Dominic Frontiere (1931-2017)

Another composer has left us, and while I'm willing to own up to the fact that I don't know as much about Dominic Frontiere as I did Daniel Licht or Terry Plumeri, it's always a sad day when a composer passes on.

I really liked his theme for the TV series "Vegas" and his music for the made-for-TV horror movie Don't Go to Sleep seemed to come from the 'score the movie they should've made instead of the one they did' school (and I'm still miffed that I've misplaced the track listings I made for this).

On the film side, I'm most aware of two of his collaborations with director Richard Rush: his slinky music for Color of Night (which I hope gets a full release, someday) and his delightful circusy music for The Stunt Man. The latter also featured a touching, pseudo-Bondian love theme, "Bits and Pieces" performed by Dusty Springfield.

He will be missed.

P.S. It is truly weird to think that his theme for "The Rat Patrol" was sampled for Black Eye Peas' "Fergilicious".