Alexander Courage

Alexander "Sandy" Mair Courage, Jr. (December 10, 1919  May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series.

Early life

Courage was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, in 1941. He served in the United States Army Air Forces in the western United States during the Second World War. During that period, he also found the time to compose music for the radio. His credits in this medium include the programs Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, Broadway Is My Beat, Hollywood Soundstage, and Romance.

Career

Courage began as an orchestrator and arranger at MGM studios, which included work in such films as the 1951 Show Boat ("Life Upon the Wicked Stage" number), The Band Wagon ("I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan"), Gigi (the can-can for the entrance of patrons at Maxim's), and the barn raising dance from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

The Cage

The Cage may refer to:

  • The Cage (ballet), a ballet by Jerome Robbins
  • The Cage (basketball), the West 4th Street Courts, a public venue for amateur basketball in New York City
  • The Cage (Abraham book), a 2002 Vietnam War memoir by Tom Abraham
  • The Cage (Sender book), a 1986 Holocaust memoir by Ruth Minsky Sender
  • The Cage (Weiss book), a 2011 book about the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War by Gordon Weiss
  • In film, television and radio:

  • The Cage (film), a 1963 French film
  • The Cage (radio show), an Australian breakfast program
  • "The Cage" (Star Trek: The Original Series), the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
  • The Cage, a 1947 film by Sidney Peterson
  • "The Cage" (The Killing), an episode of the U.S. television series, The Killing
  • Music

  • The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album), 1982
  • The Cage (Martin/Mollo album)
  • "The Cage" (song), a song by Elton John
  • "The Cage", a song by Oasis from Heathen Chemistry
  • "The Cage", a song by Sonata Arctica from Winterheart's Guild
  • "The Cage", an art song by Charles Ives
  • The Cage 2

    The Cage 2 a 2002 hard rock album by virtuoso guitarist Dario Mollo and former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin. It is their second collaboration.

    Track listing

    All songs written and composed by Dario Mollo/Tony Martin unless stated otherwise. 

    Personnel

  • Tony Martinvocals
  • Dario Molloguitar
  • Tony Franklinbass guitar
  • Roberto Gualdi – drums
  • Dario Patti – keyboards
  • Walter Ruta - didjeridoo

  • Dario Mollo – production, engineering, mastering and mixing
  • Saverio Chippalone – photography
  • References

    The Cage (Sender book)

    The Cage (ISBN 068981321X), written by Ruth Minsky Sender in 1985, is a true story about the hardship and cruelty of being a Jewish person during the Holocaust. At the beginning of the book it is 1985 (when the book was written). Riva (Later changes name to Ruth) is talking with her daughter, Nancy, when her mind is taken back in time to Lodz, Poland 1939.

    Thirteen-year-old Riva Minska, her mother, three brothers and landlord are living in the same house. Soon after, though, the Germans invade Poland. At this time, Riva and her family are betrayed by their landlady and robbed of their valuables and possessions. Soon, the gates of the Lodz ghetto were shut and no one came in; they only went out.

    After fourteen years, chaos has spread quickly and rapidly through the ghetto. Riva's brother, Laibele, contracts tuberculosis. Her mother is taken away in a Nazi raid because she looked sick. A little while after her mother's deportation, a social worker tries to find homes for the children who now are without adult supervision. But adoption means the remains of her family will be separated. Riva protests and eventually becomes the sixteen-year-old legal guardian of her younger brothers, Laibele, Motele, and Moshiele.

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    Alexander Courage

    Born: 1919-12-10

    Died: 2008-05-15

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Theme From Star Trek

    by: Alexander Courage

    Space... The Final Frontier
    These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise
    Its five-year mission:
    To explore strange new worlds
    To seek out new life and new civilizations




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