Ted Nichols, Famed Hanna-Barbera Composer on ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!,’ Dies at 97
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He also worked on ‘Jonny Quest,’ ‘Space Ghost,’ ‘Wacky Races’ and many other other shows at the cartoon factory for nearly a decade.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Ted Nichols, who composed, conducted and arranged music for such beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoons as The Flintstones , Scooby-Doo , Where Are You! and Josie and the Pussycats , has died. He was 97. Nichols had a long battle with Alzheimer’s and died Jan. 9 in hospice care in Auburn, Washington, his daughter, Karen Tolleshaug, told The Hollywood Reporter . Nichols worked at Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1963-72, serving as the company’s musical director for the last eight years of his tenure. He started out working alongside another legendary H-B composer, Hoyt Curtin, before succeeding him and then being replaced by him. Related Stories Business OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky Dies at 43 TV NHL Reporter Jessi Pierce and Her Three Children Die in Minnesota House Fire Nichols composed the score for the sixth and final season (1965-66) of the original primetime run of The Flintstones on ABC as well as for the 1966 feature The Man Called Flintstone . He is probably best known for his work on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, which premiered on CBS on Saturday mornings in September 1969. “Ted Nichols’ underscores [for Scooby-Doo ] are what I consider to be a near perfect set of music for a cartoon,” Cade Utterback says in his comprehensive 2021 documentary about Hanna-Barbera music. “It’s perfect for the show it was in. You can’t tell me it doesn’t help set the mood. “There are a few tracks that run for a few minutes and have several sections. And the music editors knew this was a bonus as they mixed and matched parts from all the tracks to make a beautiful Frankenstein monster of a music bed in each episode.” Utterback notes that Nichols’ music would continue to be used on every Scooby-Doo series through 1985. An only child, Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos...
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