Alexander Courage
Philadelphia native Alexander Courage is famous for co-writing the theme for the original Star Trek TV series with the show's creator Gene Roddenberry. The mid-'60s NBC-TV series went on to become a phenomenon during it's run in rerun syndication and spawned several movie versions and successful TV spin-offs. Raised in New Jersey, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1941 from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Courage served a five-year stint in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he settled in Los Angeles and began working as a composer/arranger for radio shows The Camay Hour and Sam Spade.
Around 1948 his film-scoring career began when he was hired by MGM to write orchestral arrangements. He worked extensively in film music, and his credits as a composer/arranger include Funny Face, Guys and Dolls, Showboat, The Americanization of Emily, The Pleasure Seekers, Yes, Giorgio, Doctor Dolittle (1967), My Fair Lady (1964), and Superman (1976). He had numerous Academy Awards nominations. A partial listing of the vast number of TV series scores he composed and/or arranged would include Wagon Train, Peyton Place, Daniel Boone, The Waltons, Land of the Giants, and Lost in Space, among others. Courage was an early member of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America and various other organizations. Some of Courage's catalog is available on CDs from GNP Crescendo: Star Trek: Original Television Soundtrack (The Cage, Where No Man Has Gone Before) (1989), Star Trek: Original Television Soundtrack, Vol. 3 (Shore Leave, The Naked Time) (1992), and The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995). Other CDs that feature Courage's music are Rhino's 1997 CDs Academy Award-Winning Music From M-G-M Classics and That's Entertainment: The Best of the M-G-M Musicals; the 1967 movie soundtrack to Doctor Dolittle issued as a 1997 UNI/Verve CD; Leonard Bernstein: Greatest Hits; Gershwin Fantasy; a 1998 Sony Classics CD featuring Joshua Bell, John Williams, and the London Symphony Orchestra; the Executive Decision movie soundtrack from UNI/Varese Sarabande; Muppets From Space; Jessye Norman Collection; John Williams/Boston Pops Salute to America; First Knight; and Inside Star Trek. For instrumentalists, there's the book Complete Star Trek Theme Music.
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Star Trek, Vol. 2 - Doomsday Machine and Amok Time
Alexander Courage, Gérald Fried, Bob Karlan
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez GNP Crescendo Record Co., Inc. le 22 janv. 1996
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Star Trek: Volume 1 - The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez GNP Crescendo Record Co., Inc. le 1 janv. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hot Rod Rumble / Murder Inc.
Alexander Courage, George Weiss
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz in the Movies le 2 nov. 2013
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Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Williams, Alexander Courage
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez WaterTower Music le 24 juil. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Star Trek - Vina's Dance (from The Original TV Series Score)
Alexander Courage, Joohyun Park
Bandes originales - Paru chez BSX Records le 16 juil. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Star Trek: "Vina's Dance" (Joo's Bottom End Mix) from the Original Television Series (Single) (Alexander Courage)
Bandes originales - Paru chez BSX Records le 3 juil. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Opening Fanfare (From the Original TV Score)
Alexander Courage, Dominik Hauser
Bandes originales - Paru chez BSX Records le 27 juin 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Star Trek Main Title (from the Classic Original TV Series Score)
Alexander Courage, Dominik Hauser
Bandes originales - Paru chez BSX Records le 28 juin 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hot Rod Rumble (Orginal Motion Picture Score) (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez RevOla le 7 févr. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hot Rod Rumble
Musiques du monde - Paru chez TP4 Music le 6 janv. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo