Edd Kalehoff

Edward Woodley Kalehoff Jr. (born September 1, 1945) is an American television music composer, known for his work on the Moog synthesizer. Kalehoff composed the musical themes to the game shows The Price Is Right and Double Dare, as well as for ABC World News Tonight and Monday Night Football.

Edd Kalehoff
Birth nameEdward Woodley Kalehoff Jr.
Born (1945-09-01) September 1, 1945
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
GenresTelevision
Occupation(s)Composer
InstrumentsSynthesizers
Websitewww.eddkalehoff.com

Notable pieces

Kalehoff composed many television themes and musical cues using the Moog synthesizer, alone or in combination with a band of musicians. He composed The Price Is Right main theme,[1] and the theme for the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare. He wrote a music package for ABC Sports that updated and expanded the Monday Night Football theme; the 1991 theme song for Labatt Blue Jays/Expos Baseball on TSN in Canada; music for WNBC-TV's famous 1992 promotional campaign "We're 4 New York"; and many television news music and station image packages used on stations such as WEWS-TV in Cleveland, WJBK-TV in Detroit, and WNYW-TV, WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV in New York City. The NBC Stations package composed in 1995 for WNBC was used by the station until 2003. Due to its long run as the music package for WNBC, it is widely known in the Tri-State Region.[2] His most recent work is the new theme for the PBS NewsHour as part of a new on-air look launched on July 20, 2015.[3]

The main theme of the The Price Is Right is officially credited to Sheila Cole,[4] even though it was composed and performed by Kalehoff. At the time, Kalehoff was working for Score Productions, under composer Bob Israel. Israel assigned the theme's BMI publishing rights to Mark Goodson, the producer of The Price Is Right, so that Goodson would benefit monetarily. Israel assigned the composer credit to Sheila Cole, his wife, explaining this fiction to Kalehoff as a "technicality." Israel assured Kalehoff that there would be future work with Goodman. This arrangement diverted millions of dollars of residuals away from Kalehoff.[1][5]

As a keyboard player and record producer

Kalehoff is a noted keyboard player, being a featured performer in the documentary film Moog and keyboardist for several albums by the Roches. He was prominently featured in a 1973 television commercial for Schaefer Beer as "Edd Kalehoff at the MOOG synthesizer" playing his rendition of the company's jingle.[6][7]

As a record producer, he produced several albums including Another World (1985) for the Roches, and Andrea McArdle's On Broadway (1996) and Family Christmas (2003).[8]

Personal life

Kalehoff was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Edward Woodley "Woody" Kalehoff Sr., played piano in the White House for presidents Roosevelt and Truman.

Kalehoff was married to Broadway actress and singer Andrea McArdle, and their daughter, actress Alexis Kalehoff, has appeared in many Broadway productions. The couple divorced in August 2011. Kalehoff has two sons, Max and Rex, from his first marriage.

Selected filmography

News music packages composed by Edd Kalehoff
  • Dayna (WJBK)
  • Eyewitness Primetime (WJBK, after switch to Fox)
  • Good Day (WNYW, Good Day New York)
  • Grandeur (WCBS-TV; now used as a Showcase cue on The Price Is Right)
  • Groove News (KNSD)
  • Industrial Strength (WTTG)
  • Major Theme (WJBK)
  • NBC Stations (WNBC)
  • Nightcast (WCBS)
  • Straight Talk (WJBK)
  • Today's 4 (WBZ-TV)
  • We're 4 New York (WNBC package/campaign)
  • Live on 5 (WEWS)
  • Evening News (WJBK)
  • CNBC Music Package 2000-2003

References
  1. https://genius.com/a/how-the-price-is-right-theme-song-composer-lost-out-on-millions-in-royalties
  2. Edd Kalehoff on IMDb
  3. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/newshour-debuts-new-theme-music
  4. https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/460335539
  5. https://www.20k.org/episodes/thepriceisright
  6. Andrew Burke (2013). "Moogie Wonderland". In Benjamin Halligan; Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs; Robert Edgar (eds.). The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop. Routledge. p. 203. ISBN 9781136311048.
  7. Timothy D. Taylor (2012). "The Avant-Garde in the Family Room". In Trevor Pinch; Karin Bijsterveld (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 9780195388947.
  8. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/edd-kalehoff-mn0000793555/credits
  9. Segal, Corinne (July 20, 2015). "The NewsHour has a new theme song, and we assume you'll want to talk about it". PBS NewsHour: Art Beat. PBS. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
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