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Herschel Burke Gilbert (April 20, 1918 – June 8, 2003) was an American orchestrator, musical supervisor, and composer of film and television scores and theme songs, including The Rifleman (starring Chuck Connors), Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, and The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Hershel Burke Gilbert (1918-2003) talks about his early interest in music and his studies in college (including eventually studying conducting and composing at Julliard), and his part in a local dance band.
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Jun 13, 2003 · Herschel Burke Gilbert. Composer, Music Arranger for Film and Television. Gilbert was born in 1918 and educated at the prestigious Julliard School of Music in New York, later beginning to play the viola with such music personalities as Harry James.
Herschel Burke Gilbert. Composer, arranger and orchestrator of prolific output. Trained on violin and leader of his own dance band by the age of fifteen. Studied at the Juilliard Institute of Musical Art (1939-41), subsequently learned composition under the tutelage of Aaron Copland , Leonard Bernstein, and Lukas Foss.
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Jun 14, 2003 · Herschel Burke Gilbert, an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated composer who wrote the memorable music for “The Rifleman” and a string of other TV shows, has died. He was 85. Gilbert, who later...
Herschel Burke Gilbert. Music Department: Carmen Jones. Composer, arranger and orchestrator of prolific output. Trained on violin and leader of his own dance band by the age of fifteen.
