Journey to the Inner Light

Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer is the story of the twentieth-century Emmy Award-winning American composer behind the scores of hundreds of beloved Star Trek television episodes. Jay rose from humble beginnings in southwestern Pennsylvania, where he grew up along the banks of the Monongahela River, simultaneously discovering his talent for music and his love of the open water. This passion for the aquaticseen in his naval career and his adventures sailing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceansblends seamlessly with his passion for composing original compositions and film scores.

In Journey to the Inner Light, the author celebrates Jay's successes and, at the same time, reveals some of the challenges he faces as he moves through five decades of the music industry. She also opens a window into his private life for a three-dimensional portrait. Additionally, Journey to the Inner Light explores the creative process as Jay attempts to answer the question most asked of him: "Where does the music come from?"

About the Author

Terri Potts-Chattaway spent twenty years in the television industry. Some of her producing credits include Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared and DreamWorks' animated series, Father of the Pride. Terri has written for several international periodicals including Latitudes and Attitudes, Cruising Outpost, Living Aboard, and SAIL Magazine. She is also an accomplished sailor having cruised over 5,000 nautical miles and has a sailing blog on her website. Journey to the Inner Light is her first book.

Book Review 1:

"Journey to the Inner Light is a detailed, entertaining, and hugely informative look at the life and career of composer and yachtsman Jay ChattawayIt's a book for anyone who loves movies, movie music, Star Trek, and sailing." -- Jeff Bond, Author of The Music of Star Trek

Book Review 2:

"The narrative's excitement is in its behind-the-scenes portrait of the work itselfilluminating and intriguing" -- Kirkus Reviews

Book Review 3:

"Having loved Jay Chattaway's music for 35 years, it is a joy to experience his full life story. Terri's book chronicles Jay's many accomplishments as an artist but does an even better job expressing the kindness and humor of a good man." -- Lukas Kendall, Film Score Monthly

Book Review 4:

"Jay Chattaway, best known as a film composer, notably scoring music for the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise series of television's Star Trek for sixteen years (1987-2005), has illuminated his life with this thorough, fascinating, and enduring biography. The myriad of film music compositions that began in 1980 and ran through 2008 may have been the touchstone of Jay's musical challenges and accomplishments but are only a part of Jay's broad musical world. With Journey to the Inner Light, authored by his lovely wife, Terri Potts-Chattaway, Jay beams down a fascinating voyage of achievements and passions that began with his early family life, young Navy Years, discovering jazz music, the Record Business, and a new career in scoring film and television music, to personal changes and a new companion, lifelong friendships made, sailing the high seas, and much more. Journey to the Inner Light is an illuminating examination of the voyages and frontiers where Jay Chattaway, with his friends and family, has boldly gone in this life and its musical, lifelong journey!" -- Randall D. Larson, Author of Musique Fantastique

Book Review 5:

"Terri Potts-Chattaway chronicles so many fascinating stories in Jay's remarkable life. More than a family memoir, Journey to the Inner Light is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the film and TV industry, and the critical importance of music to th

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