Robert Oliver Ragland was an American film score composer. Ragland was born in Chicago. He attended Northwestern University and also earned degrees at the Academy of Music in Vienna. He served as a music arranger for the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in his early years. He turned to film music in 1968. Ragland created the scores for films such as Seven Alone, Abby, Project: Kill, Return to Macon County, Sharks' Treasure, Grizzly, Moon in Scorpio,Mansion of the Doomed, Q- The Winged Serpent, 10 To Midnight, The Fear, Plato's Run, and Crime and Punishment. He died, aged 80, in Los Angeles. 

July 3rd, 1931 in Chicago  /  Died:   Apr 18th, 2012 - aged 80