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'''Dennis McCarthy''' (born {{y|1945}}) is a composer who has written many ''[[Star Trek]]''-related [[music]]al scores, including the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' main title theme, and the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' end credits theme (he wrote the original theme for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', but it was deemed unsatisfactory and thrown out in favor of [[Jerry Goldsmith]]'s theme for {{film|1}}). He also composed the music in {{film|7}}. He has also been the composer of many episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. He scored the pilots and finales of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.
  
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:''For the costumer with the same name, see {{dis|Dennis McCarthy|costumer}}.''
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:''For the {{USS|Voyager}} [[USS Voyager personnel|crewman]], see {{dis|Dennis McCarthy|Crewman}}.''
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:''For the [[Starfleet]] [[captain]], see {{dis|Dennis McCarthy|Captain}}.''
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'''Dennis McCarthy''' ([[Star Trek birthdays|born]] {{y|1945}}) is a composer who has written many ''[[Star Trek]]''-related musical scores, including the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' main title theme and the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' end credits theme. He also composed the music for {{film|7}} and many episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. He scored the pilots and finales of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. McCarthy also wrote and conducted the music for the ''[[Star Trek: The Experience]]'' movie ''[[Star Trek: The Experience#Borg Invasion 4D|Borg Invasion 4D]]'' and the computer game ''[[Star Trek: Borg]]''. Some of McCarthy's TNG and DS9 scores were released as part of the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection, Volume One]]'' and the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection]]''.
   
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McCarthy was nominated for nine [[Emmy Award]]s for his work, winning in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music" category for his ''Deep Space Nine'' title theme. He also won (or shared) nine [[ASCAP Award]]s, all for "Top TV Series" except for his award for {{film|7}}, which won in the "Top Box Office Films" category.
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McCarthy was once a member of {{w|Dick Dale}}'s backing band, which came up while he was scoring the episode {{e|Vis à Vis}} which featured two Dick Dale tunes, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9XGqm4mY0 Night Rider]" and "{{w|Let's Go Trippin'}}". [[Ronald B. Moore]] suggested the first song and remembered, "''I was told that [McCarthy] heard the music and said, 'I used to be a Deltone.' This is a small world. He suggested that they close the show with another Dick Dale song. They got to [do that].''" (''[[Cinefantastique]]'', Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 103)
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McCarthy started his career as music arranger and moved shortly after this to the position of music composer. His first assignment was the television spinoff series ''Enos'' (1980-1981), followed by the series ''Private Benjamin'' (1982), ''Gun Shy'' (1983), ''Goodnight, Beantown'' (1983-1984), and ''The Barbara Mandrell Show''. In early 1984, McCarthy was asked to redo the score for the second and the third part of the television mini series ''V: The Final Battle'', just two weeks before the airdate. His successful scoring for ''V: The Final Battle'' including the "Visitor March" lent him to the assignment scoring the following television series ''V'' (1984-1985) as well as projects such as ''Trapper John, M.D.'' (1986), ''The Love Boat'' (1986), ''Mike Hammer'' (1986), ''The Colbys'' (1985-1987), ''The Twilight Zone'' (1986-1987), ''Dynasty'' (1985-1989), ''Falcon Crest'' (1989), and ''MacGyver'' (1985-1991).
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== Media ==
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* {{audio|file=DS9_maintitle_1-3v2.ogg|text=DS9 Main Title Theme (seasons 1-3)}}
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* {{audio|file=DS9_maintitle_4-7v2.ogg|text=DS9 Main Title Theme (seasons 4-7)}}
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== ''Star Trek'' credits ==
 
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** {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}
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** {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} ([[TNG Season 1|Season 1]])
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** {{e|Haven}}
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** {{e|Haven}}
 
** {{e|The Last Outpost}}
 
** {{e|The Last Outpost}}
 
** {{e|Justice}}
  
** {{e|Justice}}
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** {{e|Hide and Q}}
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** {{e|Hide and Q}}
 
** {{e|The Big Goodbye}}
  
** {{e|The Big Goodbye}}
 
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** {{e|Symbiosis}}
  
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** {{e|The Child}}
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** {{e|The Child}} ([[TNG Season 2|Season 2]])
 
** {{e|Elementary, Dear Data}}
  
** {{e|Elementary, Dear Data}}
 
** {{e|The Schizoid Man}}
  
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** {{e|Manhunt}}
  
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** {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}
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** {{e|The Ensigns of Command}} ([[TNG Season 3|Season 3]])
 
** {{e|The Survivors}}
  
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** {{e|Sarek}}
  
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** {{e|Suddenly Human}}
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** {{e|Suddenly Human}} ([[TNG Season 4|Season 4]])
 
** {{e|Family}}
  
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** {{e|Remember Me}}
  
 
** {{e|Legacy}}
 
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** {{e|Half a Life}}
  
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** {{e|The Host}}
  
 
** {{e|The Mind's Eye}}
  
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** {{e|Redemption}}
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** {{e|Redemption}}
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** {{e|Redemption II}}
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** {{e|Redemption II}} ([[TNG Season 5|Season 5]])
 
** {{e|Ensign Ro}}
  
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** {{e|Time's Arrow}}
  
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** {{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}}
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** {{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}} ([[TNG Season 6|Season 6]])
 
** {{e|Man of the People}}
  
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** {{e|Phantasms}}
  
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** {{e|All Good Things...}}
  
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** {{e|Emissary}} ([[DS9 Season 1|Season 1]])
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** {{audio|file=DS9_maintitle_1-3v2.ogg|text=Main Title Theme (seasons 1-3)}}
  
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** {{e|Babel}}
  
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** {{e|Duet}}
  
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** {{e|In the Hands of the Prophets}}
 
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** {{e|The Homecoming}}
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** {{e|The Homecoming}} ([[DS9 Season 2|Season 2]])
 
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** {{e|Meridian}} ([[DS9 Season 3|Season 3]])
 
** {{e|Fascination}}
 
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** {{e|Homefront}}
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** {{e|Apocalypse Rising}}
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** {{e|Apocalypse Rising}} ([[DS9 Season 5|Season 5]])
 
** {{e|Nor the Battle to the Strong}}
 
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** {{e|A Time to Stand}}
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** {{e|A Time to Stand}} ([[DS9 Season 6|Season 6]])
 
** {{e|Behind the Lines}}
 
** {{e|Behind the Lines}}
 
** {{e|You Are Cordially Invited}}
 
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** {{e|The Reckoning}}
 
** {{e|The Reckoning}}
 
** {{e|The Sound of Her Voice}}
 
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** {{e|Image in the Sand}}
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** {{e|Image in the Sand}} ([[DS9 Season 7|Season 7]])
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** {{e|Shadows and Symbols}}
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** {{e|Shadows and Symbols}}
 
** {{e|Once More Unto the Breach}}
 
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** {{e|Prodigal Daughter}}
 
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** {{e|What You Leave Behind}}
  
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** {{e|Parallax}} ([[VOY Season 1|Season 1]])
 
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** {{e|Heroes and Demons}}
 
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** {{e|Elogium}}
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** {{e|Elogium}}
 
** {{e|The 37's}}
 
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** {{e|Initiations}}
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** {{e|Initiations}} ([[VOY Season 2|Season 2]])
 
** {{e|Parturition}}
  
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** {{e|Basics, Part I}}
  
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** {{e|False Profits}} ([[VOY Season 3|Season 3]])
 
** {{e|Basics, Part II}}
  
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** {{e|The Gift}} ([[VOY Season 4|Season 4]])
 
** {{e|Day of Honor}}
 
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** {{e|Living Witness}}
  
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** {{e|Drone}}
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** {{e|Drone}} ([[VOY Season 5|Season 5]])
 
** {{e|Nothing Human}}
  
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** {{e|Someone to Watch Over Me}}
  
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** {{e|Survival Instinct}}
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** {{e|Survival Instinct}} ([[VOY Season 6|Season 6]])
 
** {{e|Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy}}
  
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** {{e|The Voyager Conspiracy}}
 
** {{e|The Voyager Conspiracy}}
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** {{e|Life Line}}
 
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** {{e|Unimatrix Zero}}
 
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** {{e|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}} ([[VOY Season 7|Season 7]])
 
** {{e|Critical Care}}
 
** {{e|Critical Care}}
 
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** {{e|Renaissance Man}}
  
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** {{e|Strange New World}}
  
** {{e|Strange New World}}
 
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** {{e|Breaking the Ice}}
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** {{e|Oasis}}
 
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** {{e|The Xindi}} ([[ENT Season 3|Season 3]])
 
** {{e|Impulse}}
 
** {{e|Impulse}}
 
** {{e|Twilight}}
 
** {{e|Twilight}}
 
** {{e|Carpenter Street}}
 
** {{e|Carpenter Street}}
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** {{e|Doctor's Orders}}
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** {{e|Damage}}
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** {{e|Damage}} (with Kevin Kiner)
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** {{e|Countdown}}
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** {{e|Countdown}} (with Kevin Kiner)
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***{{e|Storm Front, Part II}} ([[ENT Season 4|Season 4]]) (with Kevin Kiner)
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** {{e|Borderland}}
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** {{e|Observer Effect}}
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** {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}}
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** {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}
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** {{e|These Are the Voyages...}}
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***{{e|These Are the Voyages...}} (with Kevin Kiner)
 
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* {{film|7}}
 
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== Awards for ''Star Trek'' ==
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==External Links==
  
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McCarthy received the following [[Star Trek's awards and honors|awards and nominations]] for his work on ''[[Star Trek]]'':
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* {{y|1989}} [[Emmy Award]] nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|The Child}}
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* {{y|1990}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|Yesterday's Enterprise}}
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* {{y|1991}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|Half a Life}}
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* {{y|1992}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|Unification I}}
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* {{y|1993}} Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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* {{y|1994}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|All Good Things...}}
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* {{y|1995}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|Heroes and Demons}}
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* 1995 [[ASCAP Award]] in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
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* 1995 ASCAP Award in the category Top Box Office Films for {{film|7}}
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* {{y|1996}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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* {{y|1997}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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* {{y|1998}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', shared with [[Jay Chattaway]]
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* {{y|1999}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Voyager''
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* {{y|2000}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Voyager''
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* {{y|2001}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|Workforce}}
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* 2001 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Voyager'', shared with Jay Chattaway and [[David Bell]]
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* {{y|2002}} ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', shared with Jay Chattaway, David Bell, [[Paul Baillargeon]], and [[Diane Warren]]
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* {{y|2003}} Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode {{e|The Expanse}}
   
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== ''Star Trek'' interviews ==
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* "Dennis McCarthy - Music of the Stars", ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 14, pp. 5-10, interviewed by [[David Hirsch]]
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* [[TNG Season 2 DVD]] special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Two: Production" ("Music"), interviewed on {{d|5|October|2001}}
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* [[TNG Season 7 DVD]] special feature "Starfleet Moments & Memories Year Seven" ("A Unique Family"), interviewed on 5 October 2001
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== External links ==
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Dennis McCarthy

Dennis McCarthy

Jay Chattaway and Dennis McCarthy

McCarthy and Jay Chattaway

For the costumer with the same name, see Dennis McCarthy.
For the USS Voyager crewman, see Dennis McCarthy.
For the Starfleet captain, see Dennis McCarthy.

Dennis McCarthy (born 1945) is a composer who has written many Star Trek-related musical scores, including the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine main title theme and the Star Trek: Enterprise end credits theme. He also composed the music for Star Trek Generations and many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. He scored the pilots and finales of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise. McCarthy also wrote and conducted the music for the Star Trek: The Experience movie Borg Invasion 4D and the computer game Star Trek: Borg. Some of McCarthy's TNG and DS9 scores were released as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection, Volume One and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection.

McCarthy was nominated for nine Emmy Awards for his work, winning in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music" category for his Deep Space Nine title theme. He also won (or shared) nine ASCAP Awards, all for "Top TV Series" except for his award for Star Trek Generations, which won in the "Top Box Office Films" category.

McCarthy was once a member of Dick Dale's backing band, which came up while he was scoring the episode "Vis à Vis" which featured two Dick Dale tunes, "Night Rider" and "Let's Go Trippin'". Ronald B. Moore suggested the first song and remembered, "I was told that [McCarthy] heard the music and said, 'I used to be a Deltone.' This is a small world. He suggested that they close the show with another Dick Dale song. They got to [do that]." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 103)

McCarthy started his career as music arranger and moved shortly after this to the position of music composer. His first assignment was the television spinoff series Enos (1980-1981), followed by the series Private Benjamin (1982), Gun Shy (1983), Goodnight, Beantown (1983-1984), and The Barbara Mandrell Show. In early 1984, McCarthy was asked to redo the score for the second and the third part of the television mini series V: The Final Battle, just two weeks before the airdate. His successful scoring for V: The Final Battle including the "Visitor March" lent him to the assignment scoring the following television series V (1984-1985) as well as projects such as Trapper John, M.D. (1986), The Love Boat (1986), Mike Hammer (1986), The Colbys (1985-1987), The Twilight Zone (1986-1987), Dynasty (1985-1989), Falcon Crest (1989), and MacGyver (1985-1991).

Media

Star Trek credits

Awards for Star Trek

McCarthy received the following awards and nominations for his work on Star Trek:

  • 1989 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Child"
  • 1990 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"
  • 1991 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "Half a Life"
  • 1992 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "Unification I"
  • 1993 Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • 1994 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "All Good Things..."
  • 1995 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "Heroes and Demons"
  • 1995 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • 1995 ASCAP Award in the category Top Box Office Films for Star Trek Generations
  • 1996 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • 1997 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • 1998 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, shared with Jay Chattaway
  • 1999 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Voyager
  • 2000 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Voyager
  • 2001 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "Workforce"
  • 2001 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Voyager, shared with Jay Chattaway and David Bell
  • 2002 ASCAP Award in the category Top TV Series for Star Trek: Enterprise, shared with Jay Chattaway, David Bell, Paul Baillargeon, and Diane Warren
  • 2003 Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Expanse"

Star Trek interviews

External links

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