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Nov 21, 2008 · Irving Gertz, a prolific though often uncredited B-movie composer whose melodies haunt a spate of pictures with words like “Hell,” “Thing” and “Creature” in the titles, died on Nov. 14 at his...
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Nov 16, 2008 · GERTZ, Irving Passed away peacefully, Friday November 14th at his home in West Los Angeles. He was 93 years old. Mr. Gertz was the youngest of eight children, born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Nov 20, 2008 · Irving Gertz, a film and television composer who contributed music to 1950s science-fiction films such as “It Came From Outer Space” and “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and to 1960s TV series...
Prolific B-movie composer Irving Gertz died at his Los Angeles home on 14 November 2008. Born 19 May 1915 in Providence, Rhode Island, he composed or contributed to the scores of more than 200 movies, mostly for Columbia, Universal, and 20th Century Fox.
Irving Gertz (May 19, 1915 – November 14, 2008) was an American composer recognized for his compositions for many fantasy and horror B-movies and TV series of the 1950s and 1960s.
Read Irving Gertz's Guardian Obituary. * Read Irving Gertz's Variety Obituary. A composer in demand for Hollywood B-movies from the 1940s on, Gertz achieved particular success with breakout hits It Came From Outer Space (1953) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).
