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name: "George Tipton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-aliceson-tipton"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 January 1932"
died: "12 February 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:14:53.461938+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# George Tipton

Composer. Born 23 January 1932 in Los Angeles. Died 12 February 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 January 1932, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 12 February 2016
- **Also known as:** George Aliceson Tipton

## Biography

George Aliceson Tipton (also credited as George Tipton) was an American composer, musical arranger and conductor. Born on 23 January 1932, he died on 12 February 2016. He worked extensively in television and film, composing scores and incidental music for numerous series and providing original music for the feature film *Badlands* (1973).

Tipton composed themes and music for television programmes including *Soap* (1977), its spin-off *Benson* (1979), *The Love Boat* (1977), *The Golden Girls* (1985) and *Empty Nest* (1988). He also contributed to the animated film *The Point* (1971) and the feature *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974).

He is noted for his long collaboration with singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, for whom he arranged and conducted albums and the single "Everybody's Talkin'" in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Badlands* (1973), Fi1m 91, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)

## Also known for

- *The Golden Girls* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Boat* (1977), Music
- *Soap* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Point* (1971), Music Arranger, Conductor
- *Benson* (1979), Original Music Composer

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