Quick Facts
Biography
Velton Ray Bunch (born January 22, 1948 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an Emmy-winning film and television composer. Sometimes credited as Ray Bunch. Bunch has been nominated for an Emmy three times for his work, and won the fourth time for his score to the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Similitude".
Career
Bunch has worked on dozens of television series and TV movies, as well as occasional film composition (including additional, uncredited, scoring on the film version of Lost in Space). He studied and worked under famous television composer Mike Post ("Magnum, pi", "The Rockford Files", "Quantum Leap", "Hill Street Blues", much more) in various capacities, including ghostwriting for many popular series Post worked on, and taking over as main composer for Post on various series.
Bunch's credits include the NBC television series Quantum Leap, theme music for NBC's The Pretender (Emmy Nomination, 2000), as well as Flight 93, Three Blind Mice with Brian Dennehy, a Showtime film What Girls Learn, and a biopic based on Senator John McCain's book entitled Faith of My Fathers as well as the Action Pack theme music.
Bunch currently resides in North Hollywood, California. His last score was for the December 2011 TV movie, Silent Witness.
| Partial Credit list | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2016 | Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love | TV movie |
| 2015 | Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors | TV movie |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | TV movie |
| 2005 | Faith of My Fathers | biopic based on book Faith of My Fathers |
| 2002–2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Composer, 13 episodes |
| 2004 | Jack | Feature film, composer, score |
| 2000–2001 | Nash Bridges | 6 episodes and new opening/closing theme |
| 2000 | The Pretender | 10 episodes |
| 1999 | Blue Valley Songbird | TV Movie |
| 1998 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | TV Special |
| 1996–1997 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV series) | Entire series |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits (TV series) | 1 episode, "Afterlife" |
| 1995 | Crowfoot | TV movie |
| JAG (TV series) | Entire series | |
| 1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | 13 episodes (Season 2) |
| 1989–1993 | Quantum Leap | Composer, 83 episodes |
| 1983 | J.J. Starbuck (TV series) | 1 episode, "Rag Doll" |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Composer, Entire series |
Awards
| Primetime Emmy Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Credit | Notes |
| 2004 | Won | Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series) | for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) For episode "Similitude" |
| 2001 | Nominated | Papa's Angels | for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) |
| 2000 | Nominated | The Pretender | for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, shared with Mark Leggett |
| 1993 | Nominated | Quantum Leap | for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), For episode "Lee Harvey Oswald, Part I" |