Ron Ramin

Ronald "Ron" Ramin (* 1953 in New York ) is an American film composer .

life and career

Ramin is the son of the composer Sid Ramin and the singer Gloria Ramin, nee Breit.

Ramin grew up in New York. He studied at Princeton University and then settled in Los Angeles , where he began a career as a film composer.

In 1994 he received an Emmy nomination in the musical composition category for a series (Dramatic Underscore) for his work on the pilot of the series Christy . In 1996 he was recognized at the CableACE Awards in the Original Score category for his work on Rent-a-Kid - Family on Trial .

He later turned back to composing concert music. His suite Golden State of Mind was performed live by the Marin Symphony in 2014.

He has been married to the journalist and author Cathryn Jakobson Ramin since 1988 . The marriage resulted in two sons. The family lives in Northern California.

Filmography (selection)

• 1978: Crazed
• 1981–1984: Fantasy Island (TV series)
• 1982–1983: Hart but cordially ( Hart to Hart , TV series)
• 1983–1984: A Colt for All Cases ( The Fall Guy , TV series)
• 1984–1988: Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
• 1985: The Cases of Harry Fox ( Crazy Like a Fox , TV series)
• 1986–1987: Mike Hammer (TV series)
• 1987: Sledge Hammer! (TV series)
• 1987: Frog (TV movie)
• 1988: Fight Back ( Stranger on My Land , Movie made for TV)
• 1988: Die Diamanten-Lady ( The Diamond Trap , TV movie)
• 1989: Mike Hammer - Girls, Murder and Monets ( Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All , TV movie)
• 1990: Death came with the meal ( Menu for Murder , TV film)
• 1990–1992: The Cases of Rosie O'Neill ( The Trials of Rosie O'Neill , TV series)
• 1991: I Was a Playmate ( Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories , Movie made for TV)
• 1991: Shadow of Power ( Memories of Midnight , TV movie)
• 1993: School trip without return ( They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping , TV movie)
• 1994: The Birds II: Land's End , TV movie)
• 1994–1995: Christy (TV series)
• 1994: Bionic Ever After? (TV movie)
• 1994: Mike Hammer ( Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery , Movie made for TV)
• 1995: Claudia and the Secret of the Angel ( From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler , TV movie)
• 1995: Cagney & Lacey - Who sits in the glass house ( Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling , TV movie)
• 1995: Rent-a-Kid (TV movie)
• 1995: Bodystrip - Bare Soul ( Dare to Love , TV movie)
• 1995–1997: Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
• 1996: Cagney & Lacey ( Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions , movie made for TV)
• 1996: Terror in the Family - A Daughter Runs Amok ( Terror in the Family , TV movie)
• 1996: Vandalized - A Suspected Son ( My Son Is Innocent , TV movie)
• 1996: Paralyzed: A mother doesn't give up ( A Step Toward Tomorrow , TV movie)
• 1999: Fatal Error (TV movie)
• 1999: Help, I am my dog ​​... and my dog ​​is me (Dogmatic)
• 1999: Deadly Retribution ( Cruel Justice , Movie made for TV)
• 2006: Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (TV movie)
• 2006: Meltdown - Days of Destruction ( Meltdown , TV movie)
• 2006: Home by Christmas (TV movie)
• 2007: My Neighbor's Keeper (TV movie)
• 2007: Lost Holiday: The Jim & Suzanne Shemwell Story (TV movie)
• 2008: Charlie & Me (TV movie)
• 2008: Deadly Conspiracy ( Lost Behind Bars , TV movie)

Web links

• Official website ronramin.com
• Ron Ramin at blackteamusic.com
• Ron Ramin in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael H. Perlman: Legendary Locals of Forest Hills and Rego Park . Arcadia Publishing, New York, 2015, page 77 , ISBN 978-1-46710-188-2
2. ↑ ^{a b} Cathryn Jakobsen Wed to Composer at nytimes.com, accessed April 26, 2016
3. ↑ Ron Ramin at emmys.com, accessed April 26, 2016
4. ^ CableACE Awards 1996 at imdb.com, accessed April 26, 2016
5. ^ Colleen Bidwill: Mill Valley composer transitions from TV and films to concert halls . In: marinij.com of October 27, 2017.
6. ^ Golden State of Mind . In: ledorgroup.com, accessed June 10, 2020.
7. ↑ Biography at cathrynjakobsonramin.com, accessed April 26, 2016