Richard Bellis (born 3 April 1946 in Pasadena, California) 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. [3]
Bellis was a child actor and even auditioned to be a Mouseketeer. [3] 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.[ citation needed] Bellis has directed the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop for many years. [4] [5]
Bellis has composed and arranged music for the Disney theme parks, starting with arranging music for the opening of the EPCOT Center. [3] He would continue working for EPCOT on projects like “Tomorrow’s Child”, Spaceship Earth, and the Imagination Pavilion. [3] He wrote music for the Star Tours ride and Indiana Jones Adventure Stunt show at Disneyland. [3] He worked with Walt Disney Imagineering to write the music to the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction "Countdown to Extinction" (which was changed to " Dinosaur").[ citation needed]
Before writing the score for Stephen King's IT, Bellis had written scores for a number of tv movies. [6] However, when opportunities for composing dried up, he started a woodworking business with his wife. [6] They built rack mount cabinets and console surrounds for those he knew in the music industry, as well as kitchen cabinets and conference room tables. [6]
When writing for IT, he was inspired by Bernard Herrmann, particularly his use of motifs and ostinatos. [6] The sound track used circus and carnival music and features a calliope. [6]
IT was a 2-episode supernatural horror and dark fantasy television miniseries, released in 1990. When Emmy submissions came, they could only submit one episode and chose to submit the first. [6] As a result, he received both his first Emmy nomination and first win in for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)" in 1991. [7] [6]
- 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 [3]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1991
- Work: Stephen King's "It"
- Status: Winner [7]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1992
- Work: Doublecrossed
- Status: Nominee [7]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1994
- Work: Double, Double, Toil And Trouble
- Status: Nominee [7]
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "SCL'S HISTORY FROM SCA TO CLGA TO SCL".
- ^ a b c Bellis has composed the music for the 49th Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode " The House of Quark".Longoria, Ruth (July 30, 2009). "Native son still making music". La Canada Valley Sun.
- ^ a b c d e f Heaton, Dan (August 1, 2018). "Richard Bellis on Composing Music for Disney's Parks".
- ^ 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 g 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".
Richard Bellis (born 3 April 1946 in Pasadena, California) 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. [3]
Bellis was a child actor and even auditioned to be a Mouseketeer. [3] 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.[ citation needed] Bellis has directed the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop for many years. [4] [5]
Bellis has composed and arranged music for the Disney theme parks, starting with arranging music for the opening of the EPCOT Center. [3] He would continue working for EPCOT on projects like “Tomorrow’s Child”, Spaceship Earth, and the Imagination Pavilion. [3] He wrote music for the Star Tours ride and Indiana Jones Adventure Stunt show at Disneyland. [3] He worked with Walt Disney Imagineering to write the music to the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction "Countdown to Extinction" (which was changed to " Dinosaur").[ citation needed]
Before writing the score for Stephen King's IT, Bellis had written scores for a number of tv movies. [6] However, when opportunities for composing dried up, he started a woodworking business with his wife. [6] They built rack mount cabinets and console surrounds for those he knew in the music industry, as well as kitchen cabinets and conference room tables. [6]
When writing for IT, he was inspired by Bernard Herrmann, particularly his use of motifs and ostinatos. [6] The sound track used circus and carnival music and features a calliope. [6]
IT was a 2-episode supernatural horror and dark fantasy television miniseries, released in 1990. When Emmy submissions came, they could only submit one episode and chose to submit the first. [6] As a result, he received both his first Emmy nomination and first win in for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)" in 1991. [7] [6]
- 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 [3]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1991
- Work: Stephen King's "It"
- Status: Winner [7]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1992
- Work: Doublecrossed
- Status: Nominee [7]
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a miniseries or a special (dramatic underscore)
- Year: 1994
- Work: Double, Double, Toil And Trouble
- Status: Nominee [7]
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "SCL'S HISTORY FROM SCA TO CLGA TO SCL".
- ^ a b c Bellis has composed the music for the 49th Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode " The House of Quark".Longoria, Ruth (July 30, 2009). "Native son still making music". La Canada Valley Sun.
- ^ a b c d e f Heaton, Dan (August 1, 2018). "Richard Bellis on Composing Music for Disney's Parks".
- ^ 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 g 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".