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Ray Colcord is a Los Angeles-based film and TV composer, former President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a governor of the Television Academy. He has composed music for over 700 television shows, feature films, miniseries, and specials, earning Emmy nominations, ASCAP awards, BMI Awards, and Dramalogue honors. His film credits include Heartwood, The King's Guard, Wish Upon A Star, The Paper Brigade, Off Your Rocker, and Amityville Dollhouse. His television work features Family Affair, Lost At Home, Big Brother II, III, and IV, Boy Meets World, Promised Land, Dinosaurs, The Facts of Life, 227, My Two Dads, Where I Live, Hiller & Diller, Trial & Error, Silver Spoons, Touched By An Angel, and The Simpsons. As an A&R executive for Columbia Records, he played a key role in signing Aerosmith to their first record deal and co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings. He also composed the theme for Project Literacy ("I'm Changing My Life") and wrote songs like The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun and I Like 'Em Big and Stupid for Earth Girls Are Easy, performed with Julie Brown. As music director of the Groundlings, he collaborated with Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Mindy Sterling, Paul Reubens, Lorraine Newman, Edie McClurg, Cassandra Peterson, and Kevin Nealon. Ray toured as a keyboardist with Lou Reed, John Hammond Jr., and Roy Head, and contributed to Don McLean's American Pie album. He studied at Rice University in Houston, has taught Music Production for Film & Television at UCLA Extension, and serves on the board of directors of the Film Music Society.
