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Russell Garcia(1916-2011)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Russell Garcia
Bandleader, conductor, trumpeter, composer, arranger and songwriter, educated at San Francisco State Teachers College and in private music study with Edmund Ross, Ernst Toch, Albert Coates, Ernst Krenek and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He was a trumpeter in dance bands and composed, conducted and arranged for record companies and for NBC, where he was on the staff for four years. Joining ASCAP in 1957, his popular-song compositions include the instrumental "Adventures in Emotion".
BornApril 12, 1916
DiedNovember 20, 2011(95)
BornApril 12, 1916
DiedNovember 20, 2011(95)
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Known for

Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine
7.5
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1960
Jersey Boys (2014)
Jersey Boys
6.8
  • Soundtrack(as Russ Garcia)
  • 2014
Kirk Alyn in Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
5.3
  • Composer
  • 1949
Radar Secret Service (1950)
Radar Secret Service
2.6
  • Composer
  • 1950

Credits

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Music Department



  • The Magic Voyage (1992)
    The Magic Voyage
    3.6
    • additional arrangements
    • 1992
  • Call My Bluff (1965)
    Call My Bluff
    7.1
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music "Ciccolino" (uncredited)
    • 1965–1988
  • Backtrack! (1969)
    Backtrack!
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • The Far Out West (1967)
    The Far Out West
    8.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967)
    The 39th Annual Academy Awards
    6.9
    TV Special
    • conductor
    • 1967
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
    7.6
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • composer: theme
    • opening and closing music
    • 1965–1967
  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
    Pistols 'n' Petticoats
    7.1
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    8.1
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1965–1966
  • George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley in The Third Day (1965)
    The Third Day
    5.5
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)
    The Fugitive
    8.1
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1963–1964
  • Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
    Atlantis: The Lost Continent
    5.5
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
    The Time Machine
    7.5
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)
    The Untouchables
    8.0
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1959–1960
  • CBS Reports (1959)
    CBS Reports
    6.7
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1959
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1959

Composer



  • The Puppetoon Movie: A Legacy Revisited (2026)
    The Puppetoon Movie: A Legacy Revisited
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2026
  • Backtrack! (1969)
    Backtrack!
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Three Guns for Texas (1968)
    Three Guns for Texas
    5.8
    • Composer (as Russ Garcia)
    • 1968
  • The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967)
    The 39th Annual Academy Awards
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
    Pistols 'n' Petticoats
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1966–1967
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965–1966
  • The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966)
    The Pad (and How to Use It)
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer (as Russ Garcia)
    • 1965–1966
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • original music by
    • 1965
  • Der Traum
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf (1963)
    Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, and Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
    Captain Newman, M.D.
    6.9
    • co-composer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Straightaway (1961)
    Straightaway
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1961–1962
  • Sandra Dee, Rock Hudson, Bobby Darin, and Gina Lollobrigida in Come September (1961)
    Come September
    6.9
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1961

Soundtrack



  • Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
    Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
    7.2
    • performer: "Frozen Neptune"
    • writer: "Frozen Neptune" (as Russ Garcia, as Russ Garcia)
    • 2022
  • Jersey Boys (2014)
    Jersey Boys
    6.8
    • writer: "Prelude from Rawhide' (as Russ Garcia)
    • 2014
  • Dark Harbor (1998)
    Dark Harbor
    5.9
    • writer: "Go Slow"
    • 1998
  • Mantrap
    4.2
    • writer: "Lost Souls of Saturn", "Venus" (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • NDR Jazz Workshops (1958)
    NDR Jazz Workshops
    TV Series
    • writer: "Knõdl-walzer"
    • 1964
  • Vic Damone in The Lively Ones (1962)
    The Lively Ones
    TV Series
    • writer: "When I Go, I Go All the Way"
    • 1963
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • music: "Beyond the Sun" (as Russ Garcia)
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Russ Garcia
  • Born
    • April 12, 1916
    • Oakland, California, USA
  • Died
    • November 20, 2011
    • Kerikeri, New Zealand(cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Gina1952 - November 20, 2011 (his death, 2 children)

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