Moonlighting was a popular tv series, created in 1985 by writer Glenn Gordon Caron, centering on Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd), a former model who loses most of her financial assets due to her accountant's embezzlement but unexpectedly finds that she owns a detective agency. She teams up with cocky, chauvinistic investigator David Addison (Bruce Willis) to run the agency and becomes embroiled in various unusual cases.
Quite a few episodes had sound scores with contemporary R&B music. The linking pin between the producers of the series (a/o Bruce personally, who was an avid fan of Brother Ray) may have been musical director Alf Clausen, who as an arranger also collaborated on a few of Ray's albums.
In Episode 40, season 4, titled A Trip to the Moon (directed by Allan Arkush, first aired on 9 or 29 September 1987), Ray Charles was abundantly represented with adjusted versions of Hit The Road Jack, Georgia On My Mind and What'd I Say, all done with The Raelettes, also acting it out nicely.
Ray, Raelettes, and David (Bruce Willis) - video still. |
Moonlighting 17:15
In the very last scene of the series; David and Maddie almost got married. The song (sound score) to illustrate that was We'll Be Together Again by Ray Charles and Betty Carter:
DVD: Lions Gate, September 12, 2006, ASIN: B000GEIRVY.
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