EARLE HAGEN (1919 - 2008)
In 2002 Film Score Monthly released a brand new album of five Earle Hagen “I Spy” scores on CD.
Direct from the soundtracks of
"So Long, Patrick Henry" - "A Time of the Knife" - "Turkish Delight," - "The Warlord" -
"Mainly on the Plains"
along with a 24-page booklet of liner notes and photos and foreword by Robert Culp
Buy it through Amazon
Read Earle Hagen's comments on "I Spy" music in the Archive
See the DEBORAH YOUNG-GROVES PAGE for an article on Earle Hagen 's music.
EARLE HAGEN, honored in 2000 by the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, wrote the opening theme and most of the music for “I Spy.” His jazz-oriented scores for the series netted him an Emmy in 1967.
 Musician, composer and arranger, he played trombone with the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands. Following World War II Earle Hagen turned to composing and arranging, working both in the recording industry and at 20th Century Fox alongside the legendary Alfred Newman. In 1953 he formed the Spencer Hagen Orchestra.
A pioneer of music in television, Earle Hagen has provided the musical elements for over a thousand hours of TV drama and comedy.
Probably one of his most famous compositions is the luscious “Harlem Nocturne” which he wrote while an arranger with the Ray Noble Orchestra. He also did the theme tunes for the ANDY GRIFFITH and DICK VAN DYKE SHOWS. Other Earle Hagen programs include THE MOD SQUAD, EIGHT IS ENOUGH, the DANNY THOMAS SHOW, The DUKES OF HAZARD, THAT GIRL, GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C. and MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN.
Earle Hagen's motion picture credits include THE NEW INTERNS, the Marilyn Monroe classic LET'S MAKE LOVE, MAN ON A TIGHTROPE and cult film KISS OF DEATH.
 Earle Hagen is also the author of the definitive texts, Scoring For Films and Advanced Techniques For Film Scoring, which are required reading for anyone studying composition for motion pictures. He was also the mastermind behind the BMI Earle Hagen Workshop for Film Scoring, which has produced many of today's composers in Tv and movies. There is an archive of his scores at UCLA (including “I Spy”).
Earle Hagen, composer of the music from “I Spy” has now published his autobiography
"Memoirs of a Famous Composer - Nobody Ever Heard Of"
Order Earle Hagen's autobiography on line
And be sure to visit the EARLE HAGEN website, "The Best of All Worlds"
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