"....and they were each assigned...

very hazardous duties."


RIP Allyn Ferguson.

Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Elliot (who died in 2001) also wrote hundreds of underscores — setting the mood or propelling action — for episodes of series like “The Rookies,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Police Story,” “Banacek” and “Fish.”

“But if you look at Ferguson’s filmography, the majority of his career was really devoted to made-for-television movies,” Mr. Burlingame said. “He would write exciting, fully orchestral scores, often with classically swashbuckling sounds.”