Carl Brandt (composer)
{{Short description|American composer (1914–1991)}}
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| birth_name = Carl Edwin Brandt
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| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
| birth_date = {{BirthDeathAge|B|1914|08|15|1991|04|25}}
| death_date = {{BirthDeathAge|{{^}}|1914|08|15|1991|04|25}}
| death_place = Studio City, California, U.S.
| instrument = Clarinet, saxophone, violin
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| occupation = Composer, arranger
| years_active = 1934–1991
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Carl Edwin Brandt (August 15, 1914 – April 25, 1991){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVUIAQAAMAAJ&q=Carl+Brandt+sacramento+composer |title=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1991 |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |language=en}} was an American musician who was prolific as a composer and arranger for recording artists, television, and film.
Early life
Born and raised in Sacramento, Brandt played clarinet, violin, and saxophone with The Dick Jurgens Orchestra before joining the United States Air Force during World War II.{{Cite web |date=1991-04-28 |title=Carl E. Brandt; Retired Composer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-28-me-1485-story.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Career
After the war, he moved to Los Angeles and began composing and arranging music for television, film, and recording artists.TV Music Composer Dies at age 76, Mobile Register, April 29, 1991, pg. 4 Brandt scored music for I Spy, The Danny Thomas Show, The Mod Squad, and Eight is Enough.{{Cite web |title=Carl Brandt |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104885/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=IMDb}} Of his many positions in Los Angeles, Brandt was a staff composer and arranger for Warner Bros.Brandt also scored music for animation.1958 working for UPA scoring Mister Magoo, and his first MGM short was the Chuck Jones directed Tom and Jerry "Puss and Boats" in 1966.
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Category:Jazz musicians from California
Category:American male jazz composers
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Category:Warner Records artists
Category:20th-century American male musicians