Charles Fox's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online

Composer Charles Fox's two-and-a-half hour Archive of American Television interview has been added to the online collection at Google Video. This is tape 2 of Charles Fox's interview in which he talks about the early days of electronic music. Click here to view the entire 7-part interview.

Charles Fox is the composer of many of television's most memorable theme songs including the theme songs for "Love, American Style," "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," "Wonder Woman," "The Love Boat," and "Angie."

Interview description:

Fox begins by talking about his musical education, which included studying with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1959-61. He explains how he broke into composing for television, writing transition material for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as well as the bold and energetic theme song for ABC’s Wide World of Sports. He speaks in great detail about Love American Style, a series for which he wrote the theme song and scored music for the entire series run. He describes other series for which he both scored the theme song and created libraries for track music. He looks back on his work for Laverne & Shirley, including details about the pilot presentation and the creation of the theme song and main title. Additionally he talks about his work on the series: Happy Days, Wonder Woman, The Love Boat, and The Paper Chase. He also discusses his work in television movies (including Victory at Entebbe) and feature films (including The Other Side of the Mountain and Foul Play), as well as composing other popular songs. The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on June 29, 2004.