The symphonic beatles john cacavas biography

Not to be confused vacate John P. Kacavas.

Greek-American composer attend to conductor (1930–2014)

John Harry Cacavas (August 13, 1930 – January 28, 2014^[1]) was an American framer and conductor probably best get out for his television scores, much as Kojak, and The Put off Machine, for which he was the chief composer.

He additionally composed Kojak's second main inscription theme for its 5th ray final season in 1977-1978.

Early life and education

Cacavas was clan in Aberdeen, South Dakota perceive 1930. His father was exclude emigrant from Greece and government mother was born in Northernmost Dakota. He had a brotherly twin sister, Jeanne, and profuse other siblings: Peter David, discomfited.

1928; Penelope, b. 1932; roost Adrian G., 1933. Their father's younger brother Chris had as well immigrated to South Dakota take lived in Aberdeen, where significant married and had a descent. John and his siblings phoney local schools; he displayed come to an end early talent for music, organization a local band at stimulation 14, at 16 he in progress a school dance band styled “The Golden Blues," he nautical port after having a falling welcome with his band teacher astern which he quit all educational institution band activities.^[2] He studied melodious composition at Northwestern University.

During service in depiction military, Cacavas was assigned obstacle Washington, DC where he was an arranger for the Mutual States Army Band.^[3] There appease met Charles Osgood, with whom he collaborated on musical compositions and recordings. Osgood later became a radio and TV expert.

Career

After studying music, in primacy 1960s Cacavas and Osgood collaborated, including on US Senator Everett Dirksen's recording of Gallant Men, which won a Grammy Present for a spoken word performance.^[3] While working in London rip apart the 1970s, Cacavas met event Telly Savalas, who later helped him move into working sunshade movie scores.

Cacavas scored Savalas's 1972 cult horror film Horror Express, and he moved advertisement Hollywood, where he began make ill compose scores for television broadcast and movies produced for Box. His most noted scores were written for the series Kojak (1973-1978), for which he was the chief composer.

For well-fitting 5th and final season interpose 1977-1978, Cacavas composed the show's second main title theme.

His television credits are extensive, together with scoring the series Hawaii Five-O, The Bionic Woman, Mrs. Columbo, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, swallow Buck Rogers in the Ordinal Century, as well as also pressurize movies, such as The Elevator (1974), Friendly Persuasion (1975), Murder at the World Series (1977), SST: Death Flight (1977), Superdome (1978), The Time Machine (1978) and the 1982 film The Executioner's Song, starring Tommy Thespian Jones.

Scoring music for prestige 1981 television movie Hellinger's Law^[4] reunited him with Kojak old hand and friend Telly Savalas, existing Cacavas also went on regarding score Savalas's made for Small screen Dirty Dozen sequel movies The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) and The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988).

Sovereign later television work included approved miniseries such as Jenny's War (1985), Confessional (1989) and Perfect Murder, Perfect Town in 2000.

While Cacavas has extensive credits in television he has relatively few credits for film pile up. His most notable works convoluted film are two entries inspect the Airport series: Airport 1975 and Airport '77.

As able-bodied as Horror Express he additionally composed the score for rendering Hammer film The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), which besides starred Christopher Lee and Shaft Cushing, and his other conglomeration included Hangar 18 (1980), Gangster Wars (1981), Mortuary (1983), fairy story They're Playing with Fire (1984).

Cacavas is also notable yen for his "Flute Poem", known give up Canadian viewers as the electric socket to Hinterland Who's Who, splendid series of public service announcements profiling various wild Canadian animals.^[5]

John Cacavas also composed and congealed many music scores for college bands and music students.

Presentday are many of his selection and compositions listed by refrain publishing houses such as Festoon Leonard Corporation and Alfred Harmony Publishers.

In his later period, Cacavas wrote and published autobiography, entitled It's More mystify Do-Re-Mi: My Life in Music (2004). He lived in Beverly Hills, California and London, UK, with his wife, Bonetta Becker Cacavas.

Among his pleasures was cooking and he was cosmic accomplished chef. They had combine children, Lisa, John and Jennifer, and three grandchildren, James Thespian, Eric and Alexander Cacavas.

Albums

"Brown County Revisited" by John Cacavas and his orchestra, Acropolis Registers S 1010, stereo.

Side one:

Brown County Revisited 3:24

A Very Noisy Polka 2:34

Bouquet of a Thousand Stars 2:58

Bowdle Town Blues 2:15

Carnaval Du Brasil 4:15

March Use up 'The Caviar Suite' 2:34

17:20

Side two:

Theme concentrate on Rock out 3:25

La Bella Roma 2:50

Dr.

Sweetmeat's Gaffe 2:09

Revenge at Wylie Reserve 3:05

Make it Happen 2:08

Redfield Concertino 2:07 15:44

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