clarence e. "pete" carpenter (april 1, 1914 – october 18, 1987) was an american jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and a veteran of television theme song scoring. after a long career playing the trombone in bands and as a studio musician, carpenter started working with composer earle hagen and writing music for television on shows like "bewitched" (1964), "gomer pyle, u.s.m.c." (1964), and "the andy griffith show" (1966–1967).