Biography
Neal Hefti was an American composer, arranger and jazz trumpeter. Born in Hastings, Nebraska, he began his career playing trumpet and writing arrangements for big bands including those of Woody Herman and Count Basie in the 1940s and 1950s.
From the 1960s he composed scores for films and television, including Sex and the Single Girl (1964), How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Boeing, Boeing (1965), Duel at Diablo (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968) and A New Leaf (1971). He also wrote the theme for the 1960s television series Batman. Hefti died in Toluca Lake, California, in 2008.
