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Harold Hastings(1916-1973)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
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Harold Hastings in Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
Composer, conductor and author, educated at NYU, who composed much background music and a number of musical commercials. He directed a number of radio and television orchestras and music for a number of Broadway musicals including "Top Banana", "Damn Yankees", "The Pajama Game", "Once Upon a Mattress", "Baker Street", "New Girl in Town", "Fiorello!", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "She Loves Me", and "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman".
BornDecember 19, 1916
DiedMay 30, 1973(56)
BornDecember 19, 1916
DiedMay 30, 1973(56)
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Known for

Top Banana (1954)
Top Banana
5.5
  • Music Department
  • 1954
Jason Robards, Barry Gordon, and Barbara Harris in A Thousand Clowns (1965)
A Thousand Clowns
7.3
  • Music Department
  • 1965
Something for Everyone (1970)
Something for Everyone
7.0
  • Music Department
  • 1970
Damn Yankees! (1967)
Damn Yankees!
6.6
TV Movie
  • Music Department
  • 1967

Credits

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Music Department



  • Norman Rockwell in Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
    Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
    7.0
    Short
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1972
  • Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
    Original Cast Album: Company
    8.0
    • musical director
    • 1970
  • Something for Everyone (1970)
    Something for Everyone
    7.0
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • 1970
  • Damn Yankees! (1967)
    Damn Yankees!
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 1967
  • Jason Robards, Barry Gordon, and Barbara Harris in A Thousand Clowns (1965)
    A Thousand Clowns
    7.3
    • conductor
    • 1965
  • Keep in Step (1959)
    Keep in Step
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • conductor (as Hal Hastings)
    • 1959
  • The Gift of the Magi
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 1958
  • Little Women (1958)
    Little Women
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • musical director (as Hal Hastings)
    • 1958
  • Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
    The Colgate Comedy Hour
    7.7
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1955
  • Top Banana (1954)
    Top Banana
    5.5
    • musical director
    • 1954

Composer



  • Norman Rockwell in Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
    Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
    7.0
    Short
    • music arranged and conducted
    • 1972

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Hal Hastings
  • Born
    • December 19, 1916
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 30, 1973
    • Larchmont, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Hal Hastings] in the following productions:

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Won Broadway's 1956 Tony Award as Best Conductor and Musical Director for "Damn Yankees!" Was nominated for the same Tony award in 1960 for "Fiorello!".

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