Hugo Montenegro (September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance
Biography
Hugo Mario Montenegro was born in New York City. The City of New York He attended Manhattan College while studying composition and leading his own band for school dances. Manhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. In the middle 1950s, he was directing, conducting, and arranging the orchestra for Eliot Glen and Irving Spice on their Dragon and Caprice labels. It was he who was directing the Glen-Spice Orchestra on Dion DiMucci's first release when Dion was backed by Dragon recording artists, the Timberlanes. Released on Mohawk #105 in 1957, the songs were "Out In Colorado" and "The Chosen Few", which were soon issued on the Jubliee label for better distribution. He was later hired by Time Records as a musical director producing a series of albums for the label, and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s where he began working for RCA records, producing a series of albums and soundtracks for motion pictures and television themes, such as two volumes of Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E., an album of cover versions of spy music themes Come Spy With Me and an album of cover versions of the Clint Eastwood The Man With No Name series of spaghetti westerns that led to major chart hits. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. The Man with No Name is a Stock character in western films but the term usually applies specifically to the character (or possibly characters played by Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western
Montenegro began scoring motion pictures with the instrumental music from Advance to the Rear in 1964. Advance to the Rear is a light-hearted western Comedy film set in the American Civil War. Following the success of his albums, he was contracted by Columbia Pictures where he did such films as Hurry Sundown (film) and two Matt Helm pictures. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Hurry Sundown is a 1967 film starring Michael Caine, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, and Diahann Carroll. Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. Montenegro was also contracted to Coumbia's television production company Screen Gems where he is most famous for his theme from the second season of the television series I Dream of Jeannie, his theme song "Seattle" and music from Here Come the Brides and The Outcasts. Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment 's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a Fantasy premise Seattle is a song written by Hugo Montenegro, Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon Here Come the Brides is a television series that aired on the ABC television network from September 25 1968 to April 3 1970 The Outcasts is a short-lived Western Television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season During the mid‑60s he started producing some of the most renowned works from the space age pop era, featuring electronics and rock in albums such as Moog Power and Mammy Blue. Space age pop is a general and loosely based term for a Music genre associated with certain American Composers and songwriters in the Space Age of the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums.
Montenegro's electronic works were decisive and influential for the future generations of electronic musicians, giving a retro/futuristic edge by the use of the Moog synthesizer, and helped to push its popularity. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production The term Moog (ˈmoʊg as in 'vogue' Synthesizer can refer to any number of Analog synthesizers designed by Dr He will be also remembered by his versions of classics such as Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer The Good the Bad and the Ugly ( Il Buono il Brutto il Cattivo) is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti western film directed
In the late 1970s severe emphysema put an end to his musical career, and he died of the disease in 1981. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Emphysema is a chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease ( COPD) formerly termed a chronic obstructive Lung disease (COLD
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