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Morton Stevens (Newark, 30 gennaio 1929 – Encino, 11 novembre 1991) è stato un compositore statunitense, conosciuto soprattutto per aver composto la colonna sonora di Hawaii Five-O, una serie televisiva della CBS per la quale ha vinto due Emmy Awards nel 1970 e nel 1974.
Composer. Morton Stevens (January 30, 1929 – November 11, 1991) was an American film score composer. In 1965, he became director of music for CBS West Coast operations. He is probably best known for composing the theme music for Hawaii Five-O, a CBS television series for which he won two Emmy Awards in 1970 and 1974. [1]
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The Ventures' version
The Ventures' cover of the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, peaking at no. 4 on May 10, 1969, and 11 weeks on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, rising to no. 8 on May 17. It was also the title track of their 1969 album Hawaii Five-O. In Canada, it peaked at no. 5 in the May 12, 1969, issue of RPMmagazine.
Other versions
Although the theme is most widely known as an instrumental, it has been released with at least two similar but different sets of lyrics. The first, "You Can Come with Me" by Don Ho, opens with an instrumental in the familiar tempo, then settles into a ballad style for the sung portion. The second, by Sammy Davis Jr., titled "You Can Count on Me (Theme from Hawaii Five-O)", maintains the driving style of the original instrumental throughout. Another version composed by Brian Tyler was used in...
In March 2015, Stevens' adult children, Lisa Stevens Brown and Mark Stevens, sued CBS in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for copyright infringement stemming from the re-use of the music in the 2010 series. The suit alleged that when Stevens died in 1991, the right to renew the copyright in the work had reverted to the...
The theme is popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii, where it has become the unofficial fight song. The tune has also been heard at Robertson Stadium after Houston Dynamo goals scored by Brian Ching, a native of Hawaii. Because of the tempo of the music, the theme gained popularity in the UK with...
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Music Department. Composer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Mort Stevens got his start in the 1950s as Sammy Davis Jr.'s arranger and conductor. He then went into composing various scores for network television, as well as becoming music supervisor for CBS in the 1960s.
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- Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Encino, California, USA
The tune was composed by Morton Stevens, who also composed numerous episode scores. The theme was recorded by the Ventures, whose version reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. [28] Because of the tempo of the music, the theme gained popularity in the UK with followers of Northern soul and was popular on dance floors in ...
Morton Stevens was an American film score composer. In 1965, he became director of music for CBS West Coast operations. He is probably best known for composing the theme music for Hawaii Five-O, a CBS television series for which he won two Emmy Awards in 1970 and 1974.
12 nov 1991 · Composer Morton Stevens, whose “Hawaii Five-O” theme is among the best-known in television history, died Monday at his home in Encino. The Emmy winner was 62 and lost a battle to pancreatic...
