Colcord composed the theme songs for the sitcoms 227 (with Alaina Reed), The Torkelsons, and Boy Meets World. He also scored the second season Simpsons episode "Dead Putting Society," various Before They Were Stars installments, and other TV specials. In records, he played keyboards with Don McLean on American Pie and Aerosmith's Get Your Wings, as well as writing the music to Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" and "Earth Girls Are Easy."