Ray Colcord has passed away at age 66 in Los Angeles, CA. The composer has been scoring numerous movies and TV shows over the last three decades. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1991 for his main titles theme for NBC’s Singer & Sons. Colcord also composed the music for all seasons of Disney/ABC’s Dinosaurs and Boy Meets World and the CBS drama Promised Land. His other scoring credits include the classic Simpsons episode Dead Putting Society, episodes of The Facts of Life and Melissa & Joey and movies such as Heartwood, The King’s Guard and Wish Upon A Star. His last credit was the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, which he has been scoring since 2014.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 29, 2014)
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Tom Perrotta (Little Children) and starring Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The show’s original music is composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, The Lunchbox). To learn more about the drama, which takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and follows the people who didn’t make the cut, check out our scoring assignment article. The Leftovers will air every Sunday night on HBO.