<P> Frederick Steiner ( February 24 , 1923 -- June 23 , 2011 ) was an American composer , conductor , orchestrator , film historian and arranger for television , radio and film . Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason . While Alexander Courage composed the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series ( TOS ) , Steiner 's significant contributions to the franchise included scoring or conducting 29 episodes for TOS between 1966 -- 1969 and composing and orchestrating additional music for Star Trek : The Motion Picture ( 1979 ) . Additionally , Steiner was also one of the team of composers for the 1985 film , The Color Purple , which received an Oscar nomination and was an uncredited composer for Return of the Jedi . </P>
<P> Frederick Steiner ( February 24 , 1923 -- June 23 , 2011 ) was an American composer , conductor , orchestrator , film historian and arranger for television , radio and film . Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason . While Alexander Courage composed the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series ( TOS ) , Steiner 's significant contributions to the franchise included scoring or conducting 29 episodes for TOS between 1966 -- 1969 and composing and orchestrating additional music for Star Trek : The Motion Picture ( 1979 ) . Additionally , Steiner was also one of the team of composers for the 1985 film , The Color Purple , which received an Oscar nomination and was an uncredited composer for Return of the Jedi . </P>
who wrote the theme music to perry mason
who wrote the theme music to perry mason
Frederick Steiner
Frederick Steiner