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Herbert W. Spencer (1905–1992)

Music Department | Composer | Soundtrack

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Worked on more than thirty films with composer-arranger-conductor 'Alfred Newman'. See more trivia »

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Herbert Winfield Spencer
in Santiago, Chile

Died:

(age 87) in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1990 Home Alone (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1990 Presumed Innocent (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1989 Always (orchestrator)
 
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1988 The Accidental Tourist (orchestrator - as Herb Spencer)
 
1987 Empire of the Sun (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1987 The Witches of Eastwick (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (orchestrator: archive footage)
 
1985 Return to Oz (orchestrator)
 
1985 Cocoon (orchestrator)
 
1985 The Aviator (orchestrator - as Herb Spencer)
 
1984 The River (orchestrator)
 
1984 2010 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (orchestrator - as Herb Spencer)
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (orchestrator)
 
1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (underscore orchestrator - as Herb Spencer)
 
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (orchestrator)
 
1981 Heartbeeps (orchestrator)
 
1981 Zorro: The Gay Blade (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (orchestrator)
 
1981 Clash of the Titans (orchestrator)
 
1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1980 SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (TV documentary) (orchestrator)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (orchestrator)
 
1979 1941 (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1979 Meteor (orchestrator)
 
1979 Dracula (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1979 Breaking Away (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1978 Superman (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1978 Who'll Stop the Rain (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1978 The Cheap Detective (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1977 Star Wars (orchestrator)
 
1977 Black Sunday (orchestrator)
 
1976 The Return of a Man Called Horse (orchestrator)
 
1975 The Man Who Would Be King (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1974 The Towering Inferno (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar (music coordinator)
 
1972 Man of La Mancha (musical associate - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1970 Scrooge (original score, original song)
 
1970 MASH (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1969 Hello, Dolly! (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1969 The Undefeated (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1968 A Flea in Her Ear (orchestrator)
 
1968 Funny Girl (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1968 Bandolero! (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1960-1968 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series) (composer: theme music - 214 episodes)
– Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) (composer: theme music)
– A Girl for Goober (1968) (composer: theme music)
– Opie and Mike (1968) (composer: theme music)
– Emmett's Anniversary (1968) (composer: theme music)
– Helen's Past (1968) (composer: theme music)
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1967 Valley of the Dolls (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1967 The Naked Runner (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1967 Chuka (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1967 A Guide for the Married Man (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1966 Smoky (orchestrator)
 
1966 The Night of the Grizzly (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1964 The Pleasure Seekers (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1963 Cleopatra (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1962 Two Weeks in Another Town (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1961 The Pleasure of His Company (orchestrator)
 
Make Room for Daddy (TV series) (music by - 8 episodes, 1961) (music - 4 episodes, 1953-1961)
– The Scoutmaster (1961) (music by)
– Rusty's Punishment (1961) (music by)
– Danny and the Hoodlums (1961) (music by)
– Old Man Danny (1961) (music by)
– Everything Happens to Me (1961) (music by)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1961 All Hands on Deck (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1960 Flaming Star (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1960 Let's Make Love (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1960 Wake Me When It's Over (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1959 Never So Few (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1959 Hound-Dog Man (orchestrator)
 
1959 The Best of Everything (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1959 Holiday for Lovers (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1959 Say One for Me (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1959 Never Steal Anything Small (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1958 Fräulein (orchestrator)
 
1957 Spring Reunion (conductor - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1956 Carousel (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1955 Guys and Dolls (music collaborator: background music - uncredited)
 
1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (composer: theme music - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1954 Where's Raymond? (TV series) (music by - 1 episode)
– Redecorate the Coffeshop (1954) (music by - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1953 Island in the Sky (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (composer: theme music - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1953 The President's Lady (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1953 Titanic (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1953 Call Me Madam (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms (orchestrator)
 
1953 The I Don't Care Girl (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1952 Return of the Texan (orchestrator)
 
1951 Golden Girl (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1951 Meet Me After the Show (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1951 The Secret of Convict Lake (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1951 The Frogmen (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1951 Half Angel (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1951 Call Me Mister (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 I'll Get By (orchestrator)
 
1950 My Blue Heaven (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 Panic in the Streets (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 Love That Brute (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 Wabash Avenue (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1950 Under My Skin (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll (orchestrator - as Herbert Spenver)
 
1949 I Was a Male War Bride (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 You're My Everything (music arranger: orchestral music - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 It Happens Every Spring (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (orchestral arranger - uncredited)
 
1948 That Wonderful Urge (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 Apartment for Peggy (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 Cry of the City (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 Road House (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 The Luck of the Irish (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 The Walls of Jericho (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1948 Give My Regards to Broadway (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 Fury at Furnace Creek (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1948 You Were Meant for Me (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1947 Forever Amber (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1947 Mother Wore Tights (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1947 Boomerang! (orchestrator)
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (orchestral arranger - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1946 Wake Up and Dream (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Margie (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Centennial Summer (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1946 Do You Love Me (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1946 Sentimental Journey (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Claudia and David (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Diamond Horseshoe (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling (orchestrator - as Herbert Spencer)
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 The Lodger (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Know Your Ally: Britain (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Happy Land (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Paris After Dark (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Wintertime (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Holy Matrimony (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Coney Island (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 My Friend Flicka (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 The Fighting Guerrillas (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 China Girl (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 The Black Swan (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air] (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Iceland (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 The Man in the Trunk (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Berlin Correspondent (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Holiday Inn (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Thru Different Eyes (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 It Happened in Flatbush (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Whispering Ghosts (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Prelude to War (documentary) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Moontide (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Rings on Her Fingers (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Secret Agent of Japan (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Remember the Day (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 The Perfect Snob (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Rise and Shine (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Confirm or Deny (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 I Wake Up Screaming (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Swamp Water (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Accent on Love (orchestrator)
 
1941 A Very Young Lady (orchestrator)
 
1941 Man Hunt (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 For Beauty's Sake (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 The Cowboy and the Blonde (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 That Night in Rio (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Scotland Yard (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Dead Men Tell (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Hudson's Bay (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Jennie (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Street of Memories (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Down Argentine Way (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Bride Wore Crutches (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Great Profile (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Young People (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Brigham Young (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Return of Frank James (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Girl from Avenue A (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Pier 13 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Maryland (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Manhattan Heartbeat (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Four Sons (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 On Their Own (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Lillian Russell (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Free, Blonde and 21 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Little Old New York (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Everything Happens at Night (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Barricade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Second Fiddle (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Chasing Danger (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Little Princess (composer: incidental music - uncredited)
 
1938 Thanks for Everything (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Suez (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 My Lucky Star (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Always Goodbye (orchestrator)
 
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Happy Landing (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Second Honeymoon (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Heidi (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wake Up and Live (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 You Can't Have Everything (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Seventh Heaven (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 On the Avenue (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 In Old Chicago (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Sing, Baby, Sing (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 To Mary - with Love (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Private Number (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Captain January (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 The Country Doctor (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 King of Burlesque (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1935 Thanks a Million (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1933 The Wolf Dog (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (22 titles)
1965 Tammy (TV series)
– Mind Your Manners (1965)
– Still Waters (1965)
– Will the Real Dwayne Whitt Please Stand Up? (1965)
– The Tarleton Land Grant (1965)
– The Poker Game (1965)
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1965 McHale's Navy (TV series)
– Marriage, McHale Style (1965) (as Herbert Spencer)
 
1962-1965 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
– Joey Discovers Jackie Clark (1965)
– What'll You Have? (1965)
– Joey the Star Maker (1965)
– Joey Changes Larry's Luck (1965)
– The Sergeant's Testimonial (1965)
See all 82 episodes »
 
1962 It's a Man's World (TV series)
 
1961 The Hathaways (TV series)
– TV or Not TV (1961)
– Love They Neighbor (1961)
 
1953-1960 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
– Kathy and the Glamour Girl (1960) (music by / as Herbert Spencer)
– Danny Meets Andy Griffith (1960) (music scored and conducted by / as Spencer-Hagen)
– Danny's Big Fan (1959) (music score)
– Lucy Upsets the Williams Household (1959) (music composed and conducted by)
– Jack Benny Takes Danny's Job (1958) (as Spencer-Hagen)
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1960 My Sister Eileen (TV series)
 
1959 Love and Marriage (TV series)
 
1957 The Real McCoys (TV series)
– Californy, Here We Come (1957)
 
1957 Spring Reunion (as Herbert Spencer)
 
1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
 
1955 The Girl Rush (as M.S. Spencer-Hagen)
 
1955 It's Always Jan (TV series)
 
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (uncredited)
 
1953 Where's Raymond? (TV series)
– Christmas (1953) (as Herbert Spencer)
– Find Tremont (1953) (as M.S. Spencer-Hagen)
– Firing Molly (1953) (as M.S. Spencer-Hagen)
– Late to Work (1953) (as M.S. Spencer-Hagen)
 
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (uncredited)
 
1953 The I Don't Care Girl (uncredited)
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark (uncredited)
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica (uncredited)
 
1945 Diamond Horseshoe (uncredited)
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady (uncredited)
 
1940 He Married His Wife (uncredited)
 
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2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (TV series)
– Joey Wheeler Ace Attorney (2010) (writer: "The Fishin' Hole" - uncredited)
 
2010 Jeopardy! (TV series)
– Episode #26.88 (2010) (writer: "Fishin' Hole Theme" - uncredited)
 
1997-2008 The Simpsons (TV series)
– All About Lisa (2008) (writer: "The Fishin' Hole" - uncredited)
– Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-Annoyed-Grunt-cious (1997) (music: "The Fishin' Hole")
 
2003 History Detectives (TV series documentary)
– Mexican Currency/Pirate Spyglass/Railroad Station (2003) (music: "The Fishin' Hole" - uncredited)
 
2002 In America (writer: "Red River Valley" / as Herbert Spencer)
 
2001 61* (TV movie) (writer: Theme from "The Andy Griffith Show" / as Herbert Spencer)
 
1999 Runaway Bride ("The Andy Griffith Show Theme")
 
1996 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Escape 2000 (1996) (music: "The Fishin' Hole")
 
1994 North ("THEME FROM THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW")
 
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy (writer: "ANDY GRIFFITH THEME", "The Andy Griffith Show Theme" / as Herbert Spencer)
 
1960 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
 
1960 Mister Magoo (TV series)
– Yachtsman Magoo (1960) (music: "Navy Grog" - uncredited)
 
1957 Spring Reunion (music: "Carson High")
 
1951 The Lady Says No (music: "The Lady Says No")
 
1947 The Bishop's Wife (music: "Lost April" / as Herbert Spencer)
 
1940 The Return of Frank James (arranger: "Ring, Ring de Banjo" - uncredited)
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie (music: "Auld Lang Syne" 1788 - uncredited, "Wha Wanda Fecht for Charlie" - uncredited / arranger: "Auld Lang Syne" 1788 - uncredited, "Wha Wanda Fecht for Charlie" - uncredited)
 
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