Among the most dependable TV composers in the business, Dennis McCarthy’s career spanned working as a session keyboardist and musical director for Glen Campbell to composing Emmy-award-winning scores for television’s “Star Trek” franchise. For more than 25 years, McCarthy has been an in-demand composer for films and television, scoring TV series like “Dynasty,” “McGyver,” and “Related,” as well as feature films and made-for-TV movies such as “Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story” (1992), “McHale’s Navy” (1997), and several TV mini-series based on the popular novels by Danielle Steele. McCarthy gained prominence as one of the regular composers on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987, and has since contributed music to all the subsequent Trek series, including scoring the seventh Star Trek movie, “Generations” in 1994. McCarthy’s efforts have gained him six Emmy Award nominations - and he won the award twice, first in 1993 for his Main Title to “Deep Space Nine” and again in 1996 for his score to the “Unification, Part 1” episode of “Star Trek: the Next Generation.” McCarthy has also scored plays for South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. He currently lives in Burbank with his wife Patty and is within driving distance of their three children and their eight grandchildren.
Field(s) of expertise: Among the most dependable TV composers in the business, Dennis McCarthy's career spanned working as a session keyboardist and musical director for Glen Campbell to composing Emmy-award-winning scores for television's "Star Trek" franchise.