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Hoyt Curtin
Composer, Additional Credits
Born September 9, 1922Died December 3, 2000 (78 years)
Hoyt Curtin was born in Downey, California, but grew up in San Bernadino. He began playing the piano when he was 5, and by ninth grade, he had his own orchestra. He graduated from the San Bernadino High School in 1940 and the University of Southern California in 1943. While at USC, he enrolled in the Navy V-7 program, and after graduation, was assigned to Northwestern University for advanced training. He received his commission as an ensign in 1944 and was assigned to the destroyer base in San Diego. He saw duty in the Pacific during World War II and was slightly injured with a shrapnel wound in his leg. After the war, he completed his Master's Degree in music from USC. While there, he took a course in composition for motion pictures, taught by Miklos Rozsa. His intention was to be a film composer. However, his big break came in the late 1950s when he scored a Schlitz beer commercial that was being produced at MGM. The producers of the commercial were William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who asked Curtin if he would write the music for a cartoon series they were going to produce, called "Ruff and Ready." The producers called him on the phone with the lyrics, and five minutes later Curtin called them back with a song. When Hanna and Barbera left MGM to form their own company in 1957, they took Curtin along. Curtin would write the songs for "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons," the same way he wrote his earlier songs; back and forth on the telephone. He eventually became the musical director for the company. Curtin died on December 3, 2000, at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, California.
Hoyt Curtin Filmography
| 2001 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears · as Composer |
| 1988 | Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf · as Composer |
| 1988 | Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School · as Composer |
| 1988 | Rockin' with Judy Jetson · as Composer |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | The New Yogi Bear Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1988 | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats · as Composer |
| 1987 | 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Yogi's Great Escape · as Composer |
| 1987 | The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones · as Composer |
| 1987 | Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers · as Composer |
| 1987 | Popeye and Son (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1987 | Rock Odyssey · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Foofur (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1986 | Wildfire (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1986 | The Flintstone Kids (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1986 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords · as Composer |
| 1985 | Pound Puppies (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | The Pound Puppies · as Composer |
| 1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Paw Paws (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Yogi's Treasure Hunt (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Galtar and the Golden Lance (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1984 | Snorks (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1984 | Challenge of the GoBots (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1983 | Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1983 | Monchhichis (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1983 | My Smurfy Valentine · as Composer |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Christmas Comes to PacLand · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | The Smurfs Christmas Special · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Heidi's Song · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Pac-Man (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1982 | Mork & Mindy (1982) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1982 | The Smurfs Springtime Special · as Composer |
| 1981 | Laverne & Shirley in the Army (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1981 | The Smurfs (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | The Flintstones' New Neighbors · as Composer |
| 1979 | Scooby Goes Hollywood · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | C.H.O.M.P.S. · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1979 | Casper and the Angels (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1979 | The New Fred and Barney Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Battle of the Planets (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | Dinky Dog (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Yogi's Space Race (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | The All-New Popeye Hour (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | Jana of the Jungle (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | Godzilla (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | Blast-Off Buzzard (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Fred Flintstone & Friends (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | CB Bears (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Shake, Rattle, and Roll (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Undercover Elephant (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Heyyy, It's the King! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Posse Impossible (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Mumbly Cartoon Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1976 | Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Scooby-Doo Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1976 | Clue Club (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1975 | NBC Special Treat (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1975 | The Great Grape Ape Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1974 | Devlin (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1974 | Partridge Family 2200 AD (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1974 | Hong Kong Phooey (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1974 | Shootout in a One Dog Town · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Goober and the Ghost Chasers (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1973 | Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1973 | Super Friends (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1973 | Inch High, Private Eye (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | Yogi's Ark Lark · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | The Roman Holidays (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1971 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | Wilderness Journey · as Composer |
| 1968 | Wacky Races (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1965 | Precious Pupp (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Linus the Lionhearted (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Jonny Quest (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | The Peter Potamus Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Breezly and Sneezly (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Magilla Gorilla (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1962 | The Jetsons (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1962 | Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Yogi Bear Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1960 | Q.T. Hush (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1960 | The Flintstones (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1959 | Loopy De Loop (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1959 | The Beany and Cecil Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1959 | Quick Draw McGraw (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Huckleberry Hound Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1957 | The Ruff and Reddy Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
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| 1953 | |
| 1952 | For Men Only · as Composer |
| 1950 |
| 1988 | Garbage Pail Kids (TV Series) · as Music Director |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Sky Commanders (TV Series) · as Music Director |
| 1983 | The Smurfs Halloween Special · as Sound |
| 1977 | A Flintstone Christmas · as Songs |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? · as Music Arranger |
| 1961 | Top Cat (TV Series) · as Music Director |