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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

This composer has written for television, from one of his earliest composing jobs on the show "Lost in Space" to, more recently, theme music for the NBC nightly news. He has composed for civic functions, such as the rededication of the Statue of Liberty. He also composed the popular fanfare "Summon the Heroes" in 1996, but he has also composed music for the Olympics of 1984, 1986, and 2002! As a studio pianist in the 1960s, he can be heard on the scores to films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird," and television shows such as Peter Gunn.