Biography
Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts (musical arrangements) for Nat Towles. He composed and arranged while working as a trumpeter for Woody Herman providing the bandleader with versions of "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Blowin' Up a Storm" and composing "The Good Earth" and "Wild Root". He left Herman's band in 1946. Now concentrating on writing music only, he began an association with Count Basie in 1950. Hefti occasionally led his own bands.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
My Generation
1965
Tical
1994
Batman Forever (Original Music From The Motion Picture)
1995
The Massacre
2005
A Quick One
1966
In The City
1977
Afro-Harping
1968
The Atomic Mr. Basie
1958
Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$
2002
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2019
Dimension Hatröss
1988
Killing Technology
1987
Television's Greatest Hits (65 TV Themes! From The 50's And 60's)
1985
The Verve Years (1948-50)
1976
Warm
1969
Live At Kelvin Hall
1967
The Ventures
1966
The Cat Walk
1962
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book
1956
The Mono Collection
2016
Live At The Sands (Before Frank)
1998
More Blues And The Abstract Truth
1965
April In Paris
1957
The Sound Of Sonny
1957
Credited work
7,322 releases · 1,440 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 9,965
- Other credits · 536
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Capitol Studios · Plaza Sound Studios · Carnegie Hall