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Velton Ray Bunch Biography ((?)-)

Born in Goldsboro, NC.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Composer, musician

Famous Works

• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• (And producer) Quantum Leap (soundtrack recording), GNP Crescendo,1993
• Other albums include the soundtrack recording The Pretender.
• WRITINGS
• Film Music
• Composer
• Ultimate Warrior, Warner Bros., 1975
• Composer for the films Bombmeister; Girlfriends, Mandalay;No Regrets; The Obit Man, Paramount; and Working Stiffs,Interfilm.
• Additional Music
• Dance with Me, Columbia, 1998
• Lost in Space, New Line Cinema, 1998
• Television Music
• Series
• The Mac Davis Show, NBC, 1974-1976
• The Greatest American Hero, ABC, 1981-1983
• The Rousters, NBC, 1983-1984
• The Last Precinct, NBC, 1986
• Dolly, ABC, 1987-1988
• Sonny Spoon, NBC, 1988
• Top of the Hill, CBS, 1989
• Quantum Leap, NBC, 1989-1993
• The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (also known as Black Jack Savage), NBC, 1991
• Palace Guard, CBS, 1991
• Against All Odds, NBC, 1992
• Crime and Punishment, NBC, 1993
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1993-1994
• (As Ray Bunch) Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1993-2001
• The Gordon Elliot Show, syndicated, beginning in 1994
• JAG, NBC, 1995-1996 CBS, 1997-?
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith, CBS, 1996
• The Pretender, NBC, 1996-2000
• (As Ray Bunch) Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1996-2001
• Also composer for The Quest.
• Movies
• Adam, NBC, 1983
• (As Ray Bunch; action theme music) Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel,syndicated, 1994
• Crowfoot, CBS, 1995
• The Bachelor's Baby (also known as Here Comes the Son), 1996
• Unlikely Angel, CBS, 1996
• Papa's Angels, CBS, 2000
• Island of the Haunted, TNT, 2001
• Three Blind Mice, CBS, 2001
• What Girls Learn, Showtime, 2001
• Also composer for The Little Richard Story.
• Specials
• Blue Valley Songbird, Lifetime, 1999
• The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001
• Composer for Olympic ceremonies in Los Angeles, 1984. Composer for the specials Amazing Grace, NBC; Beverly Hillbillies, CBS; Elvis at Graceland, HBO; Everybody Say Amen, HBO; Paul Lynde Christmas, CBS; and The Pointer Sisters in Paris, NBC. Also composed musicfor more than twenty variety specials for various performers, including Bob Hope, NBC; Mac Davis (numerous specials); Brenda Lee, HBO; Loretta Lynn, HBO;Donny and Marie Osmond the Pointer Sisters, NBC; Eddie Rabbit, ABC; and TinaTurner, CBS.
• Episodic
• Composed music for episodes of The A Team, NBC; Baa, Baa, BlackSheep (also known as Black Sheep Squadron), NBC; Brothers-in-Law; DuckTales, syndicated; Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC; Hill Street Blues, NBC; Hunter; J. J. Starbuck, CBS; L.A. Law, NBC; Magnum, P.I., CBS; Mission: Impossible; Riptide, NBC; The Rockford Files, NBC; Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated; The White Shadow, CBS; and Wiseguy, CBS.
• Pilots
• Quantum Leap: Genesis (also known as Genesis), NBC, 1989
• (As Ray Bunch; action pack theme music) Hercules and the Amazon Women, syndicated, 1994
• (As Ray Bunch; action pack theme music) Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, syndicated, 1994
• Composer for the pilots Prowler and Trial by Jury.
• Other
• Composer for Master of the Universe; Search and Rescue; and13 Bourbon Street.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

• Velton Ray Bunch, http://www. eltonraybunch.com, October 3, 2001