Jerrold Immel

Jerrold Immel (born 9 September 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is a United States television music composer. He is perhaps most notable for composing the theme tunes for the hit primetime soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing.

Before moving into scoring, 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).