Ray Colcord is an American

United States

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 film and TV composer living in Los Angeles, most famous for TV series such as 227, The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life (TV series)

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...

, Silver Spoons

Silver Spoons

Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987...

, My Two Dads

My Two Dads

My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television and distributed by TeleVentures.-Show synopsis:The show begins when Marcy Bradford , the...

, Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs (TV series)

Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Television in association with Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista...

, Big Brother, and Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

. He is a former governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists

Society of Composers & Lyricists

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, serves on the board of directors of the Film Preservation Society and is a member of the National Film Preservation Board. He has received ASCAP, BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

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, and Dramalogue awards. Prior to his film and television career, Colcord worked as an A&R (Artists & Repertoire) representative for Columbia Records, was responsible for Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

's signing, and co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings

Get Your Wings

-Side two:-Song information:Same Old Song and Dance*Built around a riff Joe Perry came up with while sitting on his amp, Steven Tyler quickly came up with the verse riff. The song appears in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock...

. He was the first music director of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy group The Groundlings.

Film

Killer By Nature

Resurrection Mary

Journeys Below the Line: ER - The Prop Masters (video documentary )

Journeys Below the Line: 24 - The Editing Process (video documentary)

The King's Guard

Heartwood

The Paper Brigade (video)

Amityville Dollhouse: Evil Never Dies (video)

Wish Upon a Star

The Sleeping Car

The Devonsville Terror - Composer

Songs

Dumb & Dumber - "Hip Hop Solution", "Rap me Silly", "Endangered Species", "Snow Bird Serenade"

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - "Bouzouki Trella"

Earth Girls Are Easy - "I LIKE 'EM BIG AND STUPID"

Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (video documentary) - "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun")

Television

Lost at Home (TV series)

Family Affair (TV series)

Big Brother (TV series)

Style and Substance (TV series)

Tales from the Tomb: Lost Sons of the Pharaohs (TV documentary)

You Wish (TV series)

Hiller and Diller (TV series)

Promised Land (TV series)

Devil's Food (TV movie)

Television's Comedy Classics (TV movie)

Real Funny (TV movie)

Wow! The Most Awesome Acts on Earth (TV movie)

Maybe This Time (TV series)

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (TV movie)

Black Sheep (TV movie)

Boy Meets World (TV series)

The Charmings

The Charmings

The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC.-Synopsis:The opening voice-over set-up the premise:...

 (TV series, theme and music for season two)

Almost Home (TV series)

Where I Live (TV series)

Scorch (TV series)

Scorch (TV series)

Scorch is a 1992 television sitcom that aired on CBS, and was canceled after only three episodes were broadcast.The title character, a miniature dragon, is a puppet that was used by ventriloquist Ronn Lucas before the series came to be; although Lucas never actually appeared in the series, he did...

The Torkelsons (TV series)

Dinosaurs (TV series)

The Julie Show (TV movie)

The Simpsons (TV series)

Dead Putting Society

Singer & Sons (TV series)

Jury Duty: The Comedy (TV movie)

Ann Jillian (TV series)

Live-In (TV series)

Trial and Error (TV series)

Women in Prison (TV series)

My Two Dads (TV series)

The Charmings (TV series)

Sweet Surrender (TV series)

227 (TV series)

Double Trouble (TV series)

Silver Spoons (TV series)

Off Your Rocker (TV movie)

The Facts of Life (TV series) - Composer

Music

Ray played keyboards on the Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

 live album Rock n Roll Animal (1974) along with Pentti Glan (drums) and Prakash John

Prakash John

Prakash John is a Canadian rock bassist.Born in Bombay, India, John was a student at the Cathedral and John Connon School, enrolling at the age of four in 1951. He migrated to Toronto in 1960....

 (bass) of the contemporary Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

 band, and Dick Wagner

Dick Wagner

Dick Wagner Dick Wagner Dick Wagner (born December 14, 1943, in Oelwein, Iowa is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and KISS.-Performing career:...

 and Steve Hunter on guitars. The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973, at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York. Ray also played keyboards on American Pie

American Pie (album)

American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The third track, "Vincent," is a tribute to the famed artist Vincent Van Gogh....

, the album by Don McLean

Don McLean

Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...

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