Albert Glasser (January 25, 1916 – May 4, 1998) was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of

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s during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for

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and director

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. For the US War Department, Glasser composed for

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's Special Services Unit and for

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radio shows for overseas broadcasts. For television, he composed the score for the early western, ''

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''. For radio, he composed scores for ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Glasser joined

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in 1950, and his popular song compositions include "Urubu", "The Cisco Kid", "Someday" and "I Remember Your Love". In addition to his composition work, Glasser was an amateur radio operator (K6RFU).

Selected filmography

* '' In This Corner'' (1948) * '' The Cobra Strikes'' (1948) * ''

Last of the Wild Horses ''Last of the Wild Horses'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Robert L. Lippert and starring James Ellison, Mary Beth Hughes and Jane Frazee. It was featured in episode 611 of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot Duke Barnum, a ...

'' (1948) * ''

Treasure of Monte Cristo ''Treasure of Monte Cristo'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Berke and starring Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens and Steve Brodie. Plot A descendant of Edmond Dantès finds himself framed for a crime he did not commit. ...

'' (1949) * ''

Secrets of Beauty ''Secrets of Beauty'' (also titled ''Why Men Leave Home'') is a 1951 American drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Ern Westmore, Julie Bishop (actress), Julie Bishop, Richard Denning. The film was released on DVD in 2006. Cast *Juli ...

'' (1951) * '' Geisha Girl'' (1952) * '' Invasion U.S.A.'' (1952) * ''

The Neanderthal Man ''The Neanderthal Man'' is a 78-minute, 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay. It starred Robert Shayne, Ri ...

'' (1953) * ''

Paris Model ''Paris Model'' is a 1953 American comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Marilyn Maxwell, Paulette Goddard, Eva Gabor and Barbara Lawrence.Wojcik p.235 It is an anthology featuring four separate parts, each focused on one of ...

'' (1953) * ''

Dragon's Gold ''Dragon's Gold'' is a 1954 American crime film directed by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen and starring John Archer, Hillary Brooke and Philip Van Zandt.

'' (1954) * '' The Boss'' (1956) * ''

Flight to Hong Kong ''Flight to Hong Kong'' is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon. The film was co-produced by Newman's Sabre Productions and was the first of Rory Calhoun's Rorvic ...

'' (1956) * ''

The Big Caper ''The Big Caper'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Stevens and starring Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa and James Gregory. Plot His portion of the loot from a recent heist squandered, minor-league criminal Frank Harper talks ...

'' (1957) * ''

Monster from Green Hell ''Monster from Green Hell'' is a 1957 science fiction B movie released on December 12, 1957 as a double feature with the English-dubbed, re-edited version of the Japanese tokusatsu film '' Half Human''. It was directed by Kenneth G. Crane, and s ...

'' (1957) * '' Beginning of the End'' (1957) * '' Viking Women and the Sea Serpent'' (1957) * '' The Cyclops'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1957) * '' The Hired Gun'' (1957) * ''

The Amazing Colossal Man ''The Amazing Colossal Man'' (also known as ''The Colossal Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from American International Pictures. Produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, it stars Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William ...

'' (1957) * ''

War of the Colossal Beast ''War of the Colossal Beast'' (a.k.a. ''Revenge of the Colossal Man'' and ''The Colossal Beast'') is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film, written, produced, and directed by Bert I. Gordon for his Carmel Productions, and starring Dean Park ...

'' (1958) * ''

Giant from the Unknown ''Giant from the Unknown'' (working titles ''Giant from Devil's Crag'' and ''The Diablo Giant'' ) is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction- horror film drama, produced by Marc Frederic and Arthur A. Jacobs, directed by ...

'' (1958) * '' Teenage Cave Man'' (1958) * ''

Earth vs. the Spider ''Earth vs. the Spider'' (a.k.a. ''The Spider'') is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also provided the plot upon which the screenplay by George Wort ...

'' (1958) * '' High School Confidential'' (1958) * ''

Night of the Quarter Moon ''Night of the Quarter Moon'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Hugo Haas and written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis. The film stars Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead and Nat King Cole. The fil ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Boy and the Pirates ''The Boy and the Pirates'' is a 1960 American adventure film directed by Bert I. Gordon, known as a master of giant monster films. It stars a popular child star Charles Herbert and Gordon's daughter Susan. The storyline concerns a boy and girl t ...

'' (1960) * ''

Confessions of an Opium Eater ''Confessions of an Opium Eater'' also known as Souls for Sale and Evils of Chinatown is a 1962 American crime film produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith. It is loosely based on the 1822 autobiographical novel ''Confessions of an English Opium ...

'' (1962) * '' The Cremators'' (1972) * ''

The Naked Monster ''The Naked Monster'' is a 2005 American ultra low-budget science-fiction and horror comedy fan film written by Ted Newsom and directed by Newsom and Wayne Berwick as an homage to and spoof of the "giant monster-on-the-loose" films of the 1950s. ...

'' (2005)

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