Dave Kahn(1910-2008)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Kahn's career in music began when played saxophone, clarinet and violin
in the orchestras of Glenn Lee, Pinky Tomlin, the Dorseys, Clyde McCoy
and others.
Later he studied music composition in California later becoming a composer/arranger and writing background music for movies and television. He was music supervisor for Filmways, Republic, and Universal Studios and supervised the music of such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Simon & Simon, Addams Family, and wrote the theme music for Leave it to Beaver, and Mike Hammer. He also arranged the music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and edited the music for National Lampoon's Animal House, among many others.
He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-three years, Anna Mae Kahn, to cancer in 1995
Later he studied music composition in California later becoming a composer/arranger and writing background music for movies and television. He was music supervisor for Filmways, Republic, and Universal Studios and supervised the music of such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Simon & Simon, Addams Family, and wrote the theme music for Leave it to Beaver, and Mike Hammer. He also arranged the music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and edited the music for National Lampoon's Animal House, among many others.
He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-three years, Anna Mae Kahn, to cancer in 1995
