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American composer (–)

Hoyt Stoddard Curtin (September 9, – December 3, ) was an American composer and music producer, the primary musical director for the Hanna-Barberaanimation studio from its beginnings with The Ruff & Reddy Show in until his retirement in , except from to , when the primary music director was Ted Nichols.^[1][2]

Biography

Curtin was a native of Downey, California, and had one son, Chris, with his wife Elizabeth.

In the s Curtin was an in-demand composer for TV commercials. He first met William Hanna and Joseph Barbera when he worked on a Schlitz beer commercial they were producing for MGM in

"About two weeks later they called and had a lyric they read over the phone. Could I write a tune for it?

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I called back in 5 minutes and sang it to them silence uh oh, I bombed out the next thing I heard was a deal to record it! Ruff & Reddy. At that moment they had quit at MGM and started their own company. All of our