LOS ANGELES — Vic Mizzy, a film and TV composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sitcoms “Green Acres” and “The Addams Family,” died of heart failure Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, said Scott Harper, a friend and fellow composer. He was 93.
A veteran writer of popular songs such as “There’s a Faraway Look in Your Eye” and “Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes,” Mizzy launched his TV career in 1960 when he was asked to compose music for the dramatic anthology series “Moment of Fear.” He quickly moved on to score episodes of “Shirley Temple’s Storybook” and “The Richard Boone Show” and to write the themes for “Klon dike” and the Dennis Weaver series “Kentucky Jones.”
Then came an offbeat assignment: “The Addams Family.” For his theme song, Mizzy played a harpsichord, which gives the theme its unique flavor. And because Filmways refused to pay for singers, Mizzy sang it himself and overdubbed it three times.
The season after “The Ad dams Family” debuted, Mizzy composed the title song for “Green Acres,” the 1965-71 rural comedy starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.
