Neil Hefti

BIO Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name. Hefti was born to an impoverished family in Hastings, Nebraska. As a young child, he remembers his family relying on charity during the holidays.