Full Name Ray Colcord III Years active 1974-present | Name Ray Colcord Role Film composer | |
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Born 1949 (age 65–66) Manhattan, New York, New York City, U.S. Awards Academy Award for Best Original Song (nominated) Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Music director The Paper Brigade, Earth Girls Are Easy, King's Guard, The Devonsville Terror, Resurrection Mary Similar People Jack Douglas, Michael Jacobs, Julie Brown, Terrence E McNally, Tom Hamilton | ||
Raymond "Ray" Colcord III (December 24, 1949 – February 5, 2016) was an American film and television composer, known for TV series such as 227, The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, My Two Dads, Dinosaurs, Big Brother, and Boy Meets World. He is a former governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, served on the board of directors of the Film Preservation Society and was a member of the National Film Preservation Board. He has received ASCAP, BMI, and Dramalogue awards.
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Life and career
Prior to his film and television career, Colcord worked as a session musician and an A&R (Artists & Repertoire) representative for Columbia Records, was responsible for Aerosmith's signing, and co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings. He was the first music director of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy group The Groundlings.
Colcord played keyboards on the Lou Reed live album Rock n Roll Animal (1974). Ray also played keyboards on American Pie, the album by Don McLean.
Death
Colcord died on February 5, 2016 in Los Angeles at the age of 66. He had pancreatic cancer for four years. He was survived by his wife Madeleine, to whom he was married since 1983, and son Alex.