Warren Barker
Warren Barker was born in Oakland, CA, and attended U.C.L.A. as a music major. His primary instrument was the saxophone, and he continued his studies in composition with Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Henri Pensis during his early twenties and broke into the profession when he was hired by NBC as the chief arranger for the radio network's principal music showcase, The Railroad Hour. Barker was very busy during the late '50s and early '60s as an arranger and conductor of pop-instrumental music, some of which has re-emerged on CDs in recent years in various "Bachelor's Den"-theme compilations. He subsequently worked for Warner Bros., 20th Century-Fox, Columbia Pictures, and MGM as a composer, arranger, and conductor, principally for their television divisions. At the end of the 1950s, he served as musical director and conductor on the soundtrack album 77 Sunset Strip, one of the better pop-jazz releases to come out of television. Barker later contributed to the scoring, arranging, and conducting of more than 30 prime time television series, most notably (and successfully) the 1960s comedy series Bewitched. He won an Emmy Award in 1970 for his music for the offbeat James Thurber-inspired series My World and Welcome to It. His career in film has been more scattershot and interesting -- during the early '60s, he composed the music for the groundbreaking film Strange Lovers, which dealt with the then-tabu subject of homosexuality. At MGM in the mid-'60s, he also wrote the score for the low-budget movie Zebra in the Kitchen, which was marginally notable in rock circles for including a totally uncharacteristic recording by the Standells of the title song. And at Fox he was one of the arrangers who worked on the blockbuster musical Hello Dolly. He wrote song arrangements for Frank Sinatra and has also composed pieces for specific occasions, principally in the idiom of band music. He was still active at the outset of the 21st century, and his arrangements of various Broadway and film scores continue to sell.
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Discographie
17 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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77 Sunset Strip
Jazz - Paru chez Rhino - Warner Records le 6 janv. 2022
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Richard Diamond & Bourbon Street Beat (Jazz on Film...Crime Jazz, Vol. 8)
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Moochin About le 7 déc. 2014
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77 Sunset Strip & Hawaiian Eye (Jazz on Film ...Crime Jazz, Vol. 1)
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Moochin About le 7 déc. 2014
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Essential Jazz TV Themes
Jazz - Paru chez Shakedown Records le 5 nov. 2015
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Music of Desire & A Musical Touch of Far Away Places
Jazz - Paru chez BLUE MOON le 22 mars 2016
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A Cup of Jazz - Warren Barker Easy Listening for Coffee Breaks
Jazz - Paru chez Memories le 7 juil. 2023
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The King And I (Original Soundtrack)
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Foyer le 1 janv. 2000
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77 Sunset Strip
Bandes originales - Paru chez Hollywood le 1 janv. 2010
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77 Sunset Strip
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2022
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Far Away Places
Musiques du monde - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 16 nov. 2015
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77 Sunset Strip (EP) (Remastered 2020)
Pop - Paru chez Hit Singles Records le 1 mars 2021
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Swingin' on the Strip
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 10 janv. 2014
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Music of Desire Medley: Where Are You Now / Magic Is the Moonlight / Mexican Moon / Noche De Ronda / Flores Negras / Orchids in the Moonlight / Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) / Maria Elena / Time Was / The Moon Was Yellow / Monique / By the Light of Your E
Pop - Paru chez JB Production le 27 sept. 2016
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William Holden Presents Far Away Places Medley: Malayan Nightbird / Tokyo Trolley / Junk City Hong Kong / Shojoji / Lotus Land / Kowloon to London Express / Carnavalito / Javanese Valley / Kyoto Merry-Go-Round (My Resistance Is Low) / Moonflowers / Petite
Pop - Paru chez JB Production le 25 sept. 2016
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