Mort Garson(1924-2008)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

Composer, songwriter ("Our Day Will Come") and arranger, educated at Juilliard and NYU. He served in the Special Services during World War II, and then was a pianist and arranger for dance orchestras, and composer, conductor and accompanist to Doris Day, Patti Page, and Arthur Prysock. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical collaborators included Bob Hilliard and Earl Shuman. His other popular-song compositions include "Left Right Out of Your Heart", "My Summer Love", "Young Wings Can Fly", "The World of Lonely People", "Baby Come Home", "Theme for a Dream", "Starry-Eyed" and "Au Revoir".

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Known for

Grease 2

4.6

Soundtrack("Our Day Will Come")

1982

Treasure of the Amazon

4.7

Music Department

1985

To Kill a Stranger

5.3

Music Department

1983

Black Eye

5.6

Music Department

1974

Credits

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Music Department

Matthew's Heavenly Day with Mother Earth's Plantasia
Music Video
- musician
- 2023
Música para aeropuertos
Podcast Series
- perfomer: Zoos of the World and Moon Journey
- 2023
Memento Mori
8.5
Podcast Series
- perfomer: Plantasia
- 2021
The Adventure Zone
9.4
Podcast Series
- title music
- 2014–2019
Amy Winehouse: Our Day Will Come
Music Video
- stock music
- 2011
Urban Chaos Theory
5.7
Short
- composer: song "Exchange"
- 2000
Treasure of the Amazon
4.7
- conductor
- 1985
Vultures
3.4
- conductor
- 1984
To Kill a Stranger
5.3
- conductor
- 1983
The Kentucky Fried Movie
6.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1977
Gambit
5.8
TV Series
- theme music composer
- 1976
The Magnificent Marble Machine
5.1
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1975–1976
Baffle
5.2
TV Series
- music
- musical director
- 1973–1974
Black Eye
5.6
- conductor
- 1974
The Amateur's Guide to Love
TV Series
- music
- 1972

Composer

Vignettes
Short
- Composer
- 2024
Off the Air
8.4
TV Series
- music "Baby's Tears Blues"
- music "Cafe Bossanova" (segment "Sossidge Arms", uncredited)
- 2012–2019
Open Fire
4.8
- Composer
- 1989
Treasure of the Amazon
4.7
- Composer
- 1985
Vultures
3.4
- Composer
- 1984
To Kill a Stranger
5.3
- Composer
- 1983
Battlestars
5.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 1983
Killers of the Wild
6.0
- Composer
- 1977
Death Is Not the End
- Composer
- 1975
The 2000 Year Old Man
7.4
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1975
Black Eye
5.6
- Composer
- 1974
Baffle
5.2
TV Series
- Composer
- 1973–1974
Gambit
5.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 1972–1981
Son of Blob
4.1
- Composer
- 1972
The Amateur's Guide to Love
TV Series
- Composer
- 1972

Soundtrack

Palm Royale
6.8
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come"
- 2024
Role Play
5.5
- writer: "Our Day Will Come"
- 2024
30 for 30
8.8
TV Series
- performer: "Plantasia"
- writer: "Plantasia"
- 2023
Reservation Dogs
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant"
- 2022
You Should Have Left
5.4
- writer: "Our Day Will Come"
- 2020
Dirty John
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come"
- 2020
Love, Lies and Records
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come" (uncredited)
- 2017
Wake Up, Leviathan
7.1
Video
- performer: "Plantasia"
- writer: "Plantasia"
- 2015
Glee
6.8
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come" (uncredited)
- 2015
Fuck You Kevin Costner
Short
- music: "C'est pas Sérieux" (Theme for a Dream)
- 2013
Lil Bub & Friendz
6.7
- performer: "Plantasia"
- writer: "Plantasia"
- 2013
American Horror Story
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come" (uncredited)
- 2013
Smash
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come" (uncredited)
- 2012
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Our Day Will Come" (uncredited)
- 2010
The Real Hustle
8.0
TV Series
- writer: "Exchange" (uncredited)
- 2006

Personal details

Born
- July 20, 1924
- St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
- January 4, 2008
- San Francisco, California, USA(renal failure)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Composed the music for the 1975 Grammy award-winning recording of "The Little Prince" featuring Richard Burton.

Quotes
[about engineer Robert Moog, inventor of the first commercially available electronic music synthesizer] I met him, got interested in his invention and immediately put it in "Zodiac" to add a sweetness to the sound.