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Jay Chattaway
Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA
Jay Chattaway (born July 8, 1946) is an American composer of film and television scores. He composed music for several Star Trek television series: Star Trek: The Next Generation…
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Jay Chattaway (born July 8, 1946) is an American composer of film and television scores. He composed music for several Star Trek television series: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. Chattaway was drafted into the military while working on his graduate degree and joined the Navy Band, serving as the unit's chief arranger and composer. After his discharge from the Navy, Chattaway moved to New York City to write music. He later moved to Los Angeles to compose for film. Chattaway is also well known as an arranger of big band charts for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra during the 1970s, and also composed or co-composed some of Ferguson's hits, including "Conquistador", "Superbone Meets the Bad Man", and "Primal Scream". Years before his association with the Star Trek franchise, Chattaway also arranged and produced a 1979 version of the theme from Star Trek by Jerry Goldsmith. Chattaway's film scores include Maniac (1980), Vigilante (1983), The Big Score (1983), The Last Fight (1983), The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984), Missing in Action (1984), Invasion U.S.A. (1985), Silver Bullet (1985), Walking the Edge (1985), Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), Maniac Cop (1988), Red Scorpion (1988), Relentless (1989), Far Out Man (1990), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), The Ambulance (1990) and Rich Girl (1991). Chattaway's original concert band compositions include Parade of the Tall Ships (concert march), Mazama (Legend of the Pacific Northwest), Sailabration, and Windsong. In 2001, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Music for a Series for the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager
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2014
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
Movie Original Music Composer
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2010
Dark Notes
Movie
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2008
Maniac Cop
Movie Music
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2006
Pick Me Up
Movie Original Music Composer
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2000
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion
Movie Music
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2000
Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End
Movie Music
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1997
The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
Movie Music
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1997
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
Movie Music
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1995
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
Movie Additional Music
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1995
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
Movie Music
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1992
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
Movie Music
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1991
Rich Girl
Movie Original Music Composer
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1991
National Geographic: Splendid Stones
Movie Music
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1990
Maniac Cop 2
Movie Original Music Composer
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1990
Far Out Man
Movie Original Music Composer
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1990
The Ambulance
Movie Original Music Composer
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1990
Journey to the Forgotten River
Movie Music
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1989
Relentless
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
Red Scorpion
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
Maniac Cop
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
Jakarta
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Movie Original Music Composer
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1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Movie Original Music Composer
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1985
Silver Bullet
Movie Original Music Composer
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1985
Invasion U.S.A.
Movie Original Music Composer
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1985
Hard Choices
Movie Original Music Composer
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1985
Walking the Edge
Movie Original Music Composer
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1984
Missing in Action
Movie Original Music Composer
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1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Movie Original Music Composer
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1983
The Last Fight
Movie Original Music Composer
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1983
The Big Score
Movie Original Music Composer
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1983
Vigilante
Movie Original Music Composer
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1980
Maniac
Movie Original Music Composer
