Hoyt Curtin

Hoyt Curtin

  • Birthday: 1922-09-09
  • Deathday: 2000-12-03
  • Place of birth: Downey, California, USA
  • Also know as: Hoyt Curtain

Biography

Hoyt Curtin was born in Downey, California, but grew up in San Bernadino. He began playing the piano when he was 5, and by ninth grade, he had his own orchestra. He graduated from the San Bernadino High School in 1940 and the University of Southern California in 1943. While at USC, he enrolled in the Navy V-7 program, and after graduation, was assigned to Northwestern University for advanced training. He received his commission as an ensign in 1944 and was assigned to the destroyer base in San Diego. He saw duty in the Pacific during World War II and was slightly injured with a shrapnel wound in his leg. After the war, he completed his Master's Degree in music from USC. While there, he took a course in composition for motion pictures, taught by Miklos Rozsa. His intention was to be a film composer. However, his big break came in the late 1950s when he scored a Schlitz beer commercial that was being produced at MGM. The producers of the commercial were William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who asked Curtin if he would write the music for a cartoon series they were going to produce, called "Ruff and Ready." The producers called him on the phone with the lyrics, and five minutes later Curtin called them back with a song. When Hanna and Barbera left MGM to form their own company in 1957, they took Curtin along. Curtin would write the songs for "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons," the same way he wrote his earlier songs; back and forth on the telephone. He eventually became the musical director for the company. Curtin died on December 3, 2000, at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, California.

Production

Rock Odyssey

1987

As Music

When Magoo Flew

1954

As Original Music Composer

Star Fairies

1985

As Music

C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979

As Original Music Composer

The Smurfs Christmas Special

1982

As Original Music Composer

The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy

1987

As Original Music Composer

Baby Butch

1954

As Music Supervisor

Smarty Cat

1955

As Music Supervisor

Happy Go Ducky

1958

As Music Supervisor

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

1956

As Music

Barbecue Brawl

1956

As Music Supervisor

Snoopy Loopy

1960

As Music

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik

1972

As Music Director

Timber Tramps

1975

As Conductor

Timber Tramps

1975

As Music

Scooby Goes Hollywood

1979

As Original Music Composer

A Flintstone Christmas

1977

As Original Music Composer

Mesa of Lost Women

1953

As Music

Jail Bait

1954

As Music

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

1974

As Original Music Composer

Samson and Delilah

1986

As Music

The Easter Story

1990

As Music

A Christmas Story

1972

As Music

Queen Esther

1992

As Theme Song Performance

Yogi's Birthday Party

1962

As Music

Trouble Indemnity

1950

As Music

Yogi's First Christmas

1980

As Music Director

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