Overview

• He died on Oct. 7 in Folsom, California, at age 93, according to a family statement reported by outlets including KTLA.
• Freebairn-Smith won the 1977 Grammy for best arrangement accompanying a vocalist for Barbra Streisand’s “Evergreen” from A Star Is Born.
• He composed scores for television series such as Airwolf, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Magnum, P.I., and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, collaborating with Jimmy Webb on the latter’s theme.
• As a session vocalist, his voice featured on TV themes including Batman, Flipper, and Gilligan’s Island, on Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H song “Suicide Is Painless,” and on film scores like Peter Pan (2003), The Matrix Revolutions, and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008).
• Beyond screen work, he crafted jingles for brands such as Chevron, United Airlines, and Pacific Bell and hosted classical radio on KFAC, KKGO, KGIL, and KCSN, serving as KCSN’s midday personality until 2009.