The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animated fantasy film produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. and loosely combining the speculative natural history book of the same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson with the novel "The Dragon and the George" (1976) by Gordon R. Dickson.
 The film centers upon a quest undertaken to stop an evil wizard who plans to rule the world by dark magic.
 A major theme within the story is the question of whether science and magic can co-exist.
 This is told mostly through the experience of character Peter Dickinson, drawn from the 20th century into the magical realm.
William Jay Sydeman (born 8 May 1928) is an American composer.
 Born in New York, he studied at the Mannes School of Music, where he later taught composition (1960–1970).
 Winning early acclaim for his avant-garde music (principally published by C. F. Peters), he felt trapped by the prevailing orthodoxies and moved to California in 1970, beginning a period of wandering during which he also studied Buddhism and Anthroposophy.
 He joined ASCAP in 1975.
 In 1981 he settled in Sacramento and resumed composition at his former prolific rate, having newly embraced a neotonal musical language.
 He currently resides in Mendocino.
Charles Christopher "Chris" DuBois is a songwriter and music publisher based out of Nashville, Tennessee.
 DuBois began his music career as ASCAP Director of Membership in 1993.
 He left ASCAP in 1999 to form Sea Gayle Music with business partners Brad Paisley and Frank Rogers.
 Since that time, Sea Gayle has become one of the most successful independent publishing companies in all of music.
 In 2010 and 2011, Sea Gayle was named ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year.
 It was the first time since 1982 that an independent publishing company had won that award.
 In 2009, Sea Gayle Music launched Sea Gayle Records as an imprint of Sony Music Nashville.
Allan P. Grigg, better known by his stage name Kool Kojak and stylized as "KoOoLkOjAk", is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, film director, and artist notable for co-writing and co-producing Flo Rida's #1 Billboard hit single "Right Round", Nicki Minaj's hit single "Va Va Voom" , and Ke$ha's top 10 single "Blow".
 Kool Kojak has written and produced for artists such as Sean Paul, Yelle, Waka Flocka Flame, Travis Barker, Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, Britney Spears, Jesse and Joy, Andy Milonakis, Icona Pop, N.A.S.A., Dirt Nasty, Lordz of Brooklyn, Ursula 1000, and Warren G.
 Kool Kojak was a featured producer on the Simon Cowell TV program X Factor and has appeared as himself on the Nickelodeon show "Victorious".
 He has won two ASCAP Pop Awards and one ASCAP Urban Award, a WormTown Sound Award, and has been awarded the Key to the City of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Larry Anthony Weir (born 1952), is a managing editor and author at "New Music Weekly".
 A guitarist, composer, producer and promoter, Weir is most notable for his work with his brother Michael Damian and his compositions for the movie "Teen Witch" (1989).
 A songwriter under both ASCAP and BMI, Weir has 395 BMI published works and an unknown number of ASCAP titles.
Oakley W. Haldeman (July 17, 1909 - December 17, 1986) was an American songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher.
 He joined ASCAP in 1949, and his other popular-song compositions include "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine", "Tho' I Tried", "Pretty Mary", "Texas Polka", "Honey Child", "Vic'try Train", "Last Mile", and "Texans Never Cry".
J. Keirn Brennan (November 24, 1873 – February 4, 1948) was an American songwriter.
 He joined ASCAP as a charter member in 1914 and collaborated with many notable songwriters.
 He is probably best known for co-writing the 1929 film "The Show of Shows".
Jules Bass (born September 16, 1935) is an American director, producer, composer, lyricist, and author.
 Until 1960, he worked at a New York advertising agency, and then co-founded a film production company in New York.
 He joined ASCAP in 1963 and collaborated musically with Edward Thomas and James Polack.
The Des Moines Dragons were a minor league basketball team in the International Basketball Association.
 They were located in Des Moines, Iowa, and played at the Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
 The Dragons were owned by Paul Miller, and Dick Giesen.
 The Des Moines Dragons were the International Basketball Association champions in 2000 and the runner-up in 2001 to the Dakota Wizards.
 They played in the IBA from the 1997-1998 season until the end of the 2000-2001 season.
 The Dragons were coached by Glenn Duhon from 1997 through 2000 and Michael Born from 2000 through 2001.
 The Dragons played their home games at Veterans Auditorium from 1997 through 2001.
 In 2000 Lonnie Cooper received the IBA Playoffs MVP.
 Lonnie Cooper of the Dragons received the 2001 IBA MVP as well as the IBA Finals MVP award.
 Also in 2001 Michael Born was named the Coach of the year in the IBA along with David Joerger of the Dakota Wizards.
 The Dragons were the IBA organization of the year in all four years of their existence.
William Otto "Bill" Harbach (born October 12, 1919) is an American television producer, director and author.
 He won four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award Harbach also produced and directed special events, including eight ASCAP celebrations for renowned composers, lyricists and librettists.
 He is the son of American lyricist, librettist and ASCAP co-founder Otto Abels Harbach.

Question: The producer of "Flight of the Dragons" joined ASCAP in what year?
Answer: 1963