Jerrold Immel
Jerrold Earle Immel (born 9 September 1936) is an American television music composer. He most notably composed the theme songs for the primetime soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing.
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Jerrold Immel

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- Name
- Jerrold Immel
- Birth Name
- Jerrold Earle Immel
- Born
- 9 September 1936
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- United States
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Jerrold Earle Immel (born 9 September 1936) is an American television music composer. He most notably composed the theme songs for the primetime soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing.
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• Name — Jerrold Immel • Birth Name — Jerrold Earle Immel • Born — 9 September 1936 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, U.S. • Education — University of California, Los Angeles • Occupation — Composer • conductor • arranger • orchestrator • Notable Works — Themes and music from Dallas, Knots Landing, How the West Was Won, Walker, Texas Ranger
Early life and career
Early life and career
Born in Los Angeles, California, Immel attended the University of California, Los Angeles. In jazz groups at UCLA and around Los Angeles, Immel played various woodwind instruments including the alto saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Immel worked as a music copyist at CBS, before getting his break into television scoring on Gunsmoke. Other programs which he has contributed music to include How the West Was Won, Hawaii Five-O, Logan's Run, Walker, Texas Ranger (through 1995 season) and Voyagers!. He has also composed music for films, including the scores to Matilda (1978), Death Hunt (1981), Sourdough (1981) and Megaforce (1982).
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Television scores (partial)
"Episode(s)" denotes the listing may be incomplete. • Year — Title — Info — On CD? • 1973-1975 — Gunsmoke — 27 episodes (from season 18 to season 20) "Sarah" (first episode) "Manolo" (finale episode) — NO • 1977 — Logan's Run — Two episodes: "The Innocent" "Half Lite" Complete episode scores to the series available on Film Score Monthly. — YES • 1978–1991 1996 1998 — Dallas — 55 episodes + 2 TV movies (all seasons) And theme music. — NO • 1979 — Knots Landing — 12 episodes (some co-composed with Craig Huxley) (from season 1 to the season 14 finale) And theme music. — NO • 1982 — King's Crossing — "Keepers of the Ring" (Pilot) — NO • 1982-1983 — Voyagers! — 2 episodes (Season 1) And theme music. — NO • 1985 — The Twilight Zone — One Episode (Season 1): "If She Dies / Ye Gods" (segment one, "If She Dies") — NO • 1988-1990 — Guns of Paradise — Episode(s): "The News from St. Louis" (pilot) "The Holstered Gun" "Founder's Day" "Ghost Dance" "The Promise" "Childhood's End" "A Private War" "Crossroads" "A Matter of Honor: Part 1" "Squaring Off" Season 2: "Common Good" "All the Pretty Little Horses" "Boomtown" "The Gates of Paradise" "Avenging Angel" "The Coward" Season 3: "Out of Ashes" "The Women" (final episode) And theme music. — NO • 1995 — Walker, Texas Ranger — All Episodes (season 3): "Badge of Honor" "Silk Dreams" "Till Death Do Us Part" "The Road to Black Bayou" "Line of Fire" "Tiger's Eye" "Money Train" "War Zone" And Season 3 theme. — NO
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Jerrold Immel was born on 9 September 1936. Institutional cataloguing adds that jerrold Immel is recorded as human. It is also recorded that jerrold Immel is recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the gender male.
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Jerrold Immel
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- “Jerrold Immel”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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