Earle Hagen, the composer of the theme songs for The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Andy Griffith show among others, died today at age 88. He was one of the greats of television music and will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family.

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Earle was a great and kind man - and one heck of a golfer in addition to his gifts as a composer. It's Earle doing the whistling on his theme for The Andy Griffith Show and his range of musical talent was unexcelled.

Lucky heaven.

He wrote a book called "Scoring for Film" which is a handbook for film/TV composers.

As you know, we have his theme songs as ringtones for your cellphone:

currently available are:
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mod Squad
I Spy

text 'clstv' (as in Classic TV!) to 32852 to get these classic tv ringtones on any T Mobile, AT&T/Cingular, or Verizon wireless device.

When you send the text, you'll get a text back taking you to a download page where you can select which ringtone to download. Verizon coming shortly.

coming soon:

Gomer Pyle USMC
Make Room For Daddy
The Danny Thomas Show

Earle's contributions to classic TV will never be lost or forgotten.

Doug