Cory Charles Lerios (born February 12, 1951) is an American

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and

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ist. He is a founding member of the platinum-record-selling

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band

Pablo Cruise Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

, and since the mid-1980s he has scored music for film and television.

History

Lerios was born, in

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, and entered the music industry in 1971 with the San Francisco Bay area band Stoneground. At the time, Stoneground was signed with Warner Bros., and Lerios was 20 years old. After leaving the band in 1973, Lerios, along with fellow Stoneground members Steve Price and David Jenkins, formed

. In 1975, they released their first album, self-titled ''

'', for

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. The band completed several national tours, released seven albums, and sold millions of records before disbanding in 1986. Having been one of the primary songwriters for Pablo Cruise, (" Love Will Find a Way", " Whatcha Gonna Do?"), Lerios tried composing for film and television. His first major production was ''

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'', a 1986 comedy. Later, Lerios partnered with

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to start a music production studio called Lerios D'Andrea Music Works, based in Los Angeles. Together they wrote and produced a number of themes, songs and dramatic and comedic scores for TV shows including ''

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'' (300 episodes), ''

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'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', '' Max Headroom'' and ''

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''). In 2012 Lerios produced a live DVD and CD for Pablo Cruise entitled ''It's Good To Be Live!'', released through

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. Pablo Cruise released another live CD through Sony Entertainment in 2013. As of August 2014, Lerios was scoring and producing the music for the international TV series '' SAF3'' and touring with the original members of Pablo Cruise. In 2015 Lerios released an EP, ''If I Could Change Anything It Would Be You!'', under the name Cory Charles.

Credits

Television

*2014/15 '' SAF3'' (TV series) Episodes, Music Supervision *2013/14 SAF3 (TV series) Episodes *2013 "Men At Work" *2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Awards Programme *2013 "Bench" International Promos *2011 ''

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'' Main Title Theme & Episodes *2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Awards Programme *2009 Hope For Children, Documentary *2009 Terrell Lloyd, Documentary *2009 Geortrax Animated Series Theme/Pilot *2009

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s Theme *2008 The Land Before Time *2006 '' Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman'' *2004/5 '' ToddWorld'' *2004 The Best TV Shows That Never Were *2004 '' Hot Wheels AcceleRacers'' *2004 E! Diary of An Affair *2003 ''

'': "Hawaiian Wedding" *2001 ''

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'' *2000 Murder in the Mirror *2000/2001 ''Intimate Portrait'' (TV series) *1999 ''

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'' (movie) *1999 '' Diagnosis: Murder'' (series) *1999 ''A Secret Life'' (movie) *1998 A Marriage of Convenience (movie) *1998 ''Martial Law'' (TV series) *1998 ''Baywatch'': "White Thunder at Glacier Bay" (movie) *1997 ''Baywatch'': "Assault on Devil's Island" (movie) *1997 '' Steel Chariots'' *1997 ''In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory'' (movie) *1996 ''Gone in a Heartbeat'' (movie) *1996 '' Fall Into Darkness'' (movie) *1996 Angel Flight Down *1995/96 ''Flipper'' (series) *1995/96 ''

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'' (series) *1995 ''Baywatch'': Forbidden Paradise (movie) *1993/94 ''Mighty Max'' (TV series) *1993/94/95 ''

'' (daytime soap opera) *1994 ''Deadly Vows'' (movie) *1990 '' E.A.R.T.H. Force'' (series) *1989/2001 ''Baywatch''. All 11 seasons (theme & 300 episodes) *1987 ''Max Headroom'' *''

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Film

*'' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' (1994) *''

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'' (1993) (V) *'' The Tower'' (1993) (TV) *''

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'' (1993/I) *'' Beyond the Law'' (1992) *''

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'' (1991) (TV) *'' Child's Play 3'' (1991) *'' Night Angel'' (1990) *'' Police Story: Burnout'' (1988) (TV) *''

'' (1986) *'' Dracula A.D. 1972'' (1972) (as a member of Stoneground)

Themes

* CBS LOGO: theme: CBS *CBS PRODUCTIONS LOGO: theme: CBS *STARZ LOGO: theme: STARZ *DIRECT T.V.: DIRECT T.V. * TNT SUNDAY CLASSICS MOVIE: theme:

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*TNT (TV channel), TNT FEATURE FILMS: series & theme: Turner Broadcasting *RAVE: Arts & Entertainment *CBS TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIES: theme: CBS *CBS SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES: theme: CBS *A & E MYSTERY MOVIES: A&E NETWORK *16th ANNUAL CABLE ACE AWARDS: TNT: Producer: David Lawrence * San Disk LOGO:Theme: Commercial

Discography

Pablo Cruise

Singles

Additional discography (writer or performer)

*Stoneground 3, Stoneground - Warner Bros. Records *Last days of the Filmore, Various Artists w/ Stoneground - Fillmore Records *Nadia's Themes, Various Artists - A&M Records *

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, "

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" - Warner Bros. Records *

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, "Forever Tonight" * Melba Moore and

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, "A Test Of Time" * Santana, "She Can’t Let It Go" *

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, " Call Me, Beep Me" *

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, "It's a Colorful World" *Plan 9, "Whatcha Gonna Do?"

Keyboardist or programmer

* Geoff Byrd *

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* Santana *

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Awards and nominations

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awards: *Won, 1997, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "

" (shared with

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, Brent Nelson,

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, Amy Burkhard Evans, and Stephen Reinhardt) * Emmy Nomination,

’94 ‘95 * Emmy Nomination,

’93 ‘94 * Emmy Honors, Jay Meisel Documentary

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awards: *Won, 1996, Top TV Series for "

" *Won, 1997, Top TV Series for "

" *Won, 1997, Most Performed Underscore BMI awards *BMI Most Performed Song, Whatcha Gonna Do?

*BMI Most Performed Song, Love Will Find a Way

*BMI Most Performed Song, Cool Love

*BMI Most Performed Song, Don’t Want to Live Without It

TELLY AWARD: "Hope For Children"

References

External sources

Cory Lerios Official Website

Pablo Cruise Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lerios, Cory American film score composers Musicians from Palo Alto, California 1951 births Living people American rock keyboardists American male singers American session musicians American pop pianists American rock pianists American male pianists American pop rock singers Songwriters from California 20th-century American pianists Pablo Cruise members 21st-century American pianists American male film score composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American keyboardists American male songwriters