Film and Television Soundtrack Work
May's musical compositions for television include "Somewhere in the Night," which was the theme music for the Naked City (1960) television series, and his jazz style re-arrangement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, which was the theme music for The Green Hornet (1966) television series, which featured a trumpet performance by Al Hirt. May also composed the music for the "Batgirl Theme" song, which was used in the Batman (1966) television series when the Batgirl character was added to the cast in 1967. Along with Nelson Riddle, he was also involved in scoring episodes of Naked City (1960), Batman (1966), The Green Hornet (1966), and Emergency! (1972). May also composed the score for the Rat Pack film Sergeants 3 (1962).
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