Jerrold Immel (born 9 September 1936) is an American television music composer. He composed the theme songs for the primetime

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'' and '' Knots Landing''.

Early life and career

Born in

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, before moving into scoring, Immel worked as a music copyist at CBS, before getting his break into television scoring on ''

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''. Other programs which he has contributed music to include '' How the West Was Won'', '' Hawaii Five-O'', '' Logan's Run'', ''

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'' (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).

Television scores (partial)

"Episode(s)" denotes the listing may be incomplete.

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