Hugo Montenegro(1925-1981)

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Hugo Montenegro was born on 2 September 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Strange Days (1995), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Labor Day (2013). He died on 6 February 1981 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

Known for

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TV Series
- music: "I Dream of Jeannie" (uncredited)
- 2024
Mystery Science Theater 3000
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TV Series
- music: "Jeannie" (uncredited)
- 2022
Call Jane
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- performer: "Having A Call"
- 2022
Ford v Ferrari
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- writer: "Jeannie"
- 2019
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
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- writer: "Freya Bangs", "Freya", "Karata Dance", "TV Screen"
- 2019
iZombie
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TV Series
- writer: "Seattle"
- 2018
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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TV Series
- writer: "Jeannie" (uncredited)
- 2018
Better Call Saul
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TV Series
- writer: "Hurry Sundown"
- 2017
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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- performer: "Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Theme (Instrumental)"
- 2015
Date and Switch
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- writer: "I Dream of Jeannie"
- 2014
Labor Day
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- performer: "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
- 2013
The Nostalgia Chick
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TV Series
- performer: "Theme from I Dream of Jeannie"
- 2012
Dancing Stars
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TV Series
- writer: "V.I.P."
- 2012
The Marty Stuart Show
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TV Series
- music: "Seattle"
- 2011
Dancing with the Stars
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TV Series
- writer: "Jeannie Theme" (uncredited)
- 2011

Born
- September 2, 1925
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- February 6, 1981
- Palm Springs, California, USA(emphysema)
Other works
Albums: "Bongo's and Brass," "Pizzicato Strings," and "Montenegro and Mayhem."

Trivia
His recording of the theme song from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" reached #2 on the U.S. charts in June of 1968. In this highly stylized instrumental recording, the distinctive grunting on the soundtrack is Montenegro himself mumbling nonsensical syllables in Italian.