Instruments Trumpet Name Euel Box | Role Music Producer Genres Film score | |
Born December 31, 1928 (age 95)
Georgetown, Texas, United States ( 1928-12-31 ) Occupation(s) Composer, music producer Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Nominations Academy Award for Best Original Song Music director Benji, Benji the Hunted, For the Love of Benji, Hawmps!, The Double McGuffin Similar People Red Steagall, Ben Vaughn, Charlie Rich, Orson Welles, Lisa Whelchel | ||
I Feel Love (Benji's Theme)
Euel Box (born December 31, 1928, in Georgetown, Texas) is a music producer, composer, arranger, and trumpeter who has written major film scores and radio jingles for major markets.
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Film scores
College
Box studied composition at the University of North Texas College of Music in the 1950s and earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in June 1951. and continued post-graduate studies in composition through the early 1950s. One of his composition teachers was Violet Archer, resident composer. He was classmates with undergraduate student composer Larry Austin, Eloy Fominaya and graduate students Robert Gauldin and Clifford Shipp. Before studying at North Texas, Box spent his first two years of college (1948–49 & 1949–50) at Southwestern University.
Post college
Box played trumpet in the United States Marine Band; produced music (composed, arranged, recorded, conducted) for major radio markets in the North America, London, Luxembourg, and Australia. He composed film music for Braniff International Airways, Dr. Pepper, Buick, the United States Navy, Haggar Slacks, Zale Corporation, Texas Instruments, LTV Aerospace, and Bell Helicopter.
Songwriter
Box was a songwriter for several films, including Benji, For the Love of Benji, The Double McGuffin, Hawmps!, and Oh Heavenly Dog. He recorded and conducted for various artists including Stevie Wonder, Boz Scaggs, Glen Campbell, Lou Rawls, Charlie Rich, and Chet Atkins. As a recording artist, he has 2 albums. In 1974, Euel, as composer, and his wife, Betty, as lyricist, received a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song — "I Feel Love" — from the film Benji. The song also earned the two a 1974 Academy Award nomination in the same category — Best Original Song. In that film and other projects, his chief collaborators were Betty Box and Joe Camp. His songs included, "I Feel the Love," "Sunshine Smiles," "Multiplicity," "Live for Today," and "Somebody Who Really Cares."
Family
Box married Betty Ruth McCrary and had three children: Joni Kay Box (born 1953, Dallas), Terry Joe Box (born 1950, Denton, Texas), Alan Lee Box (born 1951, Denton).
Awards
Benji earned Euel Box and his wife, Betty, a 1975 nomination for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award for Best Song From a Motion Picture. The award-winning song was "I Feel Love." Euel wrote the music and Betty wrote the words. Betty also studied music at North Texas, graduating in 1952 and, with Euel, started college at Southwestern University in 1948-49.