David Mook

As the man behind many beloved theme songs in classic American television, David Mook is a well-noted composer, arranger, and producer. He was most active in the late '60s, composing music for Hanna Barbera's fairly short-lived live action series The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band of life-size puppets. Mook collaborated on much of the danceable, disco-influenced pop on the show itself and also produced and composed a great deal of the fictional band's full-length release (We're the Banana Splits) and a handful of their singles from The Banana Splits Sing 'n' Play series. After The Banana Splits series, Mook was enlisted 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 Scooby Doo theme song ("Scooby Doo, Where Are You?"). Mook's ability to write genuinely timeless hooks placed him at the forefront of television composers and producers in California in the late '60s, and among his most notable work is the theme song to The Dating Game and collaborations with Burt Bacharach and Hal David. ~ Nate Cavalieri, All Music Guide