Ed Wickens

Edward Donald Wickens (born November 1, 1943) is an American musician and composer whose work has been featured in films, animations, and video games.

Life and career
In the 1960s, Wickens was a member of the band Elephant. In the mid-1970s, he began his career in composing and writing music for television. In the 1980s, he began composing for video games. He was heavily involved in the development of the MusicMaster CS1, a MIDI controller for the, and Theorysonic Codear.

In 2004, Wickens and his wife Helene Touchard won a Sylvania Television Award for Best Musical Performance in a Children's Program and were nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television Production for writing and composing the song "Respect" from the Trisha's Way episode "Trisha's Musical!".

Wickens and Touchard write music for broadcast commercials, television, and film with their -based company Ed Wickens Productions. One of their biggest clients is Carwardine Parks, who they have written and produced music for since the early days of the company.

Wickens and Touchard have two children, Benjamin Wickens and Anna Wickens, who also work for Ed Wickens Productions.