Alexander Courage

Biography

Career Overview

Alexander Courage has 101 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Their work spans 31 cinematic universes — most prominently Star Trek with 8 titles. Signature works include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Star Trek: Discovery. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Sound

Gender

male

Known Credits

101

Birth Date

1919-12-10 00:00:00

Birth Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

• 

  Star Trek: The Next Generation
• 

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• 

  Star Trek: Discovery
• 

  Star Trek: Lower Decks
• 

  Gremlins
• 

  Star Wars

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 31 universes

• Star Trek (8 titles)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection (2 titles)
• Home Alone (2 titles)
• Gremlins (2 titles)
• The Gremlins Collection (2 titles)
• Indiana Jones (2 titles)
• Superman Classic (2 titles)
• Superman Collection (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Chris Columbus (3 collaborations)
• Alex Kurtzman (3 collaborations)
• Steven Spielberg (3 collaborations)
• George Lucas (3 collaborations)
• Gene Roddenberry (2 collaborations)
• David Holmes (2 collaborations)
• Todd Arnow (2 collaborations)
• John Williams (2 collaborations)
• Aaron Baiers (2 collaborations)
• Trevor Roth (2 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (96 credits)

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    music

    sound

    - New Life and New Civilizations (2025) ... music sound

    - Terrarium (2025) ... music sound

    - Four-and-a-Half Vulcans (2025) ... music sound

    - What Is Starfleet? (2025) ... music sound

    - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail (2025) ... music sound
    2022
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks

    music

    sound

    - The New Next Generation (2) (2024) ... music sound

    - Fissure Quest (1) (2024) ... music sound

    - Upper Decks (2024) ... music sound

    - Fully Dilated (2024) ... music sound

    - Of Gods and Angles (2024) ... music sound
    2020
  • Star Trek: Picard

    music

    sound

    - The Last Generation (2023) ... music sound

    - Võx (2023) ... music sound

    - Surrender (2023) ... music sound

    - Dominion (2023) ... music sound

    - The Bounty (2023) ... music sound
    2020
  • Star Trek: Discovery

    music

    sound

    - Life, Itself (2024) ... music sound

    - Lagrange Point (2024) ... music sound

    - Labyrinths (2024) ... music sound

    - Erigah (2024) ... music sound

    - Whistlespeak (2024) ... music sound
    2017
  • Shrek the Third

    orchestrator

    sound
    2007
  • Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

    music

    sound
    2005
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    orchestrator

    sound
    2001
  • Hollow Man

    orchestrator

    sound
    2000
  • The Haunting

    orchestrator

    sound
    1999
  • The Mummy

    orchestrator

    sound
    1999
  • Star Trek: Insurrection

    orchestrator

    sound
    1998
  • Small Soldiers

    orchestrator

    sound
    1998
  • Mulan

    orchestrator

    sound
    1998
  • U.S. Marshals

    orchestrator

    sound
    1998
  • Deep Rising

    orchestrator

    sound
    1998
  • The Edge

    orchestrator

    sound
    1997
  • Air Force One

    orchestrator

    sound
    1997
  • Star Trek: First Contact

    orchestrator

    sound
    1996
  • Executive Decision

    orchestrator

    sound
    1996
  • Congo

    orchestrator

    sound
    1995
  • The River Wild

    orchestrator

    sound
    1994
  • The Shadow

    orchestrator

    sound
    1994
  • A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    music

    sound
    1993
  • Rudy

    orchestrator

    sound
    1993
  • Jurassic Park

    orchestrator

    sound
    1993
  • Dennis the Menace

    orchestrator

    sound
    1993
  • Matinee

    orchestrator

    sound
    1993
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    - Trials and Tribble-ations (1996) ... music sound
    1993
  • Forever Young

    orchestrator

    sound
    1992
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    orchestrator

    sound
    1992
  • Mr. Baseball

    orchestrator

    sound
    1992
  • Basic Instinct

    orchestrator

    sound
    1992
  • JFK

    orchestrator

    sound
    1991
  • Hook

    orchestrator

    sound
    1991
  • Sleeping with the Enemy

    orchestrator

    sound
    1991
  • Home Alone

    orchestrator

    sound
    1990
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    orchestrator

    sound
    1990
  • Total Recall

    orchestrator

    sound
    1990
  • Always

    orchestrator

    sound
    1989
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven

    orchestrator

    sound
    1989
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    orchestrator

    sound
    1989
  • Empire of the Sun

    orchestrator

    sound
    1987
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    music

    sound

    - All Good Things... (1994) ... music sound

    - Preemptive Strike (1994) ... music sound

    - Emergence (1994) ... music sound

    - Bloodlines (1994) ... music sound

    - Firstborn (1994) ... music sound
    1987
  • Lionheart

    orchestrator

    sound
    1987
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • The Witches of Eastwick

    orchestrator

    sound
    1987
  • Extreme Prejudice

    orchestrator

    sound
    1987
  • An American Tail

    orchestrator

    sound
    1986
  • The Great Mouse Detective

    orchestrator

    sound
    1986
  • The Black Cauldron

    orchestrator

    sound
    1985
  • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

    orchestrator

    sound
    1985
  • Gremlins

    orchestrator

    sound
    1984
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    orchestrator

    sound
    1984
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie

    orchestrator

    sound
    1983
  • The Secret of NIMH

    orchestrator

    sound
    1982
  • A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • Falcon Crest

    - Kindred Spirits (1982) ... music sound

    - The Harvest (1981) ... music sound
    1981
  • Superman

    orchestrator

    sound
    1978
  • Star Wars

    orchestrator

    sound
    1977
  • Babe

    orchestrator

    sound
    1977
  • The Omen

    orchestrator

    sound
    1976
  • The Poseidon Adventure

    orchestrator

    sound
    1972
  • The Other

    music

    sound
    1972
  • The Waltons

    - The Celebration (1977) ... music sound
    1972
  • Fiddler on the Roof

    orchestrator

    sound
    1971
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    orchestrator

    sound
    1971
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    orchestrator

    sound
    1970
  • Planet of the Apes

    orchestrator

    sound
    1968
  • Star Trek: The Menagerie

    conductor

    sound
    1966
  • Star Trek

    - The Lights of Zetar (1969) ... music sound

    - Wink of an Eye (1968) ... music sound

    - Plato's Stepchildren (1968) ... music sound

    - The Enterprise Incident (1968) ... music sound

    - Operation: Annihilate! (1967) ... music sound
    1966
  • Star Trek: The Cage

    music

    sound
    1965
  • Lost in Space

    - Forbidden World (1966) ... music sound

    - The Ghost Planet (1966) ... music sound
    1965
  • The Pleasure Seekers

    other

    sound
    1964
  • My Fair Lady

    orchestrator

    sound
    1964
  • Follow the Boys

    original music composer

    sound
    1963
  • Bells Are Ringing

    orchestrator

    sound
    1960
  • Day of the Outlaw

    original music composer

    sound
    1959
  • Tokyo After Dark

    original music composer

    sound
    1959
  • The Big Country

    orchestrator

    sound
    1958
  • The Left Handed Gun

    original music composer

    sound
    1958
  • Handle with Care

    music

    sound
    1958
  • Hot Rod Rumble

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • Sierra Stranger

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • Funny Face

    orchestrator

    sound
    1957
  • Tea and Sympathy

    orchestrator

    sound
    1956
  • Guys and Dolls

    orchestrator

    sound
    1955
  • Kismet

    music arranger

    sound
    1955
  • Interrupted Melody

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • Bad Day at Black Rock

    orchestrator

    sound
    1955
  • Deep in My Heart

    orchestrator

    sound
    1954
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    orchestrator

    sound
    1954
  • Lassie

    - Dream Seeker (1972) ... music sound
    1954
  • The Band Wagon

    orchestrator

    sound
    1953
  • Million Dollar Mermaid

    orchestrator

    sound
    1952
  • Talk About a Stranger

    orchestrator

    sound
    1952
  • Stars in My Crown

    orchestrator

    sound
    1950

• actors (3 credits)

  • Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Yes, Giorgio

    Conductor, Turandot

    actor

    actors
    1982

• crew (2 credits)

  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

    additional music

    crew
    1989
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    additional music

    crew
    1970