Batman theme composer Neal Hefti dies

[bijou]

Neal Hefti, composer of the theme from the Batman TV series, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 85.

The iconic music, which Hefti described as the "hardest piece I ever wrote", was a Top 40 hit and won a Grammy Award in 1966 for best instrumental theme.

He also composed music for Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple and Harlow, which featured his track Girl Talk.

The trumpeter worked with many of the greats of the Big Band era, including Count Basie and Woody Herman.

He also worked with Frank Sinatra on two albums, Sinatra and Swingin' Brass plus Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First.

...

[youtube=425,350]uXvXz7OqgbY[/youtube]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7671263.stm

RIP. What a classic theme tune he came up with, on top of everything else he did. 

[Airwolf]

Thats good but its not the original theme. Iits sad that we have lost three TV theme composers recently. Alexsander Courage,Neil Hefti and Earl Hagen.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46bQNssQWQ[/youtube]

At least I got to meet Adam West and Yvonne Craig. The rest of the cast is pretty much gone.