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Died On This Date (February 6, 1981) Hugo Montenegro / Successful Film Score Composer

Posted by themusicsover on February 6, 2010

Hugo Montenegro
September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981

hugo-montenegroHugo Montenegro was a popular film score composer and orchestra leader whose most popular work came out during the ’60s and ’70s.  His use of synthesizers became a major influence upon contemporary electronic musicians.  He was also embraced by fans of space pop and lounge music during the ’90s.  Montenegro had several hits with his interpretations of film scores of the time.  His cover of the theme song of Clint Eastwood’s The Good The Bad and The Ugly made it to #2 on the Billboard pop chart.  Montenegro also created the theme songs for I Dream Of Jeannie and Here Come the Brides for television.  He died of emphysema on February 6, 1981.

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