No Place to Hide (Lost in Space) were prodigies, and Don West was identified as a doctor of geology. The pilot did not include later series regulars Dr. Zachary Smith or the Robot, and featured no scary monsters. It was instead about the adventures of the Robinsons, a happy family. The cooperative, friendly family depicted in the pilot were somewhat less so in the series, and still more different from the dysfunctional space family depicted in the 1998 spin-off motion picture. The theme music for this pilot was taken from the 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Nearly all of the footage from the pilot
Lost in Space the music for Lost in Space included Alexander Courage, who contributed six scores to the series. There have been a number of "Lost in Space" soundtrack CDs released. "Lost in Space" was picked up for syndication in most major U.S. markets. By 1969, the show was declared to be the #1 syndicated program in markets such as Houston, Milwaukee, Miami and even New York City, where it was said that the only competition to "Lost in Space" was "I Love Lucy". The program didn't have the staying power throughout the 1970s of its supposed rival, "Star Trek". Part of the