Horn player, composer, orchestrator and conductor who entered American film in the late 1980s. Other notable music credits include THE WIZ (1978 - uncredited orchestrator), RUNNING SCARED (1986 - musician), "Because It's Christmas: Barry Manilow" (1991, video - musician), CITY SLICKERS II: THE LEGEND OF CURLY'S GOLD (1994 - orchestrator), JOHN Q (orchestrator & conductor) and BIG TROUBLE (orchestrator - brass) (both 2002), THE NOTEBOOK (2004, add'l orchestrator), and DREAMGIRLS (2006, music arranger - horns). He wrote the music for the song "Imagination" used in FLASHDANCE (1983) and arranged the music for the 79th Annual Academy Awards show (2007).  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, Jack Hayes & Randy Kerber) 1 nomination