Collection consists of assorted music manuscripts related to the career of music composer Joseph Mullendore.

Joseph Milton Mullendore Jr. was born in Philadelphia, PA on October 21, 1914. He was educated at Philadelphia Conservatory. He began his career in film and television as an arranger, often scoring the compositions of his colleague Herschel Burke Gilbert (and others). In the early 1950s, he began scoring and arranging for motion pictures such as The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), New York Confidential (1955), While the City Sleeps (1956), and The Shaggy Dog (1959). He also composed and conducted music scores for a number of popular television programs such as Burke's Law, Honey West, Lost In Space, The Rifleman, Twilight Zone, and Zane Grey Theatre, among others. He was nominated for an Emmy award in the 1962-1963 for his work on The Dick Powell Theater. Joe Mullendore died on June 19, 1990 in Pasadena, CA.

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