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Goodbye, Earle Hagen
Earle Hagen created many television worlds: the whistling town of Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show, the cheerful and playful Dick Van Dyke Show and the intense if campy underworld of The Mod Squad. In all, he composed music for over ...

Remembering Earle Hagen | PopWatch Blog | EW.com
You may not know his name — he titled his autobiography Memoirs of a Famous Composer Nobody Ever Heard Of — but you know Earle Hagen's music. Hagen, who died Monday at age 88, was one of TV's most prolific composers, the man behind such ...

Earle Hagen, Andy Griffith Show, Mod Squad, I Spy composer (RIP ...
From the Associated Press (photo from EarleHagen.net):. 6Edfa1E0-1 During his long musical career, Hagen performed with the top bands of the swing era, composed for movies and television, and wrote one of the first textbooks on movie ...

looking for the earle hagen version of harlem nocturne
hello i'm wondering if anyone knows where i could get a good version of harlem nocturne by earle hagen i played this as a solo in my middle school jazz band last year only it was easier and i would like to play the harder version but i ...

The man behind the theme
Earle Hagen composed some of the most recognizable instrumentals of the 20th century. Hagen, who was 88 when he died Monday, wrote the themes to these 1960s TV shows, each expressing the essence of the show and its setting in less than ...

SoundtrackNet : News : "Andy Griffith" theme, "I Spy" composer ...
"The music just flowed from him," wife Laura said of composer Earle Hagen. Hagen, who is heard whistling the folksy tune for "The Andy Griffith Show," died at his home in Rancho Mirage, his wife, Laura, said Tuesday. ...

Reid My Blog!: Lawyers Mourn the Death of Earle Hagen
Earle Hagen was, I am sure, a good client for his intellectual property lawyer, but lawyers everywhere are mourning his death earlier this week. Mr. Hagen, unknown to most of us by name, is the composer and whistler of the...

newcritics - » Earle Hagen, 1919-2008
If it had only been the whistle, Earle Hagen would have qualified for major send-off from TV Land. That's his own windy pursed lips at the beginning of The Andy Griffith Show as Andy and Opie head to the fishing hole, and it's his tune ...

News: Legendary Emmy-Winning Composer Earle Hagen Dead at 88
“Earle Hagen, his heart and his music will always be one of our most precious assets in the composing community,” said BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. “He gave willingly of himself to mentor, educate and inspire. ...

Harlem Jazz Trotters
@Earle Hagen : Originally written as a tribute to saxophonist Johnny Earle Hodges, Hagen confirms that “Harlem Nocturne” was inspired by Duke Ellington's band. (Many years later) Earle Hagen used it as the signature theme for the ...