Ray Colcord(1949-2016)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Ray Colcord is a film and TV composer living in Los Angeles, a past
President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a governor of
the Television Academy. He's written the music for more than 700
television shows, feature films, miniseries and specials, garnering
Emmy nominations, ASCAP awards, BMI Awards, and Dramalogue awards along
the way. His films include Heartwood, The King's Guard, Wish Upon A
Star, The Paper Brigade, Off Your Rocker, and Amityville Dollhouse. His
television work includes Family Affair, Lost At Home, Big Brother Ii,
Iii, And Iv, Boy Meets World, Promised Land, Dinosaurs, The Facts Of
Life, 2-2-7, My Two Dads, Where I Live, Hiller & Diller, Trial & Error,
Silver Spoons, Touched By An Angel, and The Simpsons. As an A&R man for
Columbia records he was responsible for signing Aerosmith to their
first record deal and co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings.
He also wrote the theme for Project Literacy (I'm Changing My Life),
and The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun, and I Like 'Em Big And Stupid,
for Earth Girls Are Easy, with Julie Brown. As music director of the
Groundlings he worked with Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Mindy Sterling,
Paul Reubens, Lorraine Newman, Edie McClurg, Cassandra Peterson and
Kevin Nealon. He toured as a keyboard player with Lou Reed, John
Hammond Jr., and Roy Head, and played on Don Maclean's American Pie
album. Ray attended Rice University in Houston, has taught Music
Production for Film & Television at UCLA extension, and is also on the
board of directors of the Film Music Society.
