The Voices Of Walter Schumann

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Born 8 October 1913, New York City, New York. Died 21 August 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota Although the mellifluous Voices of Walter Schumann are familiar to thrift-store frequenters, what most of us remember him by the four-note intro to his theme for the TV series, "Dragnet." We've all heard these notes so many times that the "Dum Duh-Dum-Dum" motif has become synonymous with law enforcement and any other form of authority. Schumann himself had an early run-in with the law. In his case, it was as a student at the University of Southern California Law School, which he quit to devote his energies to turning his college dance band into a full-time gig. Although the band eventually went by the wayside, Schumann quickly found success in the music business. In the late 1930s, he worked with such diverse talents as Eddie Cantor (on his radio show) and Andre Kostelanetz. When the U.S. entered World War Two, Schumann joined the Army, where he became the musical director of the Armed Forces Radio Service and had the opportunity to work with many of the most popular acts of the time. He conducted the stage orchestra that accompanied the very successful tour of Irving Berlin's patriotic revue, "This is the Army." After the war, he returned to L.A., where he worked the motion picture and television studios, primarily as a conductor and arranger. Most of Schumann's television and film work has long been forgotten, although he did score the Charles Laughton-Robert Mitchum cult favorit

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