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Don B. Ray

Don B. Ray

American television composer

Don Brandon Ray (June 7, 1925 – April 16, 2005) was an American television composer.

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Career

Ray worked for CBS for 30 years, composing music for television series including Hawaii Five-O, The Twilight Zone,[1] Rawhide, The Governor & J.J. and Men at Law.[2]

In 1974, Ray was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series” for the Hawaii Five-O episode "Nightmare in Blue".[3][4]

In 2000, Ray wrote the Orchestration Handbook.[5]

Death

Ray died in April 2005 of an infection at the Santa Monica University in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    The Twilight Zone FAQ (All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond). Applause. November 2015. ISBN 9781495046117.
  2. [2]
    The Musical Woman - Volume 1. Greenwood Press. 1983. p. 179. ISBN 9780313235870.
  3. [3]
    "Don B. Ray". Television Academy. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Don B Ray". Los Angeles Times. April 16, 1974. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. [5]
    Orchestration: Handbook. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2000. ISBN 0634013114.
  6. [6]
    "Don Ray, 79; Composer, Conductor Worked for CBS TV for 30 Years". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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