Richard Julian DeBenedictis (born January 23, 1935) is an American

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noted for composing music for television shows including ''

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'' and its movies from 1985 until 1993, '' Police Story'', ''

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'', '' Phyllis'', and '' Matlock'', and its spin-offs ''

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'', and '' Diagnosis: Murder''. He is also known for his production music, which has been used in shows, commercials, video games, and (rarely) films, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Mad'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Tom and Jerry show'', ''

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'', ''

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'' etc. DeBenedictis has been nominated ten times for an

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, most recently in 1996, for his compositions. After retiring from television composing, DeBenedictis has taught several

master class ''Master Class'' is a 1995 play by American playwright Terrence McNally, presented as a fictional master class by opera singer Maria Callas near the end of her life, in the 1970s. The play features incidental vocal music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giac ...

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and

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, including

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

, Pierce College,

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca (town), New York, Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a Music school, conservatory of music. Ithaca College is known for its media-related programs and entertainment program ...

, and

California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It o ...

. He is the father of

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, Brian, Lara and Brent.

Discography

* SCD 709 Dramatic Workshop 26 - Moodsetters, Links & Stings (album released in 2006, tracks recorded in the early 1990s, contains most of his production music tracks)

Notes

External links

* 1935 births Living people American film score composers American male film score composers American television composers American male television composers {{US-composer-20thC-stub