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name: "Joe Raposo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-raposo"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 February 1937"
died: "5 February 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:12:50.466997+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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# Joe Raposo

Composer. Born 8 February 1937 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Died 5 February 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 February 1937, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
- **Died:** 5 February 1989
- **Also known as:** Joseph Guilherme Raposo

## Biography

Joe Raposo (also credited as Joseph Guilherme Raposo) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He was born on 8 February 1937 in Fall River, Massachusetts, and died on 5 February 1989.

He composed the theme song and numerous songs for the children's television series *Sesame Street*, as well as music for *The Electric Company*, *Shining Time Station* and the sitcoms *Three's Company* and *The Ropers*. His film work includes the score for *Nashville* (1975) and songs and music for *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981) and *Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure* (1977). He also composed for three Dr. Seuss television specials: *Halloween Is Grinch Night* (1977), *Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?* (1980) and *The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat* (1982).

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nashville* (1975), Fi1m 89, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)

## Also known for

- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Halloween Is Grinch Night* (1977), Music

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