Began orchestrating and arranging music for films with THE JOKER IS WILD (1957) and continued into the present century with such notable credits as THE COMANCHEROS (1961), MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION (1962), DONOVAN'S REEF (1963), THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (1964), THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965), NEVADA SMITH, HAWAII and THE DEADLY AFFAIR (all 1966), HOMBRE, CAMELOT and IN COLD BLOOOD (all 1967), THE SWIMMER, FUNNY GIRL and I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS! (all 1968), MacKENNA'S GOLD, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID and JOHN AND MARY (all 1969), KOTCH (1971), MARATHON MAN (1976), HIGH ANXIETY (1977), BRUBAKER, ORDINARY PEOPLE, THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES and THE ELEPHANT MAN (all 1980), THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 (both 1981), SOPHIE'S CHOICE (1982), THE NATURAL (1984), THE COLOR PURPLE (also music adaptor, 1985), BLACK WIDOW and SPACEBALLS (both 1987), PARENTHOOD (1989), PRETTY WOMAN, AVALON and THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (all 1990), HUDSON HAWK and LIFE STINKS (1991), SON OF THE PINK PANTHER (1993), MAVERICK (1994), THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES and THE EVENING STAR (both 1996), FREE WILLY 3: THE RESCUE (1997), THE INCREDIBLES (2004), SKY HIGH and THE FAMILY STONE (both 2005), and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006).  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment) 1964: THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (w. Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Calvin Jackson & Leo Shuken)  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1985: THE COLOR PURPLE (w. Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jerry Hey & Randy Kerber) 2 nominations