Alexander Courage(1919-2008)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Alexander Courage was born on 10 December 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Jurassic Park (1993) and Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was married to Shirley Pumpelly. He died on 15 May 2008 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Music Department
- 2017–2024
- 2018–2024
- 2020–2023
- 2023
- 2022–2023
- Star Trek: Picard7.5TV Series
- composer: theme music
- original 'star trek' theme
- original "Star Trek" theme
- 2020–2023
- 2021
- 2017–2020
- 2019
- 2015–2019
- 2011–2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2014–2015
- 2015
Composer
Actor
Personal details
- Alternative name
- Sandy Courage
- Born
- Died
- May 15, 2008
- Pacific Palisades, California, USA(undisclosed)
- Spouse
- Shirley Pumpelly? - 2005 (her death)
- Other worksActive on Broadway in the following productions:
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaThe eight-note brass fanfare that Courage wrote to herald the starship Enterprise became one of the most familiar musical signatures in television history.
- QuotesLittle did I know, when I wrote that first A-flat for the flute, that it was going to go down in history, somehow. It's a very strange feeling. (on composing the theme for "Star Trek")
- Nickname
- Sandy
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