The Week the Theme Songs Died
May. 29th, 2008 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sdelmonteTwo days ago, Earle Hagen passed on. He wrote the themes for such TV series as the Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith shows. He was also the whistler in the latter. I bet you are hearing one of those songs in your head right now.
Yesterday, Alexander Courage died. He wrote the theme for Star Trek. And now that classic theme, used so many times in so many versions of Trek, is in your head as well.
RIP, gentlemen.
ETA: I've now also seen that Joseph Pevney, a noted TV director whose credits include 17 episodes of Star Trek, died on May 18. Tis a sad day for Trek fandom, alas.
Yesterday, Alexander Courage died. He wrote the theme for Star Trek. And now that classic theme, used so many times in so many versions of Trek, is in your head as well.
RIP, gentlemen.
ETA: I've now also seen that Joseph Pevney, a noted TV director whose credits include 17 episodes of Star Trek, died on May 18. Tis a sad day for Trek fandom, alas.
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Date: May. 29th, 2008 01:01 pm (UTC)