Dee Barton was an American

United States

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 film score

Film score

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 composer noted for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...

 films Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton.-Plot:...

, and the eerie soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film, with a hint of the supernatural, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. Eastwood plays a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town...

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He attended the University of North Texas

University of North Texas

The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...

 College of Music where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band

One O'Clock Lab Band

The One O’Clock Lab Band for years has been the premier ensemble of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton. The band has performed and toured abroad in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway,...

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He went on to play in the Stan Kenton

Stan Kenton

Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....

 Big Band (trombone

Trombone

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 and drums

Drum kit

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). He also contributed several compositions and arrangements to the band's library.

Selected filmography

• The Order of the Black Eagle (1987)
• The Rutherford County Line (1987)
• Chain Gang (1984)
• Tales of the Third Dimension (1984)
• Death Screams
  Death Screams
  Death Screams is a 1983 horror film directed by David Nelson.-Synopsis:Locals are celebrating the last night of carnival, such as newly in-love couple Bob and Kathy, coach, Neil Marshall, waitresses, timid blonde Lily and comely, nubile Ramona, their boss Jackson and learning difficulties teenage...
  
  (1982)
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
  Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
  Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis.-Plot:...
  
  (1974)
• High Plains Drifter
  High Plains Drifter
  High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film, with a hint of the supernatural, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. Eastwood plays a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town...
  
  (1973)
• The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972)
• Play Misty for Me
  Play Misty for Me
  Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton.-Plot:...
  
  (1971)

Selected Big Band Charts

• "The Singing Oyster"
• "Turtle Talk"
• "Here's That Rainy Day
  Here's That Rainy Day
  "Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders...
  
  " (arrangement)
• "Waltz of the Prophets"
• "MacArthur Park"

Family

Married twice:

• Jeri Catheryne Robinson

Son — Dewells Barton III (b. 29 September 29, 1959, Collin County, Texas

Collin County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile . There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile...

)

• Jane E. Earl (married August 15, 1965 Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
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   - divorced, September 1969, Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
  Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
  
  )

Dee's brother, William D. "Bill" Barton – trombonist, pianist, arranger, band leader, and long time resident of Hawaii – died December 8, 2007, Starkville, Mississippi

Starkville, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 21,869 people, 9,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile . There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile...

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External links

• Read interview with Dee Barton and complete biography, see photos, and hear music written by him at http://mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/dee-barton.html
• Obituary