david bell (born april 17, 1954) is an american composer, known for his music for television shows. from 1984 to 1991 he contributed music to 79 episodes of "murder, she wrote", 5 episodes of "dr. quinn, medicine woman", followed by 66 episodes of "star trek" shows from 1994 to 2003. in 2002 he won the ascap award (top tv series) for "", shared with the series' other regular composers.