Walter Schumann (October 8, 1913 – August 21, 1958) was an American composer for film, television, and the theater. His notable works include the score for The Night of the Hunter and the Dragnet Theme. (The Dragnet theme was lifted, inadvertently according to Schumann, from Miklos Rozsa's score from the 1946 film The Killers.)
Walter Schumann was one of the first recipients of the new procedure known as open-heart surgery, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Unfortunately his procedure was unsuccessful. He was 44 years old.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dragnet
2003-2004
TV Series composer - 5 episodes
Dragnet 1967
1967-1970
TV Series composer - 98 episodes
Stahlnetz
TV Series composer - 4 episodes, 1962 - 1966 theme music - 1 episode, 1964
Steve Canyon
1958-1959
TV Series composer - 34 episodes
Dragnet
1955
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Dateline: Disneyland
1955
TV Special documentary musical director
Dragnet
1954
music conductor
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
composer: stock music - uncredited
Lost in Alaska
1952
composer: stock music - uncredited
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
composer: stock music - uncredited
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
composer: stock music - uncredited
Just Across the Street
1952
composer: stock music - uncredited
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
composer: stock music - uncredited
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
composer: stock music - uncredited
Up Front
1951
composer: stock music - uncredited
Kansas Raiders
1950
composer: stock music - uncredited
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
composer: stock music - uncredited
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
composer: stock music - uncredited / orchestrator
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
TV Series writer: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead"
Badge '69'
1974
writer: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead" - uncredited
Dragnet 1966
1969
TV Movie writer: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead"
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1968
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dragnet 1967
1967
TV Series writer: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead"
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
TV Series writer - 1 episode
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1958
TV Series music - 1 episode
Drafty, Isn't It?
1957
Short writer: "Danger Ahead" - uncredited
The Night of the Hunter
1955
arranger: "Dream, Little One, Dream" - uncredited / music: "Hing, Hang, Hung" 1955 uncredited, "Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly" 1955 uncredited, "The Lullabye" accompanying the barn-scene
Dragnet
1954
music: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead" - uncredited
Our Miss Brooks
1954
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dog Pounded
1954
Short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
Texaco Star Theatre
1953
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dragnet
1951
TV Series writer: "Theme From Dragnet Danger Ahead"
Tweety's S.O.S.
1951
Short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
Cheese Chasers
1951
Short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
1950
Short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
So Much for So Little
1949
Documentary short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
Daffy Dilly
1948
Short music: "Melancholy Mood" - uncredited
River Lady
1948
music: "Louie Sands and Jim McGee"
I'll Be Yours
1947
music: "Cobbleskill School Song" uncredited, "It's Dream Time"
$600,000
