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"Hawaii Five-O Theme" is an instrumental composed by Morton Stevens as the theme music for the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O, [1] which aired from 1968 to 1980. It is considered by many to be one of the best television themes of all time.
The remake version Hawaii Five-0 used the same principal character names as the original, and the new Steve McGarrett's late father's vintage 1974 Mercury Marquis was the actual car driven by Lord in the original series' final seasons. The new series opening credit sequence was an homage to the original; the theme song was cut in half, from 60 ...
Hawaii Five-O is an instrumental album by the Ventures. It is named for the popular 1968 television series, and featured the theme song from the series composed by Morton Stevens as its title track. It was released in 1969 on Liberty Records LST-8061 and reached #11 on the Billboard Top LP chart, staying for 24 weeks. [2]
Morton Stevens (January 30, 1929 – November 11, 1991) was an American film score composer. In 1965, he became director of music for CBS West Coast operations. He is probably best known for composing the theme music for Hawaii Five-O, a CBS television series for which he won two Emmy Awards in 1970 and 1974, and was a gold record for The Ventures. [1]
The theme music of the television show Hawaii Five-O continues to be popular. [27] The tune was composed by Morton Stevens, who also composed numerous episode scores. The theme was recorded by the Ventures, whose version reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. [28]
Danny "Danno" Williams is a fictional character from CBS' Hawaii Five-O, and is the partner of Five-0 leader, Steve McGarrett.Williams was portrayed by James MacArthur in the original show from 1968 to 1979, and later by Scott Caan in the series' remake from 2010 to 2020
Hawaii Five-0 is an American police procedural television series developed for television by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Peter M. Lenkov for CBS.It is a reboot of the 1968–1980 series Hawaii Five-O (the original series had the letter "O" instead of the number "0" in its title), which also aired on CBS.
Kauhi was an accomplished surfer; he was known in Hawaii by the honorific "Waikiki Beach Boy". In the late 1960s, Kauhi was a member of the band Sons of Hawaii and referred to it as his "schooling in Hawaiian music". [3] In 1968, Kauhi landed the role of the burly state police detective Kono on Hawaii Five-O. He was fired from the show after ...