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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. [2] [3] [4] The cover version by The Ventures was one of the band's biggest hits.
A remake pilot, called Hawaii Five-0 (the last character is a zero instead of the letter "O"; the original series used an "O" as zero was typed as a capital O), aired September 20, 2010, on CBS. It lasted for 10 seasons until the 240th and final episode was aired on April 3, 2020.
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]
Solid Gold – Theme song performed by Dionne Warwick (Seasons 1 and 4) and Marilyn McCoo (Seasons 2–3, 5–8) Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em – Ronnie Hazlehurst; The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("The Beat Goes On") – Sonny Bono and Cher; Sonny with a Chance ("So Far, So Great") – Demi Lovato; The Sooty Show – Alan Braden
NOTE: An asterisk (*) designates a track that was re-recorded for either a later season of the TV show, a single/album by the theme song artist or this album. A double asterisk (**) denotes a track exclusive to the record and cassette versions only, and, except for the Japanese release on CBS/Sony, do not show up on any CD version.
Ray worked for CBS for 30 years, composing music for television series including Hawaii Five-O, The Twilight Zone, [1] Rawhide, The Governor & J.J. and Men at Law. [2]In 1974, Ray was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series” for the Hawaii Five-O episode "Nightmare in Blue".
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