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Robert Lamar "Bob" Thompson (August 24, 1924 – May 21, 2013) was a composer, arranger, and orchestra leader from the 1950s through the 1980s. Active in Los Angeles, Thompson was a recording artist for RCA Victor, scored film and television soundtracks, and wrote commercial jingles.〔〔 He composed, arranged, and conducted orchestra for such artists as Rosemary Clooney, Mae West, Julie London, Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Duane Eddy, Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, Van Dyke Parks, Phil Ochs, and many others.〔 Thompson is considered a prime exponent of what has belatedly been termed "space age pop," or "space age bachelor pad music." This style of breezy, experimental orchestral music became popular in the 1950s and 1960s following the introduction of the long-playing microgroove record and the advent of high-fidelity and stereo home audio systems, which allowed enhanced sonic reproduction. ==Career== Thompson was born in San Jose in 1924. He composed the title theme for ''The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond'' (1960) and the score for the film ''Thumb Tripping''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069377/ )〕 (1972). He contributed arrangements for the films ''Picnic'' (1955), ''Seven Men from Now''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049743/ )〕 (1956; title theme), ''The Long Hot Summer'' (1958), and ''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063115/ )〕 (1968).〔 Thompson received several Clio Awards for excellence in advertising music and a Grammy Award nomination in 1959 for Best Performance by an Orchestra. Thompson's albums as a bandleader are ''Just for Kicks'', ''Mmm, Nice!'', and ''On the Rocks''〔 (all on RCA Victor Records), ''The Sound of Speed'' (Dot Records, 1960),〔 and ''That Agency Thing'' (Private pressing, 1963). ''Just For Kicks'' and ''Mmm, Nice!'' were recorded at Radio Recorders in 1958 and 1959 respectively, and ''On the Rocks'' was recorded at RCA Victor Studios in late 1959. All three of these albums featured top session musicians from the late 1950s west coast jazz scene, including drummer Shelly Manne, percussionist Emil Richards, alto saxophonist Bud Shank, trombonist Frank Rosolino, trumpeter Al Porcino, guitarist Al Hendrickson, and bassist Red Callender.〔 ''The Sound of Speed'' was reissued by itself on CD by Bacchus Archives in 2004〔 and on vinyl by Sundazed Music in 2010. The three RCA albums were reissued together with bonus tracks by the Spanish reissue label Blue Moon Producciones as a two-CD set in 2011. He died in Los Angeles in 2013.〔("Bob Thompson dies at 88; 'Space Age pop' composer"; Steve Chawkins, ''Los Angeles Times'', June 10, 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Thompson (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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