Dennis McCarthy is an ASCAP- and Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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-winning composer

Composer

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, mostly for television program

Television program

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s and film

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s produced in the United States

United States

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Credits for TV series include the main title theme and other music for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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, as well as music for Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...

, Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

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, Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

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, The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

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(the 1985 revival), MacGyver

MacGyver

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, Sliders

Sliders

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, Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek

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, Birdland (1994), and Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)

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Movie credits include Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

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, Off the Wall, Last Plane Out

Last Plane Out

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, McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

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(1997 re-make), and Star Trek Generations.

McCarthy also produced the album

Album

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 Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back

Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back

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by fellow Star Trek

Star Trek

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alum Brent Spiner

Brent Spiner

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McCarthy has won 18 ASCAP awards. He also received two Emmys, one for his theme on Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...

 and the other for background score on a Star Trek TNG episode, in addition to nine Emmy nominations for his various Star Trek-related work. He also shares one Emmy for music for the 63rd Academy Awards

63rd Academy Awards

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Filmography

• Night of the Demon (1980)
• Off the Wall (1983)
• Last Plane Out
  Last Plane Out
  Last Plane Out is a 1983 film directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet. It was based on journalist Jack Cox's experience in Nicaragua when it was ruled by dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his battle against insurgents.-Plot:American journalist Jack Cox covers the civil war in...
  
  (1983)
• Star Trek Generations (1994)
• The Utilizer (1996)
• McHale's Navy (1997)
• Breast Men
  Breast Men
  Breast Men is a 1997 United States semibiographical, dark comedy film written by John Stockwell and directed by Lawrence O'Neil for HBO.- Plot :The film tells the tale of the doctors who pioneered the usage of silicone breast implants...
  
  (1997)
• Letters From a Killer (1998)
• In Your Face [aka Splat!] (2002)
• Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
• Landers (2004)
• A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper
  A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper
  A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper, also known as The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie or simply The Prince and the Pauper, is a 2007 film directed by James Quattrochi and starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse, based on the novel by Mark Twain.The film had a 'sneak peek' showing in Temecula,...
  
  (2007)

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