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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]

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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]

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Awards

Year: 1991
Work: Stephen King's "It"
Status: Winner [7]
Year: 1992
Work: Doublecrossed
Status: Nominee [7]
Year: 1994
Work: Double, Double, Toil And Trouble
Status: Nominee [7]

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