John Cacavas

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Harry Cacavas (August 13, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer and conductor probably best known for his television scores, such as Kojak, for which he was the chief composer. He also composed the show's second main title theme for its 5th and final season in 1977-1978.

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Kojak

(1973) Original Music Composer

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Airport 1975

(1974) Original Music Composer

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Airport '77

(1977) Original Music Composer

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Horror Express

(1972) Original Music Composer

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The Satanic Rites of Dracula

(1973) Original Music Composer

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They're Playing with Fire

(1984) Original Music Composer

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Lady Blue

(1985) Original Music Composer

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Mortuary

(1983) Songs

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Acting

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Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2000	Original Music Composer	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder 2000-02-27 Movie
1993	Sound	The Return of Ironside 1993-05-04 Movie
1990	Music	Murder in Paradise 1990-01-19 Movie
1989	Conductor	Confessional 1989-10-04 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Margaret Bourke-White 1989-04-24 Movie
1988	Music	The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988-11-10 Movie
	Music	Body of Evidence 1988-01-24 Movie
1987	Music	The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987-03-01 Movie
1986	Music	A Time to Triumph 1986-01-07 Movie
1985	Music	Murder: By Reason of Insanity 1985-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lady Blue 1985-04-15 TV Show
1984	Original Music Composer	Jessie 1984-09-18 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	They're Playing with Fire 1984-04-01 Movie
	Music	Her Life as a Man 1984-03-12 Movie
1983	Music	Women of San Quentin 1983-10-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mortuary 1983-09-02 Movie
	Songs	Mortuary 1983-09-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Still the Beaver 1983-03-19 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	The Executioner's Song 1982-09-10 Movie
	Music	Silent Rebellion 1982-05-04 Movie
1981	Music	Child Bride of Short Creek 1981-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	California Gold Rush 1981-07-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Separate Ways 1981-05-01 Movie
	Music	Gangster Wars 1981-04-09 Movie
	Music	Hellinger's Law 1981-03-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	No Place to Hide 1981-03-04 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	Once Upon a Spy 1980-09-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hangar 18 1980-07-01 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	The Time Machine 1978-11-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Human Feelings 1978-10-16 Movie
	Music	B.J. and the Bear 1978-10-04 Movie
	Music	Superdome 1978-01-09 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Relentless 1977-09-14 Movie
	Music Supervisor	Murder at the World Series 1977-03-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Airport '77 1977-03-11 Movie
	Music	SST: Death Flight 1977-02-25 Movie
1975	Music	Friendly Persuasion 1975-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kate McShane [Pilot] 1975-04-11 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Airport 1975 1974-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Elevator 1974-02-09 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	Blade 1973-12-01 Movie
	Music	Linda 1973-11-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973-11-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kojak 1973-10-24 TV Show
	Music	She Cried Murder 1973-09-25 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Horror Express 1972-09-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv