American composer who scored episodes of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise, as well as Star Trek Generations.
Dennis McCarthy, an American composer born in 1945, was one of the principal composers of Star Trek: The Next Generation and continued writing underscore for Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise, making him one of the most prolific musicians in the franchise. He composed the main title theme for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which won him a Primetime Emmy Award.
McCarthy also scored the feature film Star Trek Generations. Outside his scoring work he produced Brent Spiner's album Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back, and he has received numerous ASCAP awards.