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name: "Milton Delugg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/milton-delugg"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 December 1918"
died: "6 April 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:22:37.255761+00:00"
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# Milton Delugg

Composer. Born 2 December 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 6 April 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 December 1918, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 April 2015
- **Also known as:** Milton De Lugg

## Biography

Milton Delugg was an American composer, arranger, musician and bandleader. Born in Los Angeles on 2 December 1918, he died in the same city on 6 April 2015. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and with Tibor Serly.

Delugg composed the score for the film *Santa Claus Conquers the Martians* (1964), including its theme song "Hooray for Santa Claus". He worked extensively in radio and television, serving as musical director on *Broadway Open House* and leading the band on *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson* in 1965–66. He was musical director of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for three decades until 2013, and collaborated with producer Chuck Barris on *The Gong Show* and other programmes. Among his song credits are "Orange Colored Sky", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "Hoop Dee Doo" for Perry Como.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Santa Claus Conquers the Martians* (1964), Fi1m 40, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/santa-claus-conquers-the-martians.md)

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