Velton Ray Bunch
Velton Ray Bunch ( born 1948 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American composer for film and television music.
Already ten years found Bunch his passion for music when he played piano in a local church with gospel influences. First, however, he pursued a career as a baseball player, he was forced to retire after an injury, however. Recollecting himself back on the music passion, he successfully studied music theory and composition at the East Carolina University.
Bunch moved to California, where he met Jimmy Webb and a contract as a songwriter graduated. A few years later he met Mike Post know who promoted him in the direction of television music. Here, first as a pianist and arranger for Ray Charles and Mac Davis. Also, as a songwriter, he celebrated successes, for example, with songs for Dolly Parton, The Commodores and the Oakridge Boys.
Post urged him to continue to write for dramatic television series. With the music for the successful sci-fi series Quantum Leap, he exhibited his versatility to the test. For the past in different years and at different locations in the United States gambling episodes he wrote pieces from various genres such as symphonic rock, country, rhythm & blues and gospel. In 1993 he was nominated for his music in the wake Lee Harvey Oswald for the Emmy. More nominations followed for the title music for the series The Pretender (2000) and the TV movie Papa's Angels - Exciting times ( 2001).
With his music resulted Similitude of the series Star Trek: Enterprise finally succeeded in 2004, winning the Emmy in the category " Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ".