Lyn Murray
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Lyn Murray (13 August 1909 to 29 April 1989) was a composer, conductor, and arranger of music for radio, film, and television.
Born in London, England, he arrived on American shores to found the Lyn Murray Singers — who became well-known throughout the United States as a featured group on the CBS radio network’s “Lucky Strike Hit Parade.” Murray worked as a conductor, arranger, and producer for CBS (with such artists as Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Burl Ives) prior to switching networks in 1947 to NBC. His Singers appeared on Broadway in the musical Finian's Rainbow (1948), singing arrangements specially written by Murray for the production.
In 1950, Lyn Murray moved to Hollywood and began composing scores for feature films that included The Prowler (1951) and To Catch a Thief (1955), as well as creating episodic underscoring for television shows such as The Virginian (1962), Daniel Boone (1964), The Time Tunnel (1966), and Dragnet (1967). He won an Emmy Award in 1986 for his score to the National Geographic special Miraculous Machines.
Murray was married for a time to Margaret Pexton, but they divorced in 1982. He lived for many years in Pacific Palisades, California, and died of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
