Jon Burlingame on Music for Prime Time

ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers) presents
Jon Burlingame on Music for Prime Time

Jon Burlingame dives into the history of American television themes and scoring connected with his book Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring.

An engaging and fun survey of TV themes over the past 75 years, with backstories and a grand overview of how composers and arrangers managed to convey the essence of a show in 60 seconds or less.
• how early TV drew on radio traditions for its music
• how “Peter Gunn” changed the TV scoring landscape
• how great film composers found new challenges in TV
• how leading jazz arrangers became top composers in TV
• the role of pop and rock songwriters in the ‘60s and ‘70s
• how the advent of synthesizers changed the TV scoring landscape

https://jonburlingame.com/