The 1966 Batman television show is remembered for many things, including its iconic theme song. While the lyrics were just one word, the “Batman Theme” composer said he had difficulty writing the ...

Hearing Neal Hefti: Forever in Time, a newly released double-CD from the U.K.'s Jasmine label, reminded me how superb Hefti was in the 1950s as a composer, arranger and conductor of his own studio ...

Neal Hefti, a top jazz arranger of the 1940s and ’50s and Grammy-winning composer of the “Batman” and “Odd Couple” themes, died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 85. Hefti composed ...

Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died in Los Angeles. He was 85. His son Paul Hefti says his ...

Even among the giants of the orchestra business, Neal Hefti was special. Over just three decades, the composer-arrangerturned out masterful bop, swing and film charts with a distinctly jaunty and ...

Neal Hefti, whose brilliance as a jazz composer and arranger for Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and other entertainers might have been overshadowed by his familiar theme songs for "Batman" and "The Odd ...

Neal Hefti, who honed his skills playing in big bands in high school in Hastings, then went on to write the theme song for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television show died Saturday at ...