About Don B. Ray
Lived 1925 – 2005 (aged 79). Don B. Ray was a television composer and composer.
Don Brandon Ray (June 7, 1925 – April 16, 2005) was an American television composer.
Education Ray earned a B.A at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1948 and later an M.A. in music from California State University, Long Beach.
Career Ray worked for CBS for 30 years, composing music for television series including Hawaii Five-O, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, The Governor & J.J. and Men at Law.
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".
In 2000, Ray wrote the Orchestration Handbook.
Death Ray died in April 2005 of an infection at the Santa Monica University in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79.
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Who was Don B. Ray?
American television composer
When was Don B. Ray born?
Don B. Ray was born on 7 June 1925 in Santa Maria, California.
When did Don B. Ray die?
Don B. Ray died on 16 April 2005 in Santa Monica, California.
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Don B. Ray was a television composer and composer.
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