Music Index

Almost every episode of This Gun in My Hand has the same opening and closing music from two public domain films: The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) for the opening and Killer Bait (1949) for the closing. Falk's musical sting after saying his catchphrase is a burst of horns from the same opening music from The Sun Sets at Dawn. Below are other songs used in the series. The number after the hyphen is the episode it appears in. All music is either public domain, parody, original, or used under Creative Commons licenses. For more details, see show notes and credits for individual episodes.
(Updated November 18, 2024, up to and including episode 116.)

Big Combo, The (1955 public domain film, stripper music) - 47
"Billy's Theme (Guns and Ice Cream)" by Rob Northrup - 113
Birth of a Nation (1915 public domain film) - 86
Black Cobra 2 (1989 public domain film) - 10, 43
“Bläser, Trommler und Fahnenschwinger des Fanfarenzuges Ottheinrich beim Mittelalterfest in Eggenburg (11. Sept. 2011),” Fanfarenzug Ottheinrich - 21
"Bouncy Gypsy Beats" by John Bartmann - 70, 85
"Bullets and Bayonets" composed by John Philip Sousa, performed by The US Marine Band - 87
"Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine, parody by Rob Northrup - 4
Captain Starr of Space theme - 116
"Cash for Diabetic Test Strips" jingle, lyrics by Rob Northrup, melody "For He's the Jolly Good Fellow" - 93
"Chase Scene" by ROZKOL - 16, 17
"Close Call" by ROZKOL - 50
"Consolation, Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3, Adagio non troppo (E major)" composed by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Anonymous - 108
"Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" by Jack Yellen & Milton Ager, performed by Frank Crumit; Frank Banta (Rob Northrup vocals over the music) - 47
Crestablanca commercial - 30
D.O.A. (1949 public domain film) - 106
Dr. Sixgun theme - 116
“Dracula,” music from the first episode of Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) - 40
"The Fairy Queen, Z. 629," composed by Henry Purcell; performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester - 73, 108
"The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Sing While we Trip it Upon the Green" performed by Papalin - 25, 74
"Fight the Rascals that Flee" by Rob Northrup (Public Ornery) - 116
Five for Hell (1969 public domain film, aka 5 PER L'INFERNO) - 89
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (music from 1938 cliffhanger serial film) - 68, 103, 107
"Flight of the Carpenter Bee" by Steven Arntson - Episode 0 (The Liability of Keiko), 9, 17, 24, 56, 104, 116
"For He's the Jolly Good Fellow" (Cash for Diabetic Test Strips jingle) - 93
"Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter (rhythm of secret knock) - 20
"Grand Introductory Overture" from The Edison Minstrels (1913 public domain film) - 86
"Hail to the Spirit of Liberty" by John Philip Sousa, performed by US Marine Band - 101
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" performed by US Army Band - 44
"He Used To Be Your Man But He’s My Man Now" composed by Perry Bradford; performed by Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds, vocals by Edith Wilson - 66
"Here We Come A-wassailing" performed by US Army Band - 44
"Hillbilly Swing" by Kevin MacLeod - 66
"Hot Dog, This Guy's Got Moxie theme" (original) - 97
"Ich hör so gern Musik" by Rudi Schuricke, Performed by Willy Berking mit seinen Solisten mit Gesang - 34
"In the Pursuit of More Money and Better Drugs" by ROZKOL - 50, 51
"Ishikawa Ambience" by ROZKOL - 51
Kolchak: Night Stalker theme, whistled excerpt - 115
"Lachrimæ, or Seaven Teares - 9. Sir Henry Umpton’s Funeral" composed by John Dowland, performed by I Solipsisti - 91
"Le Regret, Op. 332" composed by Charles Mayer, performed by Olga Gurevich - 116
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm in Love With You)" music by Leo Friedman, lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson, performed by Carter's Orchestra - 112
Loner theme by Rob Northrup - 111
"Lounge.wav" by Sly_R - 45, 54
Löwenbräu jingle (“Here’s to Good Friends”) written by Bill Backer, parody by Rob Northrup - 88
"Matt's Beatbox Harmonies Loop (100 bpm)" by Mattc90 - 44
"A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 Wedding March" composed by Felix Medelssohn, performed by “European Archive” (Czech National Symphony Orchestra?) - 88
"Multitracks of Madness" original guitar, harmonica & ocarina by Rob Northrup - 83
"Mystery!" composed by Milton Ager, Joseph A. Cirina, Cliff Hess & Howard E. Johnson; performed by Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra - 66
Nick Carter, Master Detective (music from radio show 1943 by Lou White) - 79
"O Christmas Tree" by massi_1130 - 69
"Orpheus in the Underworld" by Offenbach - 21
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer commercial - 41
"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" composed by Leon Jessel; performed by United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, Concert Band - 69
"Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood," (Edvard Grieg, Musopen Symphony) - 13, 87
"Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - II. Aase's Death, " (Edvard Grieg, Musopen Symphony) - 52
"Pennies From Heaven" by John Burke & Arthur Johnston, performed by Hal Kemp And His Orchestra with vocals by Maxine Grey - 47
"The Pensacola Mooch" by Will Marion Cook, 1910 piano roll - 21
"Pop Goes the Weasel" (jack-in-the-box sound) - 39
"Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor" (Bach, performed by Malcolm Hamilton) - 14
"Razing of Heaven" by Joseph Earwicker - 47
"Reenactment3" recording of fife and drum music from Revolutionary War reeanactment - 32
"Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Sequence - Lacrymosa," Performed by Markus Staab, Composed by Mozart, arranged by Liszt? - 26, 55, 102
"Rhapsody in Blue" performed by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra with George Gershwin - 28
"Rockin' Robin" by Jimmie Thomas, performed by Bobby Day - 47
"Sassy Jazzy" by LaFaena - 107
Scar, The (1948 public domain film, aka Hollow Triumph) - 2, 11, 20, 22, 49, 58, 67, 75, 77, 84, 85, 95, 99
"Sesame Highway theme" written & performed by Rob Northrup - 45
"Soldier's Chorus from Faust" from The Edison Minstrels (1913 public domain film) - 86
Spy Smasher (music from 1942 public domain serial cliffhanger film) - 64
"Streets of Valencia" written & performed by John Bartmann - 109
Swan Lake music box - 86
"Symphony No.4, F Minor, Op.36 - III. Scherzo Pizzicato" by Tchaikovsky, performed by European Archives - 59
"Thewgosh musical sting" by Rob Northrup - 14
"This Gun is Crazy" melody from Hello Ma Baby with lyrics by Rob Northrup - 97
“Tishomingo Blues” (Spencer Williams, performed by The All Star Stompers) - 23
"DIE WALKURE-RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES Part 1" by Richard Wagner, performed by Victor Symphony Orchestra - 47
"Weekend" composed by Will Meisel, Performed by Eugen Grossman mit seinem Tanz-Orchester - 34
"What a Beautiful Name" by Jay Man / OurMusicBox - 12
"William Tell Overture Part 4 (Finale)," composed by Rossini, performed by Victor Symphony Orchestra - 43
"Windy Winds - Intro A” by Jay Man / OurMusicBox - 3, 4, 36, 76, 78
“Worth The Struggle" by Jay Man / OurMusic Box - 14
WPBC station ID by Rob Northrup - 16, 40, 50