Albert Glasser was once described on Mystery Science Theater 3000 as "the man who holds you down and pummels you with music." The statement may be a bit unfair to the man, but it can describe the tone of many of the best-known movies that he scored. Glasser specialized in writing the music for B-movies and some of his most visible appearances were associated with director/producer Bert I. Gordon, who specialized in 1950s movies about giants, mutants, and monsters.
Glasser was born in Chicago and, after studying music, headed for California, where he joined the Warner Bros. S...