Robert "Bob" Cobert is an American musical composer

Composer

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 who has written for television and movies. He is best known for his work for the TV mini-series The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Together, the film scores for these two movies constitute the longest film score ever written for a movie. Cobert is also known for his early work as the composer for the soap opera Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...

and for composing the score for the 1972 TV movie The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker (telemovie)

The Night Stalker is a made for television movie which aired on ABC on January 11, 1972. It is about an investigative reporter, played by Darren McGavin, who comes to suspect that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area is in fact a vampire.-Plot:...

, together with The Night Strangler, which would become the pilots for the TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

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Aside from his film work, Cobert also composed many game show

Game show

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 themes with most being associated with shows produced by Goodson-Todman Productions

Mark Goodson

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 and Bob Stewart Productions. His most notable themes in that genre include the themes for To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...

(1961-1967 theme), Password (1963-1967 theme), Blockbusters

Blockbusters (US game show)

Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980 and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant...

(1980-1982 theme), The $25,000 Pyramid

Pyramid (game show)

Pyramid is an American television game show which has aired several versions. The original series, The $10,000 Pyramid, debuted March 26, 1973 and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series...

(1982 update), Your Number's Up

Your Number's Up

Your Number's Up is a game show that aired on NBC from September 23 to December 20, 1985. The show was hosted by Nipsey Russell with Lee Menning as co-host...

(1985 theme) and Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction (game show)

Chain Reaction is an American game show created by Bob Stewart, in which players compete to form chains composed of two-word phrases.The show aired three separate runs: Bill Cullen hosted the original series on NBC from January 14 to June 20, 1980...

(1980, 1986-1991 theme, itself a remake of the theme from Supertrain

Supertrain

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). Cobert did the music for the NBC

NBC

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 soap opera The Doctors for a number of years as well as the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 soap opera The Young Marrieds

The Young Marrieds

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and the 1980 - 1981 CBS

CBS

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 reality series That's My Line

That's My Line

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He has written several pieces for violist John Peskey including "Concert Piece for Viola and Small Orchestra" (which Peskey commissioned and premiered with the South Dakota Symphony). "Contrasts" for Viola and Cello, "Three Moods for Two Violas" and "Music for Only One Lonely Viola" also for Peskey.