Dennis McCarthy (born 1945) is an American composer for film and television. His credits for TV series include the soundtrack underscores for Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as music for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Twilight Zone (the 1985 revival), MacGyver, Sliders, Dawson’s Creek, Birdland (1994), Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, and V: The Final Battle. McCarthy’s film credits include Last Plane Out, McHale’s Navy (1997), and Star Trek Generations. He also received two Emmy Awards, one for his theme on Deep Space Nine and the other for background score on a Star Trek TNG episode, in addition to nine Emmy nominations for his various Star Trek-related work. He also shares one Emmy for music for the 63rd Academy Awards. (More from Wikipedia)
Not everyone feels that way though. Doc Dosco, a jazz guitarist who played on Black Russian wrote of his early session work on his website www.docdosco.com: “‘I did tons of “guitar for hire” studio dates back then’, says Doc, ‘and I gigged a lot during the late seventies and eighties. I was a funky fusion style player and there was lots of funk style work. I also did pick-up work, casuals, society gigs and played numerous concerts with old timers such as Little Anthony, the Drifters, the Diamonds, the Platters, Freddy Cannon, Connie Stevens. I worked for composer Dennis McCarthy on the Barbara Mandrell [and the Mandrell Sisters] TV show. I also wrote songs for Jerry Lee Lewis and German pop sensation Nina Hagen, produced “Billboard Queen” Angelyne, and recorded an album with the revolutionary Motown recording artists Black Russian.’”
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