Hoyt Curtin

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Hoyt Stoddard Curtin (September 9, 1922 – December 3, 2000) was an American composer and music producer, the main musical director for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio from its beginnings with The Ruff & Reddy Show in 1957 until his retirement in 1986.

[edit] Career

He is the composer of many of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons' popular theme songs, including those from The Flintstones, Top Cat, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Superfriends,Josie and the Pussycats, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and many more. Curtin also composed many of the stock tunes used as incidental music score for the various Hanna-Barbera series. He also composed the music for the Sandy Frank cartoon Battle of the Planets for which a soundtrack was released in 2000. It was the last project he worked on before he died.

[edit] Personal

Curtin was a native of Downey, California, and had one son, Chris, with his wife Elizabeth. He died in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 2000 at the age of 78.

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