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- Drasnin spent most of his career composing music for television, although he also composed for feature films and created one especially popular album of "exotica" music that brought him fame late in life. He also was active as an educator, ushering hundreds of young composers into the craft of scoring for movies and TV.
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After Army service during the Korean War, he returned to UCLA as a graduate student and became associate conductor of the UCLA Symphony. During the 1950s he also played with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra and Red Norvo's quintet. In 1977 he became Director of Music for the CBS Network.
May 17, 2015 · norman lebrecht. May 17, 2015. Robert Drasnin, director of music for CBS television from 1977 to 1991, has died after a fall, aged 87. His own credits include composing the Mission Impossible...
Raised in Los Angeles, Drasnin started as an alto sax player, working with Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown, and other big bands. He later switched to flute and performed with small combos, including Red Norvo's. After the early 1950s, he worked primarily as a studio musician and arranger.
May 18, 2015 · Veteran TV composer left musical legacy for the boomer generation by Jon Burlingame. HOLLYWOOD—Robert Drasnin, who died Wednesday at the age of 87, may not be a household name. But if you grew up in the 1950s, '60s, or '70s, you almost certainly listened to his music.
Composer and performer Robert Drasnin (November 17, 1927-May 13, 2015) was born in Charleston. He performed with classic combos and big bands such as Tommy Dorsey and Les Brown, while his 1959 release Voodoo remains a classic of the “exotica” genre.
May 15, 2015 · Bob Drasnin was one of the last of the great composers of the classic era of TV that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s. He scored everything from The Twilight Zone and Playhouse 90 to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible .
After the early 1950s, he worked primarily as a studio musician and arranger. He earned a Master’s in composition at UCLA and became an associate conductor of the UCLA Symphony. In 1966, he scored CBS Playhouse’s Death of a Salesman which was produced by David Suskind.
