Alexander Courage
Alexander Courage
Top Songs
| 1 | Star Trek: Main Theme [From "Star Trek"] | ||
| 2 | Star Trek Theme (Main Title) | ||
| 3 | Star Date | ||
| 4 | Red Square Band | ||
| 5 | Instant Paradise |
Albums
Mar 2006 • 34 songs
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Biography
Philadelphia native Alexander Courage is famous for co-writing the theme for the original Star Trek TV series with the show's creator Gene Roddenberry. The mid-'60s NBC-TV series went on to become a phenomenon during it's run in rerun syndication and spawned several movie versions and successful TV spin-offs. Raised in New Jersey, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1941 from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Courage served a five-year stint in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he settled in Los Angeles and began working as a composer/arranger...