Pat Williams - Frisco Cars (1972)

Music clips culled from the pilot of "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) in which we see a series of cars from the brown Ford police car of Lt. Mike Stone (actor Karl Malden) and Insp. Steve Keller (actor Michael Douglas) to the yellow Jaguar of attorney David J. Farr (actor Robert Wagner).
Composer Pat Williams writes a powerful cop theme that combines orchestral jazz, jazz fusion and Afro-cuban rhythms. You find some atmospheric and pointillistic music too.

[@dancastro6873]

This was one great pilot episode and still is since I have the series

[@dancastro6873]

Two great cops. Mike Stone and Steve Keller

[@theresnosuchman7675]

2:25, the woman at the house wall is totally done in

[@TK42138]

Quality series, quality music score. It was as gritty as it could be bearing in mind the time it was aired. A proper movie spin off would have been brilliant.

[@45funk45]

wow what a groove

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Early Disco Music 🎶 🎵 😌 👌 🙌 ✨!FUNKY MUSIC 🎶 🎵 👌 ❤ ♥ 🙌!

[@defconkev]

they don't make'em like that anymore

[@Klottelitsch]

Rober Wagner / Jonathan Hart driving the yellow Jag ;-)))

[@dancastro4732]

And he was George Litton in The Pink Panther 1963 and Curse Of The Pink Panther that came out in 1983 then Number Two in the Austin Powers movies

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Those Were Really Cool 😎 👌 😄 👏 😀 👍 😎 👌 😄 👏 😀 👍 Cars 🚗 😀 😋 👌 😳 😄 🚗!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I Was 12 years old In 1972!I'll Be 62years This Coming August 6th!

[@anthonyleighton4754]

when cars were cars - what oil crisis.......

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Actually Right!

[@TysonNeil]

I'd bet in real life the mechanics would have something to say about bouncing around like that in the opening.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Actually Right!

[@MichaelThomas-uy4rk]

Ah, the era of BROWN PAINT on cars. Plenty of people bought them that way.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Some Did !

[@zerokomma]

Holy grail material!Great comp chief!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!

[@dancastro4732]

The pilot of this show makes me think of Dirty Harry. Wish we saw Eastwood cameo as Callahan in the pilot. Man that would've been boss

[@micmac99]

The Steve McQueen "Bullitt" movie was the first modern San Francisco police movie and set the standard.

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

@@micmac99 In the 1950s there was a short lived TV series called San Francisco Beat film in the city. Nullity set the bar for film and television in San Francisco.

[@zerokomma]

Damn that Pat Williams sound...doesnt get more kickass seventies groovy than this. Love it!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!REAL GROOVY MAN 👨😎👌🙌👍😀👨😎👌🙌👍😀!

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

Those cars are today's classics, especially the Jaguar Coupe and Steve Keller's Porsche 911.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@juliasmith5267]

I really enjoyed watching it. :)

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

The Same Here!

[@g.r.x.racer-1737]

What a Jaguar! No ugly cars like today. Puke!

[@dandiacal]

Not only is the writing by Williams great but I can only imagine who the session players are; must be top big band etc. players in LA at the time.

[@Wally-H]

Always loved the music from this series. The funk bass playing in particular is outstanding

[@寿庵保方]

FORD GALAXIE 500 4door sedan 70年代アメリカの刑事ドラマの捜査車両の定番ですな。

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Yep!Classic Car 🚗 😍 👌 ♥ 😎 ❤!

[@captjami]

Be so great if they could release these awesome scores...When shows actually had class!

[@TysonNeil]

A lot of shorter and lesser know series got their music released. Why Streets and other QM stuff doesn't make the cut is beyond me. Two more I'd love to see would be all of Rockford and Ironside.

[@dancastro4732]

I agree 100%. Even EMERGENCY! had a good score

[@danielcastro8216]

You can order the soundtrack of this show on Amazon like I did. A true joy to listen to

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!💯%!

[@marvinjoseph8093]

Like one big commercial for Ford!

[@syngensmyth4587]

Would take some effort to swing the arse out of that Dearborne Cruiser as in the beginning.

[@prokastinatore]

Unbelievable dam‘n good sound! Appreciate Pat Williams and his pretty gifted musicians!❤

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

Douglas used to Drive like he was playing Pole Position

[@joericci4094]

San Francisco was better in the 70s than when I was there in the late 90s early 2000s...That SUCKS!!!

[@MrMLD1972]

♥ .

[@marvinjoseph8093]

Lots of back alley scenes in Chinatown. Cool!

[@steijny]

COOL.

[@marisgarcia6314]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@noangel3652]

Wow same 2 cars zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz😞

[@craighorton3502]

V12 jag.