Earle Hagen papers, 1955-1968

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hagen, Earle
Title
Earle Hagen papers
Dates
1955-1968 (inclusive)
Quantity
16.65 cubic ft. (29 containers)
Collection Number
10479
Summary
Earle Hagen composed, conducted, and arranged music. This collection includes his music scores for television series, including "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "I Spy," and "The Mod Squad," and for record albums.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Earle Hagen, who composed, conducted, and arranged music, was born in 1919. As a young trombonist, he played with big bands and did some composing, including "Harlem Nocturne" (1940). After serving in the Army Air Corps Radio and Film Unit in Santa Ana, he joined 20th Century Fox as an orchestrator in 1947, working under Lionel Newman. He scored a number of motion pictures before changing to television production, scoring for producer Sheldon Leonard, for whom he worked for seventeen years. He composed the music for "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968) and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961-1966). He won an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition for the episode "Laya" of the television series "I Spy." He scored over 2,000 episodes of top-rated television shows, including "Make Room for Daddy"/"The Danny Thomas Show" and "The Mod Squad." He also taught young composers and influenced the field through them. He wrote two texts, "Scoring for Films" (1971) and "Advanced Techniques for Film Scoring" (1990).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Earle Hagen collection contains numerous hand-written musical scores, reflecting his production for a variety of television productions, including "Accidental Family, "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Bill Dana Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "I Spy," "Make Room for Daddy"/"The Danny Thomas Show," "Mayberry R.F.D.," "The Mod Squad", "I Spy", "Rango," and "That Girl." Also included are scores for the feature film "The New Interns" (1964) and seven record albums: "Claudia's Letter," "Essence of Romance," “I Only Have Eyes for You – Memorable Melodies of Harry Warren,” "I Spy - Volume 2," "The Magic of the Caribbean," "Recipes for Romance," and “Songs, Themes and Laughs from ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’”

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Earle Hagen Collection of Television Music, UCLA Library Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Earle Hagen in 1980.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Roger Simon in 2024.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Music ScoresReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Television Series
“Accidental Family”
Box
1
Billboard/Sweetener/Tag
 undated
1
End Titles
 undated
1
Main Title
 undated
1
Miscellaneous
 undated
1
Writer-Director Card
 undated
“The Andy Griffith Show”
Box
1
Ditto Violin Parts
 undated
1
Griffith Play-On
 undated
1
“Opie’s Dilemma”
 undated
1
Play-On and Play-Off
 undated
“The Bill Dana Show”
Box
1
End Title #1
 undated
1
End Titles #2, 3, 4, and 5
 undated
1
Main Title
 undated
1
New Main Title
 1964
1
Theme
 undated
1
Theme Test
 undated
1
Writers-Directors Card
 undated
“The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Box
1
Comm. Billboard
 undated
1
Director’s Card
 undated
1
Director’s Card – Revised
 undated
2
End Title
Includes Theme Test and Main Titles.
 undated
2
Main Title
 undated
2
Main Title #2 – Revised
 undated
2
Main Title #3 – Revised
 undated
2
Pad for Main Title
 undated
2
Pilot
Includes handwritten notes, a Master Music List, and lists of music cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
2
Play-Off – Show #3
 undated
2
Theme Lead Sheets
 undated
“The Don Rickles Show”
Box
2
End Title – M-35 – Pilot only
 undated
2
Test Theme
 undated
“Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.”
Box
2
End Title
 undated
2
Theme
Includes Jim Nabor Test Theme.
 undated
Box
2
“The Guns of Will Sonnett”
 undated
Box
2
“Hey, Jeannie!”/“The Jeannie Carson Show” – Main Title Test
 undated
“I Spy”
Box
2
#1
 undated
2
#3
A list of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
14
#5
 undated
14
#8
 undated
15
#48 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
14
#53
Includes a list of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
54
#54
Includes a list of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
15
#57 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
14
#75
 undated
14
End Title (Revised)
 undated
14
Play-On and Play-Off
 undated
“Make Room for Daddy”/“The Danny Thomas Show”
Box
3
#1 – M-11, M-12, and M-21
Includes lists of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
3
#1 – M-22, M-23, M-31, M-32, and M-33
Includes lists of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
3
Danny Thomas & Group Vocal (Post Commercial)
 undated
3
Danny Thomas – Main Title – B&B Commercial
 undated
3
Danny Thomas – Short Jingle – B&B Commercial
 undated
3
Main Titles
Includes a list of titles with accompanying instruments and a list of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
“Make Room for Grandaddy”
Box
PRB 3
#1 – Bumper #1 and End Titles
 1968, undated
PRB 3
#1 – M-41, M-42, M-52, M-53, M-61, M-62, and M-64
Includes lists of cues and accompanying shots.
 undated
“Mayberry R.F.D.”
Box
4
Themes, etc.
 undated
15
#5 and #8 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
“The Mod Squad”
Box
16
#T-01 – Main Title Pad
 undated
16
#T-03
 undated
16
#T-04
 undated
16
#T-06
 undated
17
#T-07
 undated
17
#T-08
 undated
17
#T-09
 undated
17
#T-10
 undated
17
#13
 undated
17
#14
 undated
17
#15
 undated
17
#16
 undated
17
#17
 undated
18
#18
 undated
18
#19
 undated
15
#19( spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
18
#20
 undated
18
#21
 undated
18
#22
 undated
18
#23
 undated
18
#24
 undated
18
#25
 undated
18
#26
 undated
18
#27
 undated
19
#28
 undated
19
#29
 undated
19
#30
 undated
19
#32
 undated
19
#33
 undated
19
#34
 undated
19
#35
 undated
19
#36
 undated
19
#39
 undated
20
#40
 undated
20
#41
 undated
20
#42
 undated
20
#44
 undated
20
#45
 undated
20
#46
 undated
20
#47
 undated
20
#48
 undated
20
#49
 undated
21
#53
 undated
21
#54
 undated
21
#55
 undated
21
#56
 undated
21
#57
 undated
21
#58
 undated
21
#59
 undated
21
#60
 undated
22
#61
 undated
22
#62
 undated
22
#64
 undated
22
#66
 undated
22
#67
 undated
22
#68
 undated
22
#69
 undated
22
#70
 undated
23
#71
 undated
23
#72
 undated
23
#74
 undated
23
#77
 undated
23
#78
 undated
23
#79
 undated
23
#80
 undated
23
#81
 undated
23
#82
 undated
24
#84
 undated
24
#85
 undated
24
#87
 undated
24
#89
 undated
24
#90
 undated
24
#91
 undated
24
#92
 undated
24
#93
 undated
25
#94
 undated
25
#96
 undated
25
#99
 undated
25
#100
 undated
Box
15
“The New People” – #4 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
“Rango”
Box
4
#1 – End Titles
 undated
4
#1 – Main Title
 undated
4
Main Title (Vocal B.G.)
 undated
“That Girl”
Box
4
Billboard
 undated
4
End Title
 undated
4
Main Title and M-11A
 undated
4
Theme Test
 undated
Box
4
Feature Film – “The New Interns”
Includes Instrumental Breakdown of Musical Numbers for the soundtrack album.
 undated
Unidentified TV series or feature films
“Chick Chick”
Box
4
#1 – End Title
 undated
4
#1 – Main Title
 undated
“My 15 Blocks”
Box
4
End Credits #1
 1966
4
End Credits #2
 1966
4
End Credits #3
 1966
4
End Credits #4 and #5
 1966
Record Albums
“Claudia’s Letter” – orchestra and choir music by Hagen – narrated by Marjorie Lord
Box
5
Dittos & Vocal Parts
Includes Scenes 6, 8, and 9, as well as Epilogue.
 undated
5
Epilogue
 undated
5
Prologue
 undated
5
Scene 4
 undated
5
Scene 6
 undated
5
Scene 8
 undated
5
Scene 9
 undated
5
Scene 11
 undated
5
Scene 12
 undated
5
Scene 14
 undated
5
Scene 16
 undated
“Essence of Romance” – The Spencer-Hagen Orchestra
Box
25
“After Nightfall”
 undated
25
“Ambush”
 undated
25
“Beloved”
 undated
25
“Bubble Bath”
 undated
25
“Night of Delight”
 undated
25
“Reflections”
 undated
25
“Surrender”
 undated
25
“Tailspin”
 undated
25
“Voodoo”
 undated
“I Only Have Eyes for You – Memorable Melodies of Harry Warren” – The Spencer-Hagen Orchestra
Box
6
“I’ll String Along with You”
 undated
6
“I Only Have Eyes for You”
 undated
6
“Remember Me?”
 undated
6
“September in the Rain”
 undated
6
“Shadow Waltz”
 undated
6
“Summer Night”
 undated
6
“Where Am I?”
 undated
Box
“I Spy -Volume 2”
Box
6
“Over the Wall” – #2012
 undated
6
“Sophia” – #2013
 undated
6
“The Voice in the Wind” – #2014
 undated
“The Magic of the Caribbean” – Herbert Spencer and His Orchestra
Box
7
“Enlloró”
 undated
7
“La Martinique”
 undated
7
“Mama Look a Boo-Boo”
 undated
7
“Port-Au-Prince”
 1956, undated
“Recipes for Romance” – The Spencer-Hagen Orchestra
Box
26
“Absinthe Frappe”
 undated
26
“Café Pousse”
 undated
26
“Cuba Libra”
 undated
26
“Grasshopper”
 undated
26
“Mint Julep”
 undated
26
“Old Fashioned”
 undated
27
“Side Car”
 undated
27
“Silver Fizz”
 undated
27
“Tom and Jerry”
 undated
27
“Velvet Hammer”
 undated
27
“Zombie”
 undated
“Songs, Themes and Laughs from ‘The Andy Griffith Show’” – with music conducted by Earle Hagen
Box
7
“The Andy Griffith Theme”
 undated
7
“Aunt Bee”
 undated
7
“Barney’s Hoedown”
 undated
8
“Ellie” (“Ellie’s Theme”)
 undated
8
“The Fishin’ Hole”
 undated
“Jack the Giant Killer”
Box
8
Prologue
 undated
8
Act 1
 undated
8
Act 2
 undated
8
Act 3
 undated
8
Act 4
 undated
8
Act 5
 undated
8
Act 6
 undated
Box
8
“The Man Hunt”
 undated
8
“Mayberry March”
 undated
8
“The New River Train”/“Careless Love”/“Mayberry Blues”
 undated
Record Labels
Box
Liberty Records
Box
8
“After My Laughter Came Tears” – Vickie Benet
 undated
8
“Ain’t We Got Fun”
 undated
8
“Always in My Heart” – Vickie Benet
 undated
8
“Baía” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
9
“Black Sapphire” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
9
“C’mon Tiger (Gimme a Growl)” (“Tiger Growl”) – The Imperials
 undated
9
“Dark” (two arrangements) – Julie London
 undated
9
“Dear Mom and Dad”
 undated
9
“Every Moment”
 undated
9
“The Glory of Love”
 undated
9
“Gonna Walk Right Out”
 undated
9
“I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
9
“If a Dream Could Make You Mine”
 undated
9
“I’ll Never Be the Same” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
9
“Just Friends”
 undated
9
“Keep Goin’”
 undated
10
“Long Night Ahead” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
10
“Midnight Waltz” – Robie Lester
 undated
10
“My Paradise”
 undated
10
“The Nearness of You” – The Four Grads
 undated
10
“Seven Wonders of the World” (2 arrangements)
 undated
10
“Spring is Here” – The Four Grads
 undated
10
“Strange” – Vickie Benet
 undated
10
“Summertime” – Skeets Herfurt
 undated
10
“Valley of Dreams” – Robie Lester
 undated
10
“You’re Driving Me Crazy” – Lincoln Chase
 undated
11
“You’re My Heart’s Desire”
 undated
"X"
Box
11
“Blue Lagoon”
 1955, undated
11
“Forbidden Love”
 undated
11
“How Can I Tell Her?”
 undated
11
“John and Julie”
 undated
11
“Not as a Stranger”
 undated
11
“Serenade”
 undated
12
“Vera Cruz”
 undated
12
“You’re Here, My Love”
 undated
Assorted Music Scores
Box
12
“Buona Fortuna”
 undated
12
“El Roy” – “I Spy” album
 undated
12
Ernie Kovacs Theme Test
 undated
12
“The Exciting Life”
 undated
12
“Fughetta” – Hugo Friedhofer
 undated
12
“Gentlemen Marry Brunettes”
 undated
12
Jello Play-Off – B&B Commercial
 undated
12
“Lamento Gitano,” “Adios, Mariguita Linda,” “La Virgen de la Macarena,” and “Sentir Gitano” – Carl Coccomo
 undated
12
“Lover” – Stan Kenton
 undated
12
“Malu”
 undated
13
“The Market Place”
 undated
13
“Morfar”
 undated
13
“Pick Yourself a Star”
 undated
13
“Serenade to Spring”
 undated
13
“The Slaves”
 undated
13
“Start Your Day” commercial (long and short versions)
 undated
13
“Teresa” and “Lovin’” – Ned & Gary
 undated
28
“Under the Double Eagle” – March (Concert Edition)
 1955

Series II. AssortedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
28
Copyright, royalty, and clearance documents
For “I Spy,” “Accidental Family Theme,” and “Rango.”
 1965-1968
29
Music Recordings – “The Voice in the Wind”
Two vinyl records with accompanying music scores and lyrics.
 1967, undated

Processed by Roger Simon
2024

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