Richard Bellis
Richard Bellis (who was born in Pasadena, California on April 3, 1946) is an American film and television music composer, former Composers and Lyricists Guild of America (CLGA) president,[1] former ATAS governor,[2] USC lecturer,[2] musical director and former actor.
Bellis has composed the music for the 49th Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "The House of Quark". Bellis has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering to write the music to the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction "Countdown to Extinction" (which was changed to "Dinosaur"). Bellis attended John Muir High School from which he graduated in 1964. [2] Bellis became a musical director for traveling acts like Connie Stevens and Sally Struthers. Bellis has directed the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop for many years.[3][4]
Return to composing
Before writing the score for Stephen King's IT, Bellis had written scores for a number of tv movies.[5] However, he didn't have any music work for a while and started a woodworking business with his wife to pay the bills.[5] They did a lot of rack mount cabinets and console surrounds for those he knew in the music industry, as well as kitchen cabinets and conference room tables.[5]
When writing for IT, he was inspired by Bernard Herrman, particularly his use of motifs and ostinatos.[5] The sound track used circus and carnival music and features a calliope.[5]
He won an Emmy for the 1990 2-episode supernatural horror and dark fantasy television miniseries Stephen King's It. [6][5]
Works
- The Emerging Film Composer: An Introduction to the People, Problems, and Psychology of the Film Music Business, Feb 2, 2007. ISBN 978-0-615-13623-3
Awards
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1991
- Work: Stephen King's "It"
- Status: Winner[6]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1992
- Work: Doublecrossed
- Status: Nominee[6]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1994
- Work: Double, Double, Toil And Trouble
- Status: Nominee[6]
References
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "SCL'S HISTORY FROM SCA TO CLGA TO SCL".
- ^ a b c Longoria, Ruth (July 30, 2009). "Native son still making music". La Canada Valley Sun.
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (July 8, 2019). "ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop Kicks Off in LA With Global Slate of Composers". Billboard.
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (August 1, 2017). "Richard Bellis Honored by ASCAP, Cited for 20 years of mentoring its film-scoring workshop". Film Society.
- ^ a b c d e f Campopiano, John (Nov 14, 2016). "Get With IT, Part 2: Emmy Winning Composer Richard Bellis Talks Stephen King's IT".
- ^ a b c d "Emmys Awards & Nominations".