Born in Argentina. Other credits include THE SHINING (1980, uncredited orchestrator), TRON (1982, orchestrator), "Billionaire Boys Club" (1987, TV, composer) and "The Town Bully" (1988, TV, composer).  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, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey & Randy Kerber)  Nominated for Music Best Song 2000: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON "A Love Before Time" - Music (w. Tan Dun) 2 nominations