Biography
Robert Oliver Ragland (July 3, 1931 β April 18, 2012) was an American film score composer, best known for his soundtracks to numerous genre films ranging from blaxploitation (Abby), to horror (Mansion of the Doomed, The Supernaturals), to monster movies (Q, Grizzly), to thrillers (10 to Midnight) and action films (Assassination, Messenger of Death). Throughout his career, he worked with cult filmmakers including William Girdler, Menahem Golan, Larry Cohen, and J. Lee Thompson. Ragland was born in Chicago. He attended Northwestern University and also earned degrees at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He served as a music arranger for the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in his early years.Outside of scoring music for film and television, he often served as a music arranger and orchestrator for singers including Marvin Gaye and Pat Boone and rock bands including Nelson (band) and Dokken. Ragland was married to Martha Montgomery Newman from 1972 to 2005 after the death of her husband, nine time Oscar winning composer Alfred Newman (composer).
He died, aged 80, on April 18, 2012, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Filmography
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Movies 62
Producer 1
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Death Game (2001)
Debbie Does Damnation (1999)
The Fear: Resurrection (1999)
Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999)
Top of the World (1998)
Armstrong (1998)
Looking For Lola (1997)
Motel Blue (1997)
Plato's Run (1997)
Orion's Key (1997)
Evil Obsession (1996)
Warhead (1996)
Too Fast Too Young (1996)
The Fear (1995)
The Raffle (1994)
No Place To Hide (1992)
The Fifth Monkey (1990)
Alien from the Deep (1989)
Messenger of Death (1988)
Deep Space (1988)
Ransom (1988)
Moon in Scorpio (1987)
Nightstick (1987)
Pretty Kill (1987)
Assassination (1987)
The Supernaturals (1986)
Evils of the Night (1985)
The Guardian (1984)
BrainWaves (1983)
10 to Midnight (1983)
Trial by Terror (1983)
Hysterical (1982)
Deadly Games (1982)
Q (1982)
Lovely But Deadly (1981)
The Girl on the Edge of Town (1981)
High Ice (1980)
The Glove (1979)
Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Only Once in a Lifetime (1979)
The Force Beyond (1977)
Rooster: Spurs of Death! (1977)
Pony Express Rider (1976)
Project: Kill (1976)
Mansion of the Doomed (1976)
Grizzly (1976)
Return to Macon County (1975)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Sharks' Treasure (1975)
Abby (1974)
Seven Alone (1974)
The Daring Dobermans (1973)
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
The Touch of Satan (1971)
Weekend with the Babysitter (1970)
Cindy and Donna (1970)
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
The Babysitter (1969)
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GenderMale
Birthday1931-07-03
Deathday2012-04-18 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBob Ragland, Robert Ragland, Roland O. Ragland, Robert O. Raglund
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