[Fmpro] Alexander Courage & Earle Hagen died

[Robert Stanton]

They're dropping like flies people!

You're absolutely right mark - it occurred to me that not much talk was to
be found here regarding the loss of Earle Hagen or any others.  I had just
emailed him three weeks prior to his demise thanking him for some of these
great themes - timely I'd say.  It was more meaningful for me than him since
he did not know me.  His music lives on . . .

EH RIP
Robert Scott Stanton
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
zolessi at comcast.net
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Subject: [Fmpro] Alexander Courage & Earle Hagen died

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/30/obit.courage/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/earle.hagen.ap/index.html

I think part of my mild resentment towards John Williams has to do with my
suspicions that the Star Wars theme is the main reason every Star Trek theme
after the original sucked.  Ironically Sandy Courage and John Williams were
good friends.

It has also occurred to me that the recent visions of what music will sound
like in the 24th century seems to point to a complete genocide of any music
of color, which wasn't the case with the original ST theme, which had that
groovy Latin theme in the background.

As for Earle Hagen, we're not worthy! The Mod Squad theme totally rocked,
as did the Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith themes, but my personal fav was I
Spy. And then there was Harlem Nocturne, what can you say?

They're dropping like flies people! 

Mark McKee
Multimedia Development Specialist
Course Development Group
New Media & Extended Learning
The University of New Mexico
505-277-0691

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