Ray Colcord

Birth Name:

Ray Colcord

Birth Place:

Manhattan, New York, United States

Profession

Composer, Music department, Writer

Served as governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, as President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and as a board member of the Film Music Society
Won a BMI TV Music Award for "227" in 1987 and an ASCAP Award for Most Performed Theme in 1999
Attended Rice University in the Pre-Law program for, as he says, "reasons still not clear․"
His first professional music experience was as a member of the Columbus Boychoir, which performed at the New York Philharmonic and Radio City Music Hall
Toured with Texas R&B singer Roy Head before being hired as a talent scout at Columbia Records in 1970, where he was the first person to hear Aerosmith audition and told Clive Davis to sign them
Quote: "You never actually finish mixing [music], you just stop․"
Best known as a composer for film and television, with his music appearing in more than 100 titles including "Boy Meets World," "Dinosaurs," and "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life․"
Founder and President of the Composers and Lyricists Legal Aid Society
Was a member of the American Federation of Musicians, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Association of Music Arrangers and Composers, and assorted other organizations
He recorded some songs with Don McLean on his album "American Pie" and was co-producer of Aerosmith's album "Get Your Wings․"

1987BMI TV Music AwardWinner
1991Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music:Nominated

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