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Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts for Nat Towles.
Neal Hefti was a composer, conductor, arranger and trumpeter who wrote the iconic Batman theme song and other popular tunes. He also worked on TV shows, movies and video games, and died in 2008 at age 85.
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Oct 16, 2008 · Neal Hefti, whose renown as a forward-looking composer and arranger for Woody Herman and Count Basie was probably overwhelmed forever after he went to Hollywood and wrote the theme for the 1960’s...
Jun 10, 2016 · Music video by Neal Hefti & his Orchestra and Chorus performing Batman Theme (audio). (C) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment ...more.
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Considered to be one of the greatest arrangers of all time, for Count Basie Neal Hefti wrote and arranged the iconic album “Atomic Basie”, aka “E=MC2, Count ...
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Oct 15, 2008 · Neal Hefti reached a wide audience through the theme songs he composed for TV's Batman and The Odd Couple. But he was also a talented jazz arranger who got his start with the Charlie Barnett and...