Fans,
As is well known, the original 1967 Josette's music box theme was a track composed for Patrick McGoohan's series THE PRISONER. I presume that this track somehow wound up in an ABC music library and that was how it found its way into our show. I believe that episode of the McGoohan series was filmed sometime in the Fall of 1966 but I'd have to check that. The series was broadcast on ABC, I think, sometime in 1967. When the 1795 storyline started on DS, Robert Cobert composed a new tune for the music box which was then used for the remainder of the series. I was quite startled and perplexed (no internet and no DS reference books available then) when I first saw the 1967 shows in a 1976 syndication and the tune was different from the one I had known.
Anyhow, I was quite surprised when the tune showed up as background music in a scene in the 1972 ACE OF WANDS serial, "Mama Doc." It's heard starting around the 8 minute 30 second mark here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCFay1dXFIEACE OF WANDS was produced by Thames television, which I think had merged with the studio that had produced THE PRISONER (Britain's ABC network), sometime around 1968. I'd have to check Wikipedia for the specifics and dates.
ACE OF WANDS is about a stage magician named Tarot who gets involved with various occult themed mysteries. In some ways it's reminiscent of 1970s DOCTOR WHO. Tarot's companions are a brother and sister, Chaz and Micki.
The whole topic of "library music" in television and films is a fascinating one. There are some really great tracks that wound up being circulated in this fashion.
G.