Editing Dennis McCarthy (composer)

{{Short description|American composer of television and film scores}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Dennis McCarthy
| birth_name      =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1945|07|03}}
| birth_place     = United States
| death_date      =
| death_place     =
| genre           = [[Film score]], [[television score]]
| occupation      = [[Composer]], [[arranger]]
| associated_acts = 
}}

'''Dennis McCarthy''' (born July 3, 1945) is an American [[composer]] of [[television]] and [[film score]]s.<ref name=L>[https://www.leoweekly.com/2016/03/a-conversation-with-longtime-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy/ Leo Weekly]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/longtime-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy-on-his-scores-for-ds9-and-generations |title=Longtime Star Trek composer Dennis McCarthy on his scores for DS9 and Generations &#124; SYFY WIRE |access-date=2018-07-24 |archive-date=2018-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093237/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/longtime-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy-on-his-scores-for-ds9-and-generations |url-status=dead }}</ref> His soundtrack credits include several entries in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, including underscores for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]],''<ref name="L" /> ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'',<ref name="L" /> [[Star Trek: Voyager|''Voyager'']], [[Star Trek: Enterprise|''Enterprise'']], and the 1994 feature film ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-interview-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy|title=Exclusive Interview: Star Trek Composer Dennis McCarthy|website=www.startrek.com|date=27 July 2015 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> His other television credits include [[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|''Dynasty'']], [[V (1984 TV series)|''V'']], ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'', ''[[Dawson's Creek]],'' and ''[[Project Greenlight]].''<ref name="L" /> He also produced the [[album]] ''[[Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back]]'' by [[Brent Spiner]] also from ''[[Star Trek]]'', and composed music for [[stage productions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayplaypub.com/play-authors/dennis-mccarthy/|title=Dennis McCarthy |work=Broadway Play Publishing Inc |access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref>

McCarthy has won 18 [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] awards and a [[Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for his theme on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'', in addition to nine Emmy nominations for his various ''Star Trek''-related work. He also shares one Emmy for his music direction for the [[63rd Academy Awards]].

==Filmography==
===Feature films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
|1982
|''[[Pray TV (1982 film)|Pray TV]]''
|[[Robert Markowitz]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1983
|[[Off the Wall (1983 film)|''Off the Wall'']]
|[[Rick Friedberg]]
|
|-
|''[[The Kid with the 200 I.Q.]]''
|[[Leslie H. Martinson]]
|
|-
|''[[Last Plane Out]]''
|[[David Nelson (actor)|David Nelson]]
| 
|-
|1986
|''[[Gone to Texas (film)|Gone to Texas]]''
|[[Peter Levin]]
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Kaleidoscope (1990 film)|Kaleidoscope]]''
|[[Jud Taylor]]
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Daddy (1991 film)|Daddy]]''
|Michael Miller
|
|-
|1992
|[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|''Aladdin'']]
|[[Ron Clements]]<br>[[John Musker]]
|Additional music<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200028337/|title=THE SCORPION KING|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref><br>Score composed by [[Alan Menken]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|''[[Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story]]''
|[[Larry Shaw (director)|Larry Shaw]]
|
|-
|''[[Star Trek Generations]]''
|[[David Carson (director)|David Carson]]
| 
|-
|1995
|''[[The Colony (1995 film)|The Colony]]''
|[[Rob Hedden]]
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Lying Eyes]]''
|[[Marina Sargenti]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1997
|''[[Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder|Love's Deadly Triangle]]''
|[[Richard A. Colla]]
|
|-
|''[[McHale's Navy (1997 film)|McHale's Navy]]''
|[[Bryan Spicer]]
|
|-
|''[[When Innocence Is Lost]]''
|[[Bethany Rooney]]
|
|-
|''[[Breast Men]]''
|Lawrence O'Neil
|
|-
| 1998
|''[[Letters from a Killer]]''
|[[David Carson (director)|David Carson]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
|''[[Ultimate Deception]]''
|[[Richard A. Colla]]
|
|-
|''[[Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)|Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years]]''
|[[Lynne Littman]]
|
|-
|2000
|''[[In His Life: The John Lennon Story]]''
|[[David Carson (director)|David Carson]]
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Conspiracy (2001 film)|Conspiracy]]''
|[[Frank Pierson]]
|
|-
|2002
|''[[The Scorpion King]]''
|[[Chuck Russell]]
|Additional music<br>Score composed by [[John Debney]]
|-
| 2003
|''[[Die, Mommie, Die!]]''
|Mark Rucker
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Landers (film)|Landers]]'' 
| Sean Findley
|
|-
|2007
|''[[A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper]]''
|James Quattrochi
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?|Death of a Nation]]''
|[[Dinesh D'Souza]]<br>Bruce Schooley
|Documentary film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1969–71
|''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]''
|Musical director;<br>5 episodes
|-
|1980
|''[[Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters]]''
|Musical director;<br>3 episodes
|-
|1980–81
|[[Enos (TV series)|''Enos'']]
|17 episodes
|-
|1982
|[[Private Benjamin (TV series)|''Private Benjamin'']]
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1983
|[[Gun Shy (TV series)|''Gun Shy'']]
| rowspan="2" |6 episodes
|-
|''[[Small & Frye]]''
|-
|''[[The Fall Guy]]''
|Episode: "To The Finish"
|-
|''[[Cutter to Houston]]''
|3 episodes
|-
|1983–84
|''[[Goodnight, Beantown]]''
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1984
|[[V The Final Battle|''V: The Final Battle'']]
|2 parts
|-
|[[Glitter (American TV series)|''Glitter'']]
|Episode: "Illusions"
|-
|1984–85
|[[V (TV series)|''V'']]
|19 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
|[[Stir Crazy (TV series)|''Stir Crazy'']]
|2 episodes
|-
|[[Cover Up (TV series)|''Cover Up'']]
|Episode: "Black Widow"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985–87
|''[[The Colbys]]''
|13 episodes
|-
|[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|''Hotel'']]
|2 episodes
|-
|1985-89
|[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|''Dynasty'']]
|29 episodes
|-
|1985–91
|''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
|69 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1986
|[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone'']]
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[The New Mike Hammer]]''
|Episode: "Murder in the Cards"
|-
|''[[The Love Boat]]''
|Episode: "The Shipshape Cruise"
|-
|''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|4 episodes
|-
|1987–88
|''[[Houston Knights]]''
|20 episodes
|-
|1987–94
|''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
|88 episodes<br />Nominated–[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] (5)
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|''[[Island Son]]''
|Episode: "Everyday People"
|-
|''[[Falcon Crest]]''
|Episode: "Enquiring Minds"
|-
|1990
|''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
|2 episodes
|-
|1990–93
|''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''
|73 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
|''[[Eddie Dodd]]''
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[63rd Academy Awards]]''
|Television special
|-
|1992
|''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''
|Episode: "Baby Makes Five"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|''Burke's Law'']]
|4 episodes
|-
|[[Birdland (TV series)|''Birdland'']]
|7 episodes
|-
|1995
|''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''
|2 episodes
|-
|1993–99
|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|77 episodes<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]
|-
|1995–96
|''[[Deadly Games (TV series)|Deadly Games]]''
|7 episodes
|-
|1995–2001
|[[Star Trek: Voyager|''Star Trek:'' ''Voyager'']]
|65 episodes<br />Nominated–[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] (2)
|-
|1997–98
|''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
|4 episodes
|-
|1998
|[[Players (1997 TV series)|''Players'']]
|Episode: "Mint Condition"
|-
|1999
|''[[Dawson's Creek]]''
|9 episodes
|- 
|1999-2000
|''[[Get Real (American TV series)|Get Real]]''
|22 episodes
|-
|2001–02
|''[[Project Greenlight]]''
|12 episodes
|-
|2001–05
|''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
|30 episodes<br />Nominated–[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]]
|}

=== Other media ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
|''The Utilizer''
|[[Short film]]
|-
|''[[Star Trek: Borg]]''
|[[Video game]]
|-
|1997
|''[[Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies|Still Kicking]]''
| rowspan="2" |Short film
|-
|2001
|''Hal Buckley''
|-
|2004
|''[[Star Trek: The Experience]]''
|[[Amusement park|Theme attraction]]
|-
|2007
|''Bench''
| rowspan="5" |Short film
|-
|2009
|''Boba and Melon Gum''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|''Stew''
|-
|''Walking with the Devil Inside''
|-
|''Infernum''
|-
|2010–17
|''Star Trek: The Romulan Wars''
|[[Web series]]
|-
|2011
|''A Better Place''
| rowspan="2" |Short film
|-
|2012
|''The Fisherman''
|-
|2014–15
|''Starship Antyllus''
|Web series
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''The Derelict: A Star Trek Fan Production''
|Short film
|-
|''[[Star Trek: Renegades]]''
|Web series
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|name=Dennis McCarthy|id=0565103}}

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[[Category:American film score composers]]
[[Category:American television composers]]
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male film score composers]]
[[Category:American male television composers]]


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