Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Earle Hagen 1919-2008

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Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 05-27-2008, 06:30 PM:

Born on July 9 1919.

Passed away on May 26 2008.

He composed music for MANY filmed TV shows, including THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, where he whistled the theme.

RIP.

Posted by Christos Mitsakis (Member # 143) on 05-28-2008, 08:51 AM:

Quite a character, I SPY was among, if not his best, works for TV. Author of 3 books: Scoring for film , Advanced techniques for film scoring , The only ones addressing the mechanics of film scoring at the time of first publishing and his memoirs: Memoirs of a Famous Composer-Nobody Ever Heard of.
RIP

Christos.