Wilbur "Bill" Hatch (24 May 1902 – 22 December 1969; age 67) was an American music composer who worked as music consultant on all three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series.

He had a long history with Desilu and Lucille Ball, conducting the orchestra and writing music for I Love Lucy (1951-56), The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959-60), The Lucy Show (1964-67) and Here's Lucy (1968-69). He also worked on some other television projects. Previously Hatch was the music director and conductor of CBS Radio.

Hatch wrote the song Beyond Antares for "The Conscience of the King" (with lyrics by Gene L. Coon). Portions of the song were used in "The Changeling".

External linksEdit

• Wilbur Hatch at Wikipedia
• Wilbur Hatch at the Internet Movie Database