Gary Myrick, who was exploring a new-wave direction at the time. Soundtrack composer In 1982, after his sixth and last solo album, White Noise, Ferguson decided to become a soundtrack composer for movies and television. To date, he has written music for over 15 feature films and for many TV shows. His most recognizable composition as a TV and film scorer is the theme to the NBC-TV version of The Office, which won him the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Comedy Television Program. (In The Office, he is also the guitarist in Kevin's band "Scrantonicity".) He is the composer of "Pictures of You" from the soundtrack to The Terminator, and the entire score to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Bad Dreams, the Tales From The Crypt episode "Forever Ambergris", as well as Tremors 2: Aftershocks, and Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. Ferguson is also the current soundtrack composer for NCIS: Los Angeles, having replaced original composer James S. Levine halfway through season one with Ferguson's music debuting in the season 1 episode, "Chinatown". Discography Albums 1976: All Alone in the End Zone (Asylum Records) 1977: Jay Ferguson Live (Asylum) (promotional issue only) 1977: Thunder Island (Asylum) U.S. No.72 1979: Real Life Ain't This Way (Asylum) U.S. No.86 1980: Terms and Conditions (Capitol Records) 1982: White Noise (Capitol) U.S. No.178 1989: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (soundtrack) (Varèse Sarabande) Singles 1976: "Medicated Goo" 1977: "Thunder Island" - U.S. No.9, Canada No.8 1978: "Losing Control" 1979: "Shakedown Cruise" - U.S. No.31, Canada No.48 1979: "Paying Time" 1980: "Terms and Conditions" 1982: "Tonite (Fallin' for Ya)" References External links Bio on Jo Jo Gunne website Biography by Steve Huey on Allmusic 1947 births Living people American rock musicians American rock singers American male singers People from Burbank, California Singers from California Spirit (band) members Varèse Sarabande Records artists Capitol Records artists Asylum Records artists