Outer Limits: The Man Who Was Never Born [Complete Soundtrack] (1963) - Dominic Frontiere

[@afzpuppet]

One of my favorites... One of Martin Landau superb perfomances...

[@mikelistman5263]

Always loved the OL soundtracks...monumental ambientación...used to scare the bejesus out of me when I was 10! Couldn't sleep after the show, but week after week came back for more. Underrated Dominic!

[@rtbarnes4893]

Best music EVER for a tv show. Thanks for keeping OL alive, my friend....

[@Adair9800]

May he rest in peace. I was raised in So Cal, so I watched Outer Limits as a kid. The music is ingrained into my being. Also was a big fan of the Los Angeles Rams football team. Dominic’s wife was the owner of the Rams.

[@christophercarpenter2496]

A Greek Tragedy of high moralistic fiber. Poetic dialog, excellent, empathetic character portrayal, music score that paints a multilayered story and the most bittersweet ending ever. TOL was high art done in a small, square box .Never to be duplicated, only imitated. Black and white to enhance the Chiaroscuro effect. A complete 1 hour masterpiece.

[@larryheth8023]

The music Dominic wrote is truly not of this world...I wonder what he has heard and felt that became the music for this episode of the Outer Limits.It has haunted me since 1963...so thankful to be able to hear it again and again.

[@anothonypeterson3402]

Probably my favorite Outer Limits episode.

[@j.r.marchley1563]

Bernard Herrmann once say that music was the emotional underpinnings of our visual media like television and motion picures. Dominic Frontire proved his point resoundingly. The Outer Limits was and extraordinary television series not just for it's time but always. Without Frontiere's music it wouldn't be the same entity. Imagine Jaws without John Wiliams score or Psycho without Bernard Herrmann's music. Frontiere's musical creations made a profound difference in the viability of Outer Limits as a series, contributing to its longevity and its creative endeavors.

[@molarmama32]

Excellent episode---THE BEST!

[@johnlawlor7854]

Frontier's music was just as important a character as the actors were. It wouldn't be The Outer Limits without it.

[@RS3DArchive]

I remember being blown away by this episode and the music score, which was unbelievably good. I was 11 years old when it aired in '63. It is literally one of the only TV episodes I ever saw that literally that left me in tears.

[@clare5one]

This was a beautiful episode.

[@Edmund007013]

The best science fiction plot I have ever seen. I saw this in 1963 when I was 6 years old and it blew me away especially the ending.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Me too, except that I saw it a few years later, maybe 1968 or so, when I was in high school, and was affected to such an extent that I wrote to United Artists to asked them about the production.

[@KESSLERPARK]

I have been captured and enchanted and uplifted by D.C. music since first heard as a child - it was the music of the future, and today I realize that it is part of the past, part of today, and still ever-lingering in the great future, the TV, and how bizzare to hear DF cues for other TV shows that I didn't know existed, like, there is some modern-day western, WTF... thank you, whoever you are, and my solid good \wishes to our far-flung community that the O.L. first created and here we still are- blaine D

[@spetragl]

I'm glad you enjoyed the DF soundtrack. Sometime in 2024, I will be releasing my first Harry Lubin re-creation soundtrack. The music is strangely electronic as compared to Domenic Frontiere's orchestra sound. It will be interesting to see the comparisons beteen the 2 composers.

[@friedmanartistry]

Thank you! Tremendous feelings flow through me regarding this music! After 54 years, I can now finally enjoy it! You see, I was only 9 years old, and The outer Limits had a huge impact on me! Week after week, I could not wait to watch it!

[@louishamilton1710]

Allen J. Friedman Artist I saw it first at the same age. Was never the same after that.

[@comicbookal]

You are absolutely correct sir in your opinion of the Outer Limits! I too was 9 also when it premiered on Sept.16th, 1963. My favorite all time science fiction series. Everything about this show screamed perfection from the acting, special effects (for the time), and music were top notch. The updated version from the mid '90's was okay but definitely not in the same league as the original. A shame really that this series ended up getting cancelled after only 49 episodes because the ABC television network executives made the so called "bright" decision to move it from it's Monday night time slot to Saturday where it was in competition up against the Jackie Gleason show which pretty much buried it in the ratings.....If possible, try to get a copy of the books "The Outer Limits Companion" or "The Outer Limits At 50" both of which are authored by Mr. David J. Schow . Both books are literal treasure troves of information and behind the scenes photos of this classic series

[@comicbookal]

Agree with you 100% on Season 1 which for me was more so science fiction/horror than Season 2 . Many of the episodes for Season 2 leaned more so towards what I like to call "hard science fiction" stories with my favorites being "Demon With A Glass Hand" and "Chameleon" both which were written by acclaimed sci-fi author Harlen Ellison who won an award from the Writers Guild for the former. Twilight Zone was an excellent series too with a number of science fiction oriented stories although I would tend to classify it overall as fantasy/horror and definitely not on the same level as Outer Limits. Everything that you mentioned about the acting, story lines, and that fantastic, wonderful, and exhilarating music has not been equaled in any other science fiction series since it's untimely cancellation in Jan. of '65. Writer/Associate Producer Mr.Joseph Stefano pretty much saw the "writing on the wall" and left the show after the 1st Season when the decision was made (by ABC) to move the series from Monday to Saturday nights. As far as the theme music is concerned, I prefer Mr. Dominic Frontiere's orchestrations from season 1 over Mr.Harry Lubin's which was nothing more than a variation of his "Fear" theme from the series "One Step Beyond" (1959-1961). Outer Limits is on Blu-Ray now? It's about time......

[@louishamilton1710]

ARTIE BARNES I enjoyed 'The Mice', cause it had so-called minorities in the leading roles. Also enjoyed O.B.I.T.

[@markospeck8449]

Saw it back when i was 8. And it was a mind-forming sort of thing. And this is one of, if not the best, eps from that old, never ever to be repeated, show. We lived west of Youngstown, with a strict v hard-working Dad who would say 'lights out.' Then we would sneak back at 11 pm and twist the rabbit ears to get the show out of the snow from Cleveland. My brothers and sisters would joke about how I'd watch the show peeking out from behind a chair or a door.

[@keithbperrin9633]

A great great film and soundtrack

[@Martin48964]

This is great. The music adds so much to the feel of the episodes. This is one of my favorites. ABC dropped the ball in the second season when they moved it to Saturdays. This Outer Limits should have lasted at least 5 seasons.

[@brianpaschal5430]

This episode is truly amazing and immortal because it's imaginary and scientific creativity.

[@johnnynoirman]

The best shows of the 50's & 60's had the best music too.

[@staceym5164]

I saw this episode last week and I was really touched by the music.

[@spetragl]

Between this one, "The Human Factor" and "Architects Of Fear", these are the best Frontiere scores.

[@garydalie7051]

I can and do listen at 5:18 over and over again!!!!

[@golf4funjn532]

Best episode and soundtrack. Thanks!

[@spetragl]

Yes, this is one of my favorites.

[@oskibor]

Superb music for this excellent Outer Limits episode. Thanks.

[@aceace1542]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC , AND I LOVE LOST IN SPACE MUSIC, THANK YOU THIS IS AMAZING.

[@TileGuyJesse]

What a crazy episode! And that ending. Sad!

[@doughelms558]

Frontiere's music was around half the show. Excellent!

[@nunyabizness6595]

Love all of DMs stuff but Born is the best sustained music for an episode I have ever heard. Heartbreaking music.

[@nunyabizness6595]

DF I mean. Doh!

[@brandonflorida1092]

It's the best I've ever heard too. In fact, it's so good that when I was growing up in the 60s, I wrote the production company and asked who wrote it. That was the first time I heard DF's name.

[@firefly1933]

Thank you for posting this. This episode was one of the high points of the extraordinary first season of OUTER LIMITS. Listening to this passionate music evoked the lovely sadness of the story.

[@johnnynoirman]

It is said that if you move a single pebble on the beach, you set up a different pattern and everything in the world is changed. It can also be said that love can change the future, if it is deep enough, true enough and selfless enough. It can prevent a war, prohibit a plague, keep the whole world... whole.

[@spetragl]

One of the best Outer Limits prologues.

[@comicbookal]

Excellent prologue from one ( "The Man Who Was Never Born") of the many excellent episodes of this timeless (and CLASSIC) science fiction anthology series.......

[@juanagallo9447]

The TRUTH of that UGLY love is ENOUGH to CHANGE the Earth, too. Adam & Eve. David & BathSheba. Solomon & His 1000's of Misstresses. Getty and his Bitches. Hollywood and their Tramps.

[@LAUS-DEO-HAWAII]

I HAVE THE DIGITAL COLLECTION OF THESE VIDEOS. IN MY 80 YEARS OF LIFE, SINCE THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW THIS VIDEO, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE SCORE. 7:55 HAS ALWAYS REFLECTED THE SADNESS IN MY LIFE FOR SOME REASON, IT RUNS VERY DEEP.

[@spetragl]

The "Andro and Noelle Theme" is one of Frontieri's best and still has such impact even today.

[@LAUS-DEO-HAWAII]

@@spetragl THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN THIS EPISODE CAME OUT, I HAD ALREADY COME BACK FROM MY STINT IN LAOS AND CAMBODIA. I WAS JUST STARTING CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, JUST BEFORE MY CAREER FOR 57 MORE YEARS BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. I WAS STILL A TEEN WHEN THIS EPISODE CAME OUT AND I HEARD THAT PIECE. I HAD NOT FACED LIFE'S HORRIBLE SADNESS THAT AWAITED ME YET. YET THIS MELODY WENT DOWN INTO THE CORE OF MY BEING WITH GREAT SADNESS PLUS LOVE AT THE SAME TIME. SOME HOW IT WARNED ME ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS, SO WHEN I HEAR THIS PIECE TODAY, I CAN REFLECT BACK TODAY, AND REMEMBER ALL I DID NOT KNOW YET AS A TEEN.

[@robin2012ism]

excellent MSX

[@kt9166]

Very nice editing job! As the three CD set is long out of print and very, very expensive, this is an excellent way to present Mr. Frontiere's music!

[@RockBrentwood]

The Moody Blues' "Knights in White Satin" probably ultimately came out of this, like @ 20:00 & elsewhere. If there's any doubt that there was a connection (witting or unwitting), then all you have to do is look at the title of the Moody Blues album "Days of Future Passed". I had a semblance of the Outer Limits song in mind, too, after a circumstance similar to Hayward's, well after I forgot where it came from.

[@josephebacon]

I place Frontiere's music scores for Outer Limits at the top. His music made the original Outer Limits and The Invaders extra creepy!

[@spetragl]

And (believe it or not) some of this music originated as segments from the Western "Stoney Burke".

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@spetragl I ask above about the music starting at 7:43. I'd like to know if that particular portion is original to Frontiere or whether he adapted it from some pre-existing music. Do you know?

[@ringokillywatt7538]

This music (and a few others) can also be heard in the Invaders: 16:42

[@colinpurssey9875]

All class, like most of the episodes in this 60's series .Imaginatively conceived and mediating humanitarian values through often chillingly grotesque entities . There's a moral earnestness that characterizes these episodes which doesn't lapse into sanctimony . Infinitely better than the amoral themes and the bedazzling yet meaningless visual effects which effectively overshadow any edifying narrative that all too infrequently might just be a constituent of today's movies and TV programs .

[@juanagallo9447]

7:40 ONE OF THE MOIST POIGNANT moments in my life. Adam meets Eve ONLY to LOSE her. Eve realizes she has to lose Adam. I WAS DEVASTATED BY THE TRUTH OF THIS DRAMA. DRAMA sometimes tells the TRUTH.

[@RammatRamzi]

The last scene always haunted me.

[@markospeck8449]

man oh man, you got that right. one of the scariest, most alone, images of a person, ever. it flattened me when i first saw it back when i was 8. I can still see the doomed Noel sitting in the chair in the field of stars.

[@rtbarnes4893]

Absolutely! I say that all the time, 55 years later. Haunting and frightening image of the most EXTREME loneliness. Amazing, isn't it??!!

[@juanagallo9447]

PLEASE...I BEG YOU.... Please TELL me... WHO were the Orchestra MEMBERS. NOTHING COMPARES TO THEM. NOTHING. I'VE LISTENED TO ALL ORCHESTRAS. NOTHING COMPARES. Please...I beg YOU. I KNOW You are OUT There. Please MAKE a Film of the Orchestra who BATTLED with the DRAMA of these EPISODES. IT'LL WIN OSCARS, UNLIMITED OSCARS. PLUS..IT'LL EDUCATE UNTOLD NUMBERS. I beg you...YOU..YOU "know" whom you are. Your PARENTS were MARVELOUS beyond their CENTURIES. PLEASE fund A FILM ABOUT the ORCHESTRA Members and THEIR Personal Lives.

[@xybervox]

Danny Elfman's Salvation (for 'Terminator Salvation') is clearly inspired by the sound in 'Andro And Noelle Theme', 'Time-Crossed Lovers', and 'Could We Make A Better Future'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2m7i5huZb-sprs Also interesting that Terminator Salvation is about (SPOILER ALERT) a defeated man from the past going into the future to manipulate the existence of the man destined to save humanity while wearing a facade hiding a monster underneath but ends up falling in love with the people he's programmed to manipulate and kill, ultimately sacrificing himself for humanity. Whereas The Man Who Was Never Born is about (SPOILER ALERT) a defeated man from the future going into the past to manipulate the existence of the man destined to destroy humanity while wearing a facade hiding a monster underneath but ends up falling in love with the person he's determined to stop, ultimately sacrificing himself for humanity. In addition to the obvious parallel of a man going back in time to save/kill the mother of the man destined to save/kill humanity (the foundation of the Terminator story).

[@comicbookal]

For all you Outer Limits fans, try to get a copy of either "The Outer Limits Companion" or "The Outer Limits At 50" by Mr. David J. Schow. Both books go into complete detail into the making of this classic series with many behind the scenes photos.............warning: both are fairly expensive now............

[@spetragl]

Yes, I bought a copy of both the "Companion" and David Schow's original OL Paperback.

[@tperk]

@@spetragl I bought a copy of "Companion" and took it on a flight from the USA to Beijing, then I left it in China by mistake! Who knows what happened next!

[@spetragl]

@@tperk The "glossy" companion is worth any price!

[@jeffbawden7901]

The days of complete quality

[@brandonflorida1092]

At 7:43, is that music original to Frontiere or did he adapt it from some pre-existing music? It's brilliant.

[@spetragl]

This particular piece was written specifically for Martin Landau and Shirley Knight using assorted wind and string instruments. Nothing came from "Stoney Burke" this episode.

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@spetragl Thanks for answering a question that I've wondered about all of my life. How do you know so much about this?

[@spetragl]

@@brandonflorida1092 Check out the "Outer Limits Companion" www.amazon.com/Outer-Limits-Companion-David-Schow/dp/0966516907

[@rtbarnes4893]

I heard another scene was shot, and left out of final show, where she made it to the future. Would love to see it, but I guess it didn't survive. I think they nailed it though on the ending they DID use..

[@spetragl]

The alternate ending had Shirley Knight waking up on a hillside and was greeted by a man in a hovercraft. He asked if she was OK, and she just said "Alone"!

[@rtbarnes4893]

@@spetragl Yes.... Wish we could have seen it. Must not exist.. From one fan to another, thanks for keeping the show alive! It's important.. My young adult kids could care less. Don't wanna see a black and white old show... Sigh..

[@fancylong]

@@rtbarnes4893 I hear that, the first time my daughter saw a black and white movie she thought that the TV was broken. It' sad how an entire realm of artistic expression is lost because they can't be bothered with it.

[@jeffbawden7901]

Outer limits why so much good

[@ミスターD-v1r]

アウターリミッツ最高傑作。まさにアメージングストーリー

[@dudleymq]

Love the passage starting at 7:40! Also heard it used on The Fugitive.

[@garydalie7051]

Written originally for outer limits by dominic f , borrowed by the fugitive

[@STP43FAN1]

The fourth season of The Fugitive brought in Frontiere. His cues permeate the season and especially The Judgement. In addition to scoring The Fugitive ‘s fourth season he also scored the concurrent sci fi series for Quinn Martin, The Invaders.

[@rolex4524]

For all of you younger viewers who have enjoyed the Arnold Schwartzenegger "The Terminator" series of movies, now you should watch this episode of The Outer Limits with the brilliant actor Martin Landau, and see where "The Terminator" movie folks got their ideas from. What goes around, comes around...been there, done that...seen it...

[@daviddee6877]

Someone locked up the instrumental theme from The Inheritors episode, a truly beautiful piece of music. Now you cant listen to it.

[@jeffbawden7901]

Quality

[@KazimirArdekanian]

There is a logical error in the story. Bert could have had Cabot Jr. with another woman and not with Noelle. However, depicting female psychology by Anthony Lawrence is a remarkable testimony of how a man wrongly perceives female’s love. (The love Noelle shows to Andro)

[@spetragl]

The announcer summed it up this way: "It is said that if you move a single pebble on the beach, you set up a different pattern, and everything in the world is changed." . So if Cabot had a son with another woman, Cabot Jr. is truly never born and the dark future is averted.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Is the music from 7:55 to 8:33 completely original to DF or is it based on something classical? It's more or less the best music I've ever heard.

[@spetragl]

Dominic Frontiere composed that entire piece "Andro and Noelle Theme" which was played by a large full orchestra.

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@spetragl Thank you for answering something I've wondered since the early 60s, but do you mind if I ask how you know?

[@spetragl]

@@brandonflorida1092 Consult these 2 great books: > "The Outer Limits Companion" (2nd edition) by David J. Schow www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-outer-limits-companion_david-j-schow_jeffrey-frentzen/290850/item/10989803/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAmaibBhCAARIsAKUlaKTo93LddflnrJisMiSJrTyaSaiqzjAfdEnBzoQizruWRYNsXRX3pSQaAogcEALw_wcB#isbn=0966516907&idiq=10989803 > "We Will Control All That You Hear: The Outer Limits and the Aural Imagination" by Reba Wissner www.abebooks.com/9781576472538/Will-Control-Hear-Outer-Limits-1576472531/plp

[@thomasclatts9133]

Why can't you show what is happening in the show I love the music but I can't understand why the 60s Outer Limits episodes are off limits for you tube

[@mawel1955]

Legal reasons. Some production and distribution outfits prohibit any unauthorized re-broadcasting. You can put up Outer Limits episodes if you want but you'll soon get a 'cease and desist' order from You Tube who, in turn, would have got a 'cease and desist' from the production company that owns the rights to that particular program. If you don't take the programs down voluntarily, You Tube will take them down and maybe even delete your account. Keep putting unauthorized episodes up and you could get heavily fined.

[@DayStarPoet]

Both seasons of the original "The Outer Limits" are now available on remastered High Definition Blu-Ray discs! Better buy them now before they go out of print.

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

@@mawel1955 I just watched this episode on Daily Motion. You can go through Google to get it. There are some pauses for commercials at odd moments but it's not a big deal. High resolution. I hadn't seen this episode for at least 20 years and it still s fantastic sci- fi. Martin Landau is awesome in this. He had a great career with the exception of the horrible Space 1999.

[@fromthesidelines]

Very moody- and ultimately sad- episode.

[@spetragl]

True. That's what makes the original Outer Limits classic Television!

[@terrylouisblanchard633]

This music is so wonderful. This composer was truely gifted.

[@PhilMitchell-f2n]

Noelle. Its all right.

[@rickardobravo4654]

The outer side of time and space an open view of the inner mind a road to the imagination you are now entering into the dark and never Ending Formula of the Universel dimention of Death Force. Enjoy your journey I Am Myster Ree.

[@jeffrey8959]

What are the individual sources for these cues?

[@spetragl]

Some from the 3 disc set by LaLaLand www.ebay.com/itm/373122015034 Others from the TV Audio track.

[@jeffrey8959]

@@spetragl I didn't know if any were library cues or from previous episodes.

[@ludovictriaire7681]

Thak you very much for your share, Frontiere was one of the best (r.i.p) a question: what is your source?

[@spetragl]

The Outer Limits complete set DVD, 3 Frontiere CDs and some remixing of my own.

[@juanagallo9447]

MY MIND GOT F-ed OVER by THIS EPISODE. THE OTHER TIME MY MIND GOT F-ed with WAS WHEN MY PRINCESS CHIM DIED. 2 MAJOR MIND-Fcks. The ONLY two.

[@anothonypeterson3402]

My worse is probably the one where Carrol o' Conner stops time with that little gadget-it was so BORING!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Yes, I agree. That one is a dud. The aliens just experimenting with time and speed and consequence. It starts out well, with the pawn shop front, and two good actors. A waste. I always skip it now; plus it's really noisy.

[@STP43FAN1]

Controlled Experiment? That one is actually very good. It’s far more lighthearted than the rest of the series but it has a strong moral dilemma and of course superb casting

[@christophercarpenter2496]

What prompted production to film the ep was the budget was miniscule. In order to produce a new ep in 6 days, liberties had to be taken. Reusing the murder footage at different speeds and rewinding footage was a money- saving decision, which the producers had to do. TV shows were hamstrung by network executives too concerned with the bottom line.

[@josephvitielo1693]

Thought one hundred days of the dragon was one of the best also