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Albert Glasser (1916–1998)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

One of the most prolific B-movie composers, Albert Glasser started off as a copyist in the music department at Warner Brothers in the late 1930s, learning the art of film scoring from scratch while working under such big guns as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He graduated to orchestrating, and by the mid-'40s was composing and directing his own scores... See full bio »

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in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2005 The Naked Monster
 
1972 The Cremators
 
1968 El tesoro de Atahualpa
 
1962 Air Patrol
 
1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater
 
1961 20,000 Eyes
 
1961 Kipling's Women (uncredited)
 
1960 The High Powered Rifle
 
1960 Tormented
 
1960 The Boy and the Pirates
 
1960 Oklahoma Territory
 
1959 Inside the Mafia
 
1959 The Beat Generation (uncredited)
 
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon
 
1958 Monster from Green Hell
 
1958 The Mugger
 
1958 When Hell Broke Loose
 
1958 Cop Hater
 
1958 Earth vs. the Spider
 
1958 Teenage Cave Man (as Al Glasser)
 
1958 War of the Colossal Beast
 
1958 Girl in the Woods
 
1958 High School Confidential!
 
1958 Snowfire
 
1958 Attack of the Puppet People
 
1958 Giant from the Unknown
 
1957 The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
 
1957 The Amazing Colossal Man
 
1957 Motorcycle Gang
 
1957 Street of Sinners
 
1957 The Hired Gun
 
1957 Valerie
 
1957 The Buckskin Lady (music composed by)
 
1957 The Cyclops
 
1957 Beginning of the End
 
1957 Bailout at 43,000
 
1957 Destination 60,000
 
1957 The Big Caper
 
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
 
1956 Flight to Hong Kong
 
1956 The Boss
 
1956 Huk!
 
1956 Please Murder Me
 
1956 Indestructible Man (uncredited)
 
1950-1956 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
– Tangled Trails (1956)
– Magician of Jamesville (1956)
– Dangerous Shoemaker (1956)
– West of the Law (1956)
– Kilts and Sombreros (1956) (uncredited)
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1955 Top of the World
 
1955 Murder Is My Beat (as Al Glasser)
 
1954 Dragon's Gold
 
1954 Mayor of the Town (TV series)
 
1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (music)
 
1953 Paris Model
 
1953 Man of Conflict
 
1953 The Neanderthal Man
 
1953 Port Sinister
 
1953 Problem Girls
 
1952 Invasion USA
 
1952 Geisha Girl
 
1952 Paradise for Buster (short)
 
1951 The Bushwhackers
 
1951 Secrets of Beauty (as Al Glasser)
 
1951 Oriental Evil
 
1951 Tokyo File 212
 
1951 Three Desperate Men
 
1950 The Bandit Queen
 
1950 Border Rangers
 
1950 Big Town (TV series)
 
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid (uncredited)
 
1950 Everybody's Dancin' (uncredited)
 
1950 The Girl from San Lorenzo
 
1949 Tough Assignment
 
1949 Apache Chief (uncredited)
 
1949 Satan's Cradle
 
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
 
1949 The Daring Caballero
 
1949 Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
 
1949 Grand Canyon
 
1949 The Gay Amigo
 
1949 I Shot Jesse James
 
1949 Hollywood Varieties (uncredited)
 
1948 Last of the Wild Horses
 
1948 The Valiant Hombre (uncredited)
 
1948 Urubu
 
1948 In This Corner
 
1948 The Return of Wildfire
 
1948 Assigned to Danger
 
1948 The Cobra Strikes (uncredited)
 
1947 Trail of the Mounties
 
1947 Where the North Begins
 
1947 Gas House Kids in Hollywood
 
1947 Killer at Large (short)
 
1947 Border Feud (uncredited)
 
1947 Philo Vance Returns
 
1947 Law of the Lash
 
1946 Abilene Town (as Al Glasser)
 
1945 The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico
 
1945 The Cisco Kid Returns
 
1945 The Kid Sister (uncredited)
 
1944 Call of the Jungle
 
1944 The Contender
 
1944 The Monster Maker
 
1944 The Negro Soldier (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Klondike Kate (uncredited)
 
1941 Under Fiesta Stars (uncredited)
 
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2005 The Naked Monster (conductor)
 
1965 Deadwood '76 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1962 Air Patrol (conductor)
 
1960 The High Powered Rifle (conductor)
 
1960 The Boy and the Pirates (conductor)
 
1959 The Beat Generation (conductor)
 
1959 Operation Dames (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon (conductor, music supervisor)
 
1958 Cop Hater (conductor)
 
1958 Earth vs. the Spider (conductor)
 
1958 War of the Colossal Beast (conductor)
 
1958 Attack of the Puppet People (conductor)
 
1957 The Amazing Colossal Man (conductor)
 
1957 Motorcycle Gang (musical director)
 
1957 Street of Sinners (musical director)
 
1957 Valerie (conductor)
 
1957 The Buckskin Lady (conductor)
 
1957 Beginning of the End (conductor)
 
1957 Bailout at 43,000 (conductor)
 
1957 Four Boys and a Gun (conductor)
 
1956 Flight to Hong Kong (conductor)
 
1955 Top of the World (musical director)
 
1955 Murder Is My Beat (conductor - as Al Glasser)
 
1954 Top Banana (musical director)
 
1953 Paris Model (musical director)
 
1953 Man of Conflict (musical director)
 
1953 Problem Girls (conductor)
 
1951 Oriental Evil (conductor)
 
1951 Tokyo File 212 (musical director)
 
1951 Three Desperate Men (conductor, musical director - uncredited)
 
1950 The Bandit Queen (musical director)
 
1950 Border Rangers (musical director)
 
1950 Train to Tombstone (musical director)
 
1950 The Return of Jesse James (musical director)
 
1950 Gunfire (musical director)
 
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid (musical director)
 
1950 Rocketship X-M (musical director, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1950 Everybody's Dancin' (musical director)
 
1950 Western Pacific Agent (musical director)
 
1949 Apache Chief (musical director)
 
1949 Satan's Cradle (musical director)
 
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo (musical director - uncredited)
 
1949 The Daring Caballero (musical director)
 
1949 Grand Canyon (conductor - uncredited)
 
1949 The Gay Amigo (musical director)
 
1949 Hollywood Varieties (musical director)
 
1948 Last of the Wild Horses (conductor - uncredited)
 
1948 The Valiant Hombre (musical director)
 
1948 Urubu (musical director)
 
1948 The Return of Wildfire (conductor - uncredited)
 
1948 Summer Holiday (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1947 Gas House Kids Go West (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1947 A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: The Luckiest Guy in the World (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1947 A Really Important Person (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Sure Cures (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Boys' Ranch (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Bikini, the Atom Island (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Our Old Car (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Musical Masterpieces (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Magic on a Stick (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Golden Hunch (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 People on Paper (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 She Went to the Races (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Stairway to Light (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 The Great American Mug (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Strange Destiny (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 A Gun in His Hand (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Phantoms, Inc. (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Fall Guy (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 It Looks Like Rain (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Little White Lie (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 This Man's Navy (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Dark Shadows (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Nothing But Trouble (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Firebrands of Arizona (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Return from Nowhere (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 An American Romance (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Grandpa Called It Art (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Patrolling the Ether (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 A Great Day's Coming (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Nostradamus IV (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Russia (documentary) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Sunset Serenade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Call of the Canyon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sons of the Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Cyclone Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Home in Wyomin' (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sunset on the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 South of Santa Fe (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Red River Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sierra Sue (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Jesse James at Bay (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 King of the Texas Rangers (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
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1959 The Beat Generation (music: "Headed for the Blues", "To the Moon", "Don't Bust Me Daddy-O")
 
1958 Attack of the Puppet People (music: "You're My Living Doll")
 
1957 Valerie (music: "Valerie")
 
1957 The Buckskin Lady (music: "The Buckskin Lady")
 
1949 Grand Canyon (music: "Love Time in Grand Canyon", "Serenade to a Mule")
 
1949 I Shot Jesse James (writer: "Some Day", "The Minstrel Song")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1962 Zotz!
Nikita Khruschev (uncredited)
 
1949 I Shot Jesse James
Musician (uncredited)
 
1948 The Return of Wildfire
Guitar player (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1988 Hanna's War (sound editor)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1986 Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Works: "Concerto" (violin and orchestra); "Two Preludes" (orchestra); "Pied Piper of Hamelin"; "Sextette for Flute, Piano & String Quartet"; "Sonata" (viola and piano); "The Raven" (tone poem); "Concerto for String Bass"; and an arrangement... See more »

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