Earle Hagen
Earle Harry Hagen (born July 9, 1919 in Chicago , Illinois , † May 26, 2008 in Rancho Mirage , California ) was an Oscar- nominated American film composer .
Career
Born in Chicago, Hagen moved to Los Angeles with his family at a young age . After graduating from high school , he joined various big bands as a trombonist and played alongside Tommy Dorsey , Benny Goodman and Ray Noble . In 1939, while at Noble, he wrote his best-known piece, Harlem Nocturne .
In the early 1940s he signed a contract as a studio musician with CBS , but then moved to 20th Century Fox , where he worked as an arranger until the early 1950s . During this time he worked, among other things, on Madame makes stories and blondes preferred . In 1952 he left Fox and from then on worked mainly as a television composer.
In 1968 he was awarded an Emmy for the music for the television series Tennis Rackets and Cannons ( I Spy ). The specialty of this multiple award-winning series was that each episode had its own opening credits, which thematically corresponded to the location. Until the mid-1980s, Hagen continued to work successfully as a television composer and also created music for the series Mike Hammer ( The Return Of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer ), the comedy show Make Room for Daddy and a whistled theme music for The Andy Griffith Show . The fact that the series The New Perry Mason (1973) was a flop was not due to Hagen's music. In 1974 and 1981 Hagen also contributed music to the television remakes of the Planet of the Apes .
literature
- Earle Hagen: Memoirs of a Famous Composer - Nobody Ever Heard Of , Xlibris Corporation (2002) - ISBN 0-73885-719-X (biography)
Filmography
watch TV
- 1961: The Andy Griffith Show
- 1961: tennis rackets and cannons
- 1961: The Dick Van Dyke Show
- 1972: The Mod Squad
- 1972: The Don Rickles Show
- 1973: Doc Elliot
- 1973: The New Perry Mason
- 1974: Planet of the Apes
- 1975: Big Eddie
- 1975: The Runaways
- 1976: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- 1977: Eight Is Enough
- 1981: Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
- 1986: The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Movie
- 1948: scream of the big city
- 1951: On the Riviera (On the Rivera)
- 1953: Blondes preferred
- 1953: Madame makes history (s)
- 1954: rhythm in the blood
- 1955: That's how people love in Paris
- 1958: The gift of love
- 1959: Only available in America
- 1959: All my dreams
- 1960: Let's do it with love
Awards
- 1961 - Oscar nomination for Let's Make Love
- 1966 - Emmy Nomination for Tennis, Racquets and Guns
- 1967 Emmy Nomination for Tennis, Racquets and Guns
- 1968 - Emmy Award for Tennis, Rackets and Guns
- 1981 - Emmy nomination for Stand by Your Man
Web links
- Earle Hagen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Best of All Worlds fan website
- Obituary (German)
- Sound carrier with film music by Earle Hagen
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hagen, Earle |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hagen, Earle Harry |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2008 |
Place of death | Rancho Mirage , California |