Who wrote hawaii five o theme song. It is considered by many to be one of the best television themes of all time. Although we have great respect and appreciation for mr. His many fine television scores include hawaii five o emmy winner police woman and gunsmoke.
The australian rock band radio birdman recorded a song called aloha steve and danno in 1977 that incorporated the hawaii five o theme in the middle instrumental break and referenced the show in the lyric. Hawaii five o theme is an instrumental composed by morton stevens as the theme music for the television series hawaii five o which aired from 1968 to 1980. The striking theme song from the original tv series hawaii five o was composed by morton stevens a popular composer of movie and television themes of that era.
A later variation of it was recorded by the ventures and reached 3 on the billboard record charts. Stevens work on the original hawaii five 0 theme song his heirs claims are without merit and we will vigorously defend this case email. The theme from hawaii five 0 is the most recognizable television theme ever.
He then went into composing various scores for network television as well as becoming music supervisor for cbs in the 1960s. Morton stevens was given half the songwriting credit by mutual agreement. The popularity of the album was propelled by the.
Hawaii five o is an instrumental album by the venturesit is named for the popular 1968 television series and featured the theme song from the series as its title trackit was released in 1969 on liberty records lst 8061 and reached 11 on the billboard top lp chart staying for 24 weeks. Morton stevens i 19291991 morton stevens.