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Allyn Malcolm Ferguson Jr. (October 18, 1924 – June 23, 2010) was an American composer, best known for the themes for 1970s television programs Barney Miller and Charlie's Angels, which he co-wrote with Jack Elliott. In its obituary, Variety called him "among the most prolific composers of TV-movie scores in the past 40 years".Ferguson was born in San Jose, California on October 18, 1924. He started playing the trumpet when he was four years old and began playing piano at seven. After graduating from San Jose State University, he traveled to Paris, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland. He established the Chamber Jazz Sextet in the 1950s, combining classical and jazz influences. Ferguson and his Chamber Jazz Sextet collaborated with the poet Kenneth Patchen on a recording in 1957, originally titled Kenneth Patchen with the Chamber Jazz Sextet. Behind Patchen's readings, Ferguson and the Chamber Jazz Sextet performed jazz accompaniment which Ferguson composed for eight individual poems. The group produced "Pictures at an Exhibition: Framed in Jazz" in 1963, a big band-style production of the Modest Mussorgsky piano suite.He is credited, along with Hugh Heller, to writing the San Francisco "Giants Fight Song" in 1961. During the 1970s, he collaborated extensively with composer Jack Elliott, creating scores for themes for Barney Miller and Charlie's Angels. University of Southern California music historian Jon Burlingame called the themes "iconic in the sense that most people who were around in that era can easily recall those tunes". Together with Eliott, he created scores for episodes of Banacek, Fish, Police Story, Big Hawaii, Starsky and Hutch, S.W.A.T. and The Rookies. The duo also collaborated to form the Foundation for New American Music in 1978. Ferguson was among the founders of the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles.During the 1980s, he produced Emmy Award-nominated scores for April Morning, Ivanhoe, The Last Days of Patton, Master of the Game and Pancho Barnes, winning in 1985 for his work on Camille. He worked on dozens of films for Norman Rosemont, including A Tale of Two Cities, Captains Courageous, Les Misérables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Man in the Iron Mask.He was music director for television presentations of the American Movie Awards, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Kennedy Center Honors and the Oscars. Ferguson was musical director for Julie Andrews, Johnny Mathis and for Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.Ferguson died of natural causes at age 85 on June 23, 2010, at his home in Westlake Village, California. He was survived by his wife, Joline, as well as by three children and six grandchildren.
Date Of Birth October 18, 1924, San Jose, California, United States Died June 23, 2010, Westlake Village, California, United States Place Of Birth San Jose, California, USA Profession Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack Education San Jose State University Spouse Joline Clary (m. ?–2010) Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) Star Sign Libra
Composer Title Year Status Character Romance on the Orient Express 1985 TV Movie The Corsican Brothers 1985 TV Movie Camille 1984 TV Movie Master of the Game 1984 TV Mini-Series 3 episodes Ivanhoe 1982 TV Movie Red Flag: The Ultimate Game 1981 TV Movie Computercide 1981 TV Movie Big Bend Country 1981 TV Movie Charlie's Angels 1976-1981 TV Series 110 episodes Peter and Paul 1981 TV Movie Vega$ 1980-1981 TV Series 2 episodes Elvis and the Beauty Queen 1981 TV Movie Terror Among Us 1981 TV Movie The Night the City Screamed 1980 TV Movie A Tale of Two Cities 1980 TV Movie Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980 TV Movie Pleasure Palace 1980 TV Movie Beulah Land 1980 TV Mini-Series Nobody's Perfect 1980 TV Series 1 episode Cry of the Innocent 1980 TV Movie Barney Miller 1974-1980 TV Series 106 episodes The Gossip Columnist 1980 TV Movie House Calls 1979-1980 TV Series 2 episodes All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1979 TV Special Avalanche Express 1979 Good Ol' Boys 1979 TV Movie Sanctuary of Fear 1979 TV Movie The Love Boat 1979 TV Series 2 episodes Turnabout 1979 TV Series 1 episode Les Miserables 1978 TV Movie Starsky and Hutch 1975-1978 TV Series 6 episodes A Guide for the Married Woman 1978 TV Movie Free Country 1978 TV Series Husbands, Wives & Lovers 1978 TV Series The Comedy Shop 1978 TV Series 1 episode The Four Feathers 1978 TV Movie Captains Courageous 1977 TV Movie Fish 1977 TV Series 13 episodes Husbands and Wives 1977 TV Movie The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa 1977 TV Movie Delta County, U.S.A. 1977 TV Movie Danger in Paradise 1977 TV Movie Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target 1977 TV Movie Busting Loose 1977 TV Series 8 episodes The Man in the Iron Mask 1977 TV Movie Big Hawaii 1977 TV Series 6 episodes Gibbsville 1976 TV Series Tabitha 1976 TV Series 1 episode The Second Annual Comedy Awards 1976 TV Special Celebration: The American Spirit 1976 TV Movie S.W.A.T. 1975 TV Series 2 episodes The Rookies 1972-1975 TV Series 13 episodes Big Eddie 1975 TV Series The Count of Monte-Cristo 1975 TV Movie Get Christie Love! 1974-1975 TV Series 2 episodes Roll, Freddy, Roll! 1974 TV Movie Only with Married Men 1974 TV Movie Police Story 1973-1974 TV Series 2 episodes The Legend of Earl Durand 1974 The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine 1974 TV Series Ann in Blue 1974 TV Movie The Boys 1974 TV Movie Bobby Parker and Company 1974 TV Movie The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped 1974 TV Movie The New Dick Van Dyke Show 1971-1974 TV Series 6 episodes What Are Best Friends For? 1973 TV Movie Hijack! 1973 TV Movie The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour 1973 TV Series The Man Without a Country 1973 TV Movie Jarrett 1973 TV Movie The Bait 1973 TV Movie Banacek 1972-1973 TV Series 6 episodes Birds of Prey 1973 TV Movie Every Man Needs One 1972 TV Movie Playmates 1972 TV Movie Get to Know Your Rabbit 1972 The Good Life 1971 TV Series 1 episode The Funny Side 1971 TV Series Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz 1971 TV Movie Three for Tahiti 1970 TV Movie The Everly Brothers Show 1970 TV Series Sofi 1968 Gunsmoke 1968 TV Series 1 episode The Monkees 1966-1967 TV Series 3 episodes Bewitched 1965 TV Series 1 episode Hazel 1964-1965 TV Series 6 episodes The Magic Tide 1962 Short Airborne 1962 Terror at Black Falls 1962 The Devil's Hand 1961 Back to the Secret Garden 2001 High Noon 2000 TV Movie Best Friends for Life 1998 TV Movie What Love Sees 1996 TV Movie Murder, She Wrote 1996 TV Series 1 episode The Haunting of Helen Walker 1995 TV Movie Diagnosis Murder 1994 TV Series 3 episodes While Justice Sleeps 1994 TV Movie Trick of the Eye 1994 TV Movie Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage 1993 TV Movie Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore 1992 TV Movie Shadow of a Doubt 1991 TV Movie Ironclads 1991 TV Movie The Lookalike 1990 TV Movie Pancho Barnes 1988 TV Movie April Morning 1988 TV Movie The Woman He Loved 1988 TV Movie Angel in Green 1987 TV Movie Stone Fox 1987 TV Movie The Christmas Gift 1986 TV Movie Life with Lucy 1986 TV Series 2 episodes The Last Days of Patton 1986 TV Movie Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) 1985 TV Movie Scene of the Crime 1985 TV Series 1 episode
Music Department Title Year Status Character Charlie's Angels 2011 TV Series composer - 8 episodes Back to the Secret Garden 2001 conductor Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors 1992 TV Movie composer: theme music / conductor Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore 1992 TV Movie conductor April Morning 1988 TV Movie conductor The Woman He Loved 1988 TV Movie conductor Angel in Green 1987 TV Movie conductor The Last Days of Patton 1986 TV Movie conductor Dune 1984 additional orchestrator / composer: additional music - uncredited Master of the Game 1984 TV Mini-Series conductor - 3 episodes Barney Miller 1975-1982 TV Series composer - 170 episodes The 2nd American Movie Awards 1982 TV Special music arranger / musical director Ivanhoe 1982 TV Movie conductor Computercide 1981 TV Movie conductor Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980 TV Movie conductor Pleasure Palace 1980 TV Movie conductor - uncredited Nobody's Perfect 1980 TV Series composer - 1 episode All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie conductor Avalanche Express 1979 conductor The 51st Annual Academy Awards 1979 TV Special documentary musical director Charlie's Angels 1979 TV Series musician - 1 episode George Burns' 100th Birthday Party 1979 TV Movie conductor Les Miserables 1978 TV Movie conductor The New Adventures of Heidi 1978 TV Movie composer: additional music - uncredited / conductor / orchestrator NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney 1978 TV Movie documentary musical director A.E.S. Hudson Street 1977-1978 TV Series composer - 6 episodes The Goldie Hawn Special 1978 TV Special musical director The Four Feathers 1978 TV Movie conductor Big Hawaii 1977 TV Series composer - 7 episodes The George Burns One-Man Show 1977 TV Special conductor / music arranger The Man in the Iron Mask 1977 TV Movie conductor Christmas in Disneyland 1976 TV Movie conductor The George Burns Special 1976 TV Special conductor The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1976 TV Special conductor Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya 1975 TV Series orchestra leader The Count of Monte-Cristo 1975 TV Movie conductor The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine 1974 TV Series musical director - 1 episode The New Dick Van Dyke Show 1974 TV Series composer - 1 episode Get Christie Love! 1974 TV Series conductor - 1 episode Lotsa Luck 1973 TV Series composer - 2 episodes Call Her Mom 1972 TV Movie composer: stock music - uncredited Once Upon a Tour 1972 TV Movie music supervisor Make Your Own Kind of Music! 1971 TV Series conductor - 1 episode The Tim Conway Comedy Hour TV Series conductor - 1 episode, 1970 music arranged and conducted by - 1 episode, 1970 Myra Breckinridge 1970 orchestrator Jack Benny's New Look 1969 TV Special music arranged and conducted by Dionne Warwick- Souled Out 1969 TV Movie conductor and arranger Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman 1969 TV Special music Jack Benny's Birthday Special 1969 TV Special arranger - as Alan Ferguson / conductor - as Alan Ferguson TCB 1968 TV Movie musical director Gunsmoke 1968 TV Series conductor - 1 episode Away We Go TV Series composer - 2 episodes, 1967 conductor - 2 episodes, 1967 The Andy Williams Show TV Series music arranger - 2 episodes, 1966 conductor - 1 episode, 1966 The Monkees 1966 TV Series conductor - 1 episode The Devil's Hand 1961 orchestrator
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-2016 TV Series writer - 3 episodes Atop the Fourth Wall 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode Wieners 2008 performer: "Charlie's Angels" / writer: "Charlie's Angels" Spanglish 2004 writer: "Charlie's Angels Theme" Radio 2003 writer: "Theme from Charlie's Angels" 1976 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 2003 writer: "Charlie's Angels 2000" Charlie's Angels 2000 writer: "Charlie's Angels 2000" Wrongfully Accused 1998 "Charlie's Angels" Spice World 1997 writer: "Charlie's Angels" Stuart Saves His Family 1995 writer: "Winters" The Brady Bunch Movie 1995 "Charlie's Angels" The Benny Hill Show 1980 TV Series writer - 1 episode A Guide for the Married Woman 1978 TV Movie music: "NOTHING STAYS THE SAME"
Self Title Year Status Character The Guy Mitchell Show 1958 TV Series Himself - Orchestra Leader
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1985 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special Camille (1984)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1989 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) Pancho Barnes (1988) 1988 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) April Morning (1988) 1987 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) The Last Days of Patton (1986) 1986 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985) 1984 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) Master of the Game (1984) 1982 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) Ivanhoe (1982) 1982 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction The 2nd American Movie Awards (1982)
Known for movies Barney Miller (1974-1982) as Composer
Charlie's Angels (1976-1981) as Composer
Dune (1984) as Music Department
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) as Composer