Compositions

  • Film to Scores

    • Paper Lion (1968)
      Starring: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton
      Director: Alex March

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    • A Star Is Born (1976)
      Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
      Director: Frank Pierson
      Academy award nomination for "Best Adaption Score".

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    • The Mouse And His Child (1977)
      Starring: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman
      Director: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf
      Animated Feature

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    • Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
      Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum
      Director: Philip Kaufman
      Conducted Orchestra, including the 1st Movement of Mozart’s Horn Concerto in D.

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    • The Mafu Cage (1978)
      Starring: Lee Grant, Carol Kane
      Director: Karen Arthur

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    • The Silent Scream (1980)
      Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne de Carlo, Barbara Steele
      Director: Denny Harris

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    • Evilspeak (1981)
      Starring: Clint Howard
      Director: Eric Weston
      Won Madrid Film Festival Award for Best Original Score.

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    • Breathless (1983)
      Starring: Richard Gere
      Director: Jim McBride
      Scored the “Love” music.

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    • Journey Of The Heart (1997)
      Starring: Cybill Shepherd
      Director: Karen Arthur

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  • Commissions
      • Big Band Commissions for

        Skymasters (Holland)
        W.D.R. Big Band (Germany)
        Frank Wess Big Band

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      • Chamber Commissions for

        Yo-Yo Ma
        Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
        The Julliard String Quartet
        Jean Yves Thibaudet
        James Galway (Flute), James Walker (Flute), And “Free Flight”
        Roger Bobo (Tuba)
        Froeydis Ree Wekre (Horn)
        Miles Anderson (Trombone)
        The Los Angeles Brass Quintet
        The Brass Ring
        Gary Buttery (Tuba), and Gary Chapman (Piano)
        Stephane Grappelli
        Eddie Daniels (Clarinet)
        Shelly Manne (Drums)

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      • Orchestra Commissions for

        Stan Kenton & L.A. Neophonic Orchestra
        Don Ellis Orchestra
        New York City Ballet
        New York Philharmonic
        New York “Pops”
        Cincinnati Symphony
        New American Orchestra
        Los Angeles Philharmonic
        National Symphony Orchestra

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