Biography
Dick DeBenedictis is an American composer and arranger whose career has focused on television music. He composed scores for numerous episodes of the series Columbo (1971), as well as later Columbo television movies.
He is also known for his work on Matlock (1986), the Perry Mason television movies from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, Diagnosis Murder (1993), Police Story (1973) and other series including The Rockford Files and Hawaii Five-O. DeBenedictis attended Ithaca College and has a background in musical theatre, with credits as a dance arranger on several Broadway productions. He has received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his compositions.
