Hoyt Curtin
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.
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Movies (49)
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
2002 · In Memory Of, Original Music Composer
Queen Esther
1992 · Theme Song Performance
The Easter Story
1990 · Music
The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special
1988 · Music
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
1988 · Music
The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
1988 · Original Music Composer
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987 · Original Music Composer
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
1987 · Songs
Rock Odyssey
1987 · Original Music Composer
Samson and Delilah
1986 · Music
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986 · Original Music Composer
Daniel and the Lion's Den
1986 · Music
Star Fairies
1985 · Music
The Smurfs Halloween Special
1983 · Sound
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
1982 · Music
Christmas Comes to Pac-land
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Smurfs Christmas Special
1982 · Original Music Composer
Heidi's Song
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Flintstones: Jogging Fever
1981 · Music
Yogi's First Christmas
1980 · Music, Songs, Music Director
Scooby Goes Hollywood
1979 · Original Music Composer
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Original Music Composer
Casper's First Christmas
1979 · Music, Songs
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
1979 · Music, Original Music Composer
The Popeye Valentine Special: Sweethearts at Sea
1979 · Music Director
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978 · Music
The Flintstones: Little Big League
1978 · Music
A Flintstone Christmas
1977 · Songs, Original Music Composer
Timber Tramps
1975 · Music, Conductor
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 · Original Music Composer
The Count of Monte Cristo
1973 · Music
Lost in Space
1973 · Music
A Christmas Story
1972 · Music
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
1972 · Music, Songs
The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
1972 · Music Director
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
1972 · Music
The Last of the Curlews
1972 · Music
Yogi's Ark Lark
1972 · Original Music Composer
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966 · Music Arranger
Yogi's Birthday Party
1962 · Music
Snoopy Loopy
1960 · Music
Wolf Hounded
1959 · Music Director
Yogi Bear's Big Break
1958 · Music
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 · Music
Jail Bait
1954 · Music
When Magoo Flew
1954 · Music
Mesa of Lost Women
1953 · Music
Bungled Bungalow
1951 · Music
Trouble Indemnity
1950 · Music
TV shows (10)
Garbage Pail Kids
1988 · Music Director
Sky Commanders
1987 · Music Director
Pound Puppies
1986 · Original Music Composer
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
1985 · Music
Dinky Dog
1978 · Music
Breezly and Sneezly
1964 · Music
Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
1962 · Music
Top Cat
1961 · Music Director
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959 · Music
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
1959 · Music