Jacques "Jack" Urbont is a composer. Urbont is best known for composing the

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s for ''

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'' cartoon series.

Career

Urbont composed the music for the off-Broadway shows ''Livin' the Life'', ''All in Love'', and ''Stag Movie''. ''Livin' the Life'' premiered in 1957 and starred Francis Barnard and

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. ''All in Love'' premiered in 1961 and starred David Atkinson and Gaylea Byrne. ''Stag Movie'' premiered in 1971 and starred Hy Anzell and

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. He wrote the original

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for the

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when he met Stan Lee, and though he didn’t yet know him, asked Lee for his comics and in a week wrote the themes on

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, hoping Lee would like them, and saying when he was done, Lee would wish he wrote them himself. Later, Lee admitted that he did in fact wish he wrote them. Urbont composed or arranged the theme music for several daytime soap operas, including '' General Hospital'', '' One Life to Live'', '' All My Children'', and '' Guiding Light''. Urbont composed the theme songs for ''

'' cartoon series, which premiered in 1966. In 1969, Urbont helped produce a Christmas album for each NFL team. His theme for '' General Hospital'' was one of the longest running themes for a

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. Urbont composed the music for the movie ''

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'', which premiered in 1975.

Lawsuits

In 2011, Urbont sued

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for copyright violation for his use of ''

'' Iron Man theme song in his 2000 album ''

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''. Urbont lost the lawsuit at the District Court level. That decision was overturned on appeal.

Awards

Urbont was nominated for four

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awards, winning once for ''

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''. Urbont was also nominated for three

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awards for '' Bronk'' and one for ''The Supercops''.

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