{{Multiple issues, {{Refimprove, date=November 2018 {{No footnotes, date=November 2018 Hi-Q was a brand and library of production music produced and distributed by

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

between the early 1940s and late 1970s. It was used in several movies and other productions. Perhaps the most notable work to feature Hi-Q music was the 1968 film '' Night of the Living Dead''. The film's producer

Karl Hardman ''Night of the Living Dead'' is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, with a screenplay by John Russo and Romero, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven peop ...

used tracks from the library (some of which had been composed specially for the film), and then enhanced them by adding electronic effects, such as echo and reverb; this was unusual, as, in general, production music libraries only permit synchronization rights. Later, a soundtrack for this film was released by Varèse Sarabande, marking one of the few instances in which production music tracks have been released to the public. Productions using cues from the Hi-Q library include '' Dennis the Menace'', '' My Three Sons'', '' The Donna Reed Show'', '' The Huckleberry Hound Show'', '' The Quick Draw McGraw Show'', '' The Yogi Bear Show'', '' The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', '' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'', '' Howdy Doody'', '' The Gumby Show'', and ''

Chespirito Roberto Gómez Bolaños (21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014), more commonly known by his stage name Chespirito, or "Little William Shakespeare, Shakespeare", was a Mexican actor, comedian, screenwriter, humorist, director, producer, and au ...

''. Hi-Q was released by Capitol on both a series of 12" phonographic records and a set of open-reel audiotapes.

Notable composers

* Harry Bluestone * Emil Cadkin * Jack Cookerly *

Ib Glindemann Ib Niels Carl Glindemann Nielsen (September 27, 1934 – April 5, 2019) was a Danish jazz musician and the leader of the Ib Glindemann Orchestra (a big band modeled after the Stan Kenton Orchestra). Saxophonist Stan Getz frequently appeared with ...

* Philip Green * Geordie Hormel * William Loose * Spencer Moore * Roger Roger * John Seely * Jack Shaindlin * Roger Webb

External links

A short page about Hi-Q (and an image of a Hi-Q record label)

A thread regarding Hi-Q records
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