For many years head of Warner Bros. music department, he arranged and conducted the musical score for numerous films and occasionally wrote original scores and songs. He won Academy Awards for his orchestrations of YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942), THIS IS THE ARMY (1943) and THE MUSIC MAN (1962).  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1942: YANKEE DOODLE DANDY  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1943: THIS IS THE ARMY  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: UP IN ARMS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1945: WONDER MAN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1945: RHAPSODY IN BLUE  Nominated for Music Best Song 1945: SAN ANTONIO "Some Sunday Morning" - Music  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1946: NIGHT AND DAY  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1947: MY WILD IRISH ROSE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1948: ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1949: LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1950: WEST POINT STORY  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1952: THE JAZZ SINGER  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1953: CALAMITY JANE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1954: A STAR IS BORN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1958: DAMN YANKEES  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment) 1962: THE MUSIC MAN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Score of a Musical Picture original or adaptation) 1968: FINIAN'S RAINBOW 18 nominations, 3 Awards