Herschel Burke Gilbert

Herschel Burke Gilbert
Born(1918-04-20)April 20, 1918
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
DiedJune 8, 2003(2003-06-08) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, US
Alma mater
SpouseTrudy Gilbert
Children4

Herschel Burke Gilbert (April 20, 1918 – June 8, 2003) was an American orchestrator, musical supervisor, and composer of film and television scores and theme songs, including The Rifleman (starring Chuck Connors), Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, and The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.[1] Gilbert once estimated that his compositions had been used in at least three thousand individual episodes of various television series.

  1. ^ Burlingame, Jon (2003-06-13). "FMS: Feature ["Rifleman" Composer Herschel Burke Gilbert Dead at 85]". Filmmusicsociety.org. Retrieved 2011-09-19.