David Mook

As a well-noted composer, arranger, and producer, he was most active in the late 1960s, composing music for Hanna-Barbera's fairly short-lived live action series [i]The Banana Splits[/i], a fictional rock band of life-size puppets. Mook and co-writer [a638537] were also hired to work on the theme song of a new Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a group of kid detectives and their dog, resulting in the classic theme song for [i]Scooby Doo, Where Are You?[/i].

His ability to develop well-written hooks placed him at the forefront of television composers and producers in California in the late 1960s, and among his most notable work is the theme song to [i]The Dating Game[/i] and also collaborations with [a58359] and [a173078]. Sadly he passed away of a long battle with cancer in 1996.