemporary pop/rock song as in-episode music, and was one of the first TV shows to do so. [video] |
| "Kapu Theme" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Kapu" (7.10) | Chief Mano is coming! [audio] |
| Somewhere in the Night | Barry Manilow | Saxophone | "Autumn Warrior" (7.13) | Part of the song is played by Magnum on the sax. Written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings. The song was also a Top 20 hit for Helen Reddy in 1975. |
| "Murder by Night Theme" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Murder by Night" (7.14) | "Old Hollywood" classical score, used for the opening credits and scene of a 1940s dream sequence. [audio] |
| Respect | Aretha Franklin | Original | "Forty" (7.17) | Heard briefly in the background at the "20/20 Club". |
| Try A Little Tenderness | Otis Redding | Original | "Forty" (7.17) & "Resolutions" (8.12) | Written by Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, and Harry Woods in 1933. |
| "Linda's Theme" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Forty" (7.17) | Slow tempo synth piece. [audio] |
| "Marketplace Stakeout" | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | Episode Score | "Laura" (7.18) | 80s-style synth/electronic drums piece. [audio] |
| Tonight, Tonight, Tonight | Genesis | Original | "Laura" (7.18) | Song heard in its entirety. Featuring the legendary Frank Sinatra, in his last major film or television role, as retired New York City police sergeant Michael Doheny. [video] |
| Looking For Space | John Denver | Original | "Limbo" (7.22) | Snippets of the song played at several different points in the episode. |
| I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today | Joe Cocker | Original | "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts" (8.1) | Written by Joe Sample (of The Crusaders) and Will Jennings. |
| Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream | Felix Mendelssohn | Orchestral | "Pleasure Principle" (8.2) | Background music. |
| Conga | Miami Sound Machine | Original | "Pleasure Principle" (8.2) | Heard 5 different times during the episode. |
| He Pua Wehiwa | Palani Vaughan | Vocals & Autoharp | "Forever in Time" (8.4) | Palani Vaughan performs the song, accompanied by the traditional Hawaiian dancing of Lei Maa Richmond. [audio] |
| The Brazilian (Instrumental) |
Genesis | Original | "Unfinished Business" (8.8) | Played during the "revenge sequence" where Magnum is waiting for Quong Ki, Michelle's killer, to arrive. |
| "Academy Stroll" | Mike Post | Episode Score | "Resolutions (1)" (8.12) | Opening scene, as Magnum strolls the grounds of the Naval Academy. Features some great guitar work. [audio] |