Warren Barker composer / arranger

Warren Barker has made a unique and lasting impression on the music world. Today, Barker is bringing his rich background and broad experience to the next generation of composers and performers with arrangements of the broadway classics and original music especially written for bands. Barker has written music for more than thirty television series. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored Barker for his original music written for the award winning series, "My World and Welcome to it", based on the life of James Thurber. His Compositions and arrangements have been recorded by a variety of musical artists from Frank Sinatra to the Hollywood Bowl Symphony.



Born in Oakland, California, Warren Barker attended the University of California at Los Angeles and later studied composition with Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Henri Pensis. At the age of 24 he was appointed chief arranger for the National Broadcasting Company's prime musical program, "The Railroad Hour", a position he held for six years.

Barker has been associated with 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios as composer-arranger-conductor for motion pictures and television. He has composed and conducted music for more than thirty different television series, including seven years as composer-conductor of the highly rated comedy series "Bewitched".

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored him in 1970 for his original music written for the award winning series "My World and Welcome To It", based on the life of James Thurber. He was a member of the arranging staff for the Oscar winning motion picture "Hello Dolly". He also served as conductor-arranger and recording artist for Warner Bros. and Capital records.