Artie Kane obit

Artie Kane, Studio Pianist and Film-TV Composer, Dies at 93

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Artie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Washington He was 93.

Kane was widely considered one of the finest keyboard players in the history of Hollywood. He played for every major composer during the 1960s and ’70s, including John Williams (“The Poseidon Adventure”), Jerry Goldsmith (“Chinatown”), Lalo Schifrin (“The Cincinnati Kid”), Henry Mancini (“Wait Until Dark”), Michel Legrand (“The Thomas Crown Affair”), John Barry (“The Deep”), Johnny Mandel (“The Americanization of Emily”), Elmer Bernstein (“McQ”) and many others.

“Artie was a brilliant musician, a dear friend and colleague, and a mentor to me,” said fellow pianist Ralph Grierson. “Prior to him, studios would hire a specialist for each style of music – cocktail piano, jazz, classical. He changed all of that. Artie established a tradition that as a studio musician you could play anything.”

Mike Lang, a fellow keyboard player on many sessions, told Variety: “It was easy to see why so many people wanted him to be a part of their musical life. His spontaneity, talent and unerring craft so identified him as a must-have on composers’ and arrangers’ projects. Maybe the most important thing I learned from Artie was how to ‘read’ the needs of each specific composer or situation, how to understand what the best approach to take would be on each individual project. He was equally generous to many throughout his amazing professional life.”

Added composer Charles Fox (“Love American Style”), who encouraged Kane’s composing career in the 1970s: “Artie was the most brilliant pianist who played on so many of my sessions. Before playing a note of music, he would just look at the most difficult piano part, perhaps even a concerto-like solo, ask about the nuances in the performance, and then play it masterfully right off the bat.”

Kane began composing in the late 1960s, first for television (“Wonder Woman,” “Barnaby Jones”) and then for films including two for director Richard Brooks (“Looking for Mr. Goodbar” in 1977, “Wrong Is Right” in 1982) and one for Irvin Kershner (1978’s “Eyes of Laura Mars”). Between features he wrote dozens of series-TV scores (including “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty,” “Hotel,” “Matlock”) and three of the “Gunsmoke” TV-movies starring James Arness.

Kane launched another career in the 1990s: conducting for top composers. He conducted more than 60 orchestral scores including several that were nominated for Oscars, among them “Men in Black” for Danny Elfman, “The American President” for Marc Shaiman and “My Best Friend’s Wedding” for James Newton Howard.

Shaiman told Variety: “Artie was the magic glue that kept the sessions together, with precision and the driest of humor. He knew just what to say to the musicians, and the composer, to get to the bottom of how best to make every measure expressive and playable. For every week of scoring I ever lived through, I owe it to Artie that I made it out with my music and sanity intact.”

Howard called him “a remarkably talented pianist and wonderful collaborator whose musical gifts were matched only by his unforgettable and hilarious storytelling.”

He was born in Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 1929. A child prodigy, he began playing piano at the age of 3, won prizes and scholarships and performed on radio while still in his teens. He studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and spent eight years touring with the “Holiday on Ice” skating troupe, both as pianist and conductor. In the late 1950s he moved to New York, where he worked as a Broadway rehearsal pianist and performed in nightclubs.

Kane moved to Los Angeles in 1960 and began playing piano in the studios. He also performed on albums by Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Bud Shank, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand and others.

With Grierson, he received a 1975 Grammy nomination for “S’Wonderful,” a collection of two-piano arrangements of George Gershwin songs and classical works. Henry Mancini arranged and produced three additional albums spotlighting Kane’s keyboard prowess in the early 1970s.

His memoir, “Music to My Years: Life and Love Between the Notes,” was published in 2017. It won a gold medal in the non-fiction and music-entertainment category at the annual Readers’ Favorite awards in Miami in 2019.

Kane was married eight times, including to singer-actress Jaye P. Morgan, agent Carol Faith and for the last 40 years, to JoAnn (Johnson) Kane, founder of JoAnn Kane Music Service. She survives, along with his sons David Russell and Adam Kane, and two grandsons.

Composer

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.2

TV Series

Composer

1987–1995

65 episodes

 

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994)

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

7.2

TV Movie

Composer

1994

 

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993)

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

7.2

TV Movie

Composer

1993

 

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992)

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

7.2

TV Movie

music by

1992

 

Wolf (1989)

Wolf

6.7

TV Series

Composer

1989–1990

11 episodes

 

George Peppard in Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders

6.0

TV Movie

Composer

1989

 

Fire and Rain (1989)

Fire and Rain

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

1989

 

Dynasty (1981)

Dynasty

6.4

TV Series

music byComposer

1983–1989

18 episodes

 

Terror on Highway 91 (1989)

Terror on Highway 91

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

1989

 

Divided We Stand

5.8

TV Movie

Composer

1988

 

The Red Spider (1988)

The Red Spider

5.2

TV Movie

Composer

1988

 

William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Jake and the Fatman

6.4

TV Series

Composer

1987–1988

3 episodes

 

Man Against the Mob (1988)

Man Against the Mob

6.0

TV Movie

Composer

1988

 

Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)

Hotel

6.4

TV Series

Composer

1983–1987

41 episodes

 

Tom Bosley in Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987)

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

7.5

TV Movie

Composer

1987

 

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

The Love Boat

6.3

TV Series

Composer

1978–1986

63 episodes

 

The Twilight Zone (1985)

The Twilight Zone

7.7

TV Series

music by

1986

1 episode

 

Long Time Gone (1986)

Long Time Gone

6.3

TV Movie

Composer

1986

 

Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

Finder of Lost Loves

6.7

TV Series

Composer

1984

4 episodes

 

Lee Horsley in Matt Houston (1982)

Matt Houston

6.5

TV Series

Composermusic by

1982–1984

8 episodes

 

Concrete Beat (1984)

Concrete Beat

5.0

TV Movie

Composer

1984

 

Sean Connery in Wrong Is Right (1982)

Wrong Is Right

5.6

Composer

1982

 

Bonnie Bedelia and Rob Reiner in Million Dollar Infield (1982)

Million Dollar Infield

5.0

TV Movie

Composer

1982

 

Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)

Vega$

6.9

TV Series

Composermusic by

1979–1981

12 episodes

 

Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)

Murder Can Hurt You!

6.2

TV Movie

Composer

1980

 

Night of the Juggler (1980)

Night of the Juggler

6.9

music by

1980

 

Young Love, First Love (1979)

Young Love, First Love

6.6

TV Movie

Composer

1979

 

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

5.3

TV Movie

Composer

1978

 

Lou Grant (1977)

Lou Grant

7.3

TV Series

Composer

1978

1 episode

 

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Eyes of Laura Mars

6.2

Composer

1978

 

Wonder Woman (1975)

Wonder Woman

7.0

TV Series

Composermusic bymusic

1976–1978

31 episodes

 

Tuesday Weld in A Question of Guilt (1978)

A Question of Guilt

6.9

TV Movie

Composer

1978

 

Diane Keaton and Edward Coch Jr. in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

6.7

music scored by

1977

 

George Kennedy in The Blue Knight (1975)

The Blue Knight

6.9

TV Series

music by

1976

1 episode

 

Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

The Rockford Files

8.2

TV Series

music score

1974

2 episodes

 

Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)

Barnaby Jones

7.0

TV Series

Composer

1974

1 episode

 

The Bat People (1974)

The Bat People

2.8

Composer

1974

 

William Conrad in Cannon (1971)

Cannon

6.8

TV Series

Composer

1972

1 episode

 

Nanny and the Professor (1970)

Nanny and the Professor

7.2

TV Series

Composer

1971

1 episode

 

Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

7.7

TV Series

Composer

1969–1970

2 episodes

 

Music Department

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Snow Falling on Cedars

6.7

conductor

1999

 

Elisabeth Shue in Molly (1999)

Molly

5.7

conductor

1999

 

Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck in Forces of Nature (1999)

Forces of Nature

5.5

copyist (uncredited)

1999

 

John Travolta in A Civil Action (1998)

A Civil Action

6.6

orchestra conductor: Los Angeles

1998

 

F. Murray Abraham in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: Insurrection

6.4

copyist (uncredited)

1998

 

Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, and Billy Bob Thornton in A Simple Plan (1998)

A Simple Plan

7.5

conductor

1998

 

Simon Birch (1998)

Simon Birch

6.8

conductor

1998

 

Vanessa Williams and Chayanne in Dance with Me (1998)

Dance with Me

6.0

conductor

1998

 

Mafia! (1998)

Mafia!

5.6

conductor: score

1998

 

Ming-Na Wen, Lea Salonga, and Frank Welker in Mulan (1998)

Mulan

7.7

copyist (uncredited)

1998

 

Billy Crystal and Gheorghe Muresan in My Giant (1998)

My Giant

5.0

conductor

1998

 

Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen in A Perfect Murder (1998)

A Perfect Murder

6.6

conductor

1998

 

Kevin Costner in The Postman (1997)

The Postman

6.1

conductor

1997

 

Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

Good Will Hunting

8.4

conductor

1997

 

Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Alien: Resurrection

6.2

conductor

1997

 

Robin Williams in Flubber (1997)

Flubber

5.3

orchestra conducted by

1997

 

Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in The Devil's Advocate (1997)

The Devil's Advocate

7.5

conductor

1997

 

Kevin Kline in In & Out (1997)

In & Out

6.4

conductor

1997

 

John Cleese, Brendan Fraser, Scooper, Binx, Tookie, Zakery, Emely, and Hopper in George of the Jungle (1997)

George of the Jungle

5.6

orchestra conductor

1997

 

Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)

Men in Black

7.3

conducted by

1997

 

Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, and Dermot Mulroney in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

My Best Friend's Wedding

6.4

conductor

1997

 

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)

Fathers' Day

5.3

conductor

1997

 

Tim Allen in Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

Jungle 2 Jungle

5.2

orchestra conductor

1997

 

Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in Dante's Peak (1997)

Dante's Peak

6.1

conductor

1997

 

Eddie Murphy in Metro (1997)

Metro

5.6

conductor

1997

 

Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, and Alec Baldwin in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

Ghosts of Mississippi

6.7

conductor

1996

 

George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer in One Fine Day (1996)

One Fine Day

6.5

conductor

1996

 

Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! (1996)

Mars Attacks!

6.4

conductor

1996

 

Jared Leto in The Last of the High Kings (1996)

The Last of the High Kings

6.1

conductor

1996

 

Michael Jordan and Billy West in Space Jam (1996)

Space Jam

6.5

orchestra conducted by

1996

 

Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman in Extreme Measures (1996)

Extreme Measures

6.2

conductor

1996

 

Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, and Bette Midler in The First Wives Club (1996)

The First Wives Club

6.5

conductor

1996

 

Halle Berry in The Rich Man's Wife (1996)

The Rich Man's Wife

5.3

conductor

1996

 

Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds in Mother (1996)

Mother

6.9

conductor

1996

 

Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment in Bogus (1996)

Bogus

5.4

conductor

1996

 

Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, and Kyle MacLachlan in The Trigger Effect (1996)

The Trigger Effect

5.7

conductor

1996

 

Nick Nolte and Sheryl Lee in Mother Night (1996)

Mother Night

7.1

conductor

1996

 

The Frighteners (1996)

The Frighteners

7.1

conductor

1996

 

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)

Mission: Impossible

7.2

conductor

1996

 

Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)

Primal Fear

7.7

conductor

1996

 

Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin in The Juror (1996)

The Juror

5.7

conductor

1996

 

Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson in Bed of Roses (1996)

Bed of Roses

6.1

conductor

1996

 

Sally Field in Eye for an Eye (1996)

Eye for an Eye

6.2

conductor

1996

 

Meg Ryan, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, and Polly Walker in Restoration (1995)

Restoration

6.6

conductor

1995

 

Michael Douglas and Annette Bening in The American President (1995)

The American President

6.9

conductor

1995

 

Kevin Costner in Waterworld (1995)

Waterworld

6.3

conductor

1995

 

Andy Garcia in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

6.7

conductor (as Artie Cane)

1995

 

Brad Garrett, Joe Alaskey, Joe Nipote, and Malachi Pearson in Casper (1995)

Casper

6.2

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1995

 

Billy Crystal and Debra Winger in Forget Paris (1995)

Forget Paris

6.5

conductor

1995

 

Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan in French Kiss (1995)

French Kiss

6.6

conductor

1995

 

Stuart Saves His Family (1995)

Stuart Saves His Family

5.3

conductor: orchestra

1995

 

Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rene Russo in Outbreak (1995)

Outbreak

6.6

conductor

1995

 

Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in Just Cause (1995)

Just Cause

6.4

conductor

1995

 

The Journey Inside (1994)

The Journey Inside

6.1

Short

conductor

1994

 

Geena Davis and Michael Keaton in Speechless (1994)

Speechless

5.8

conductor

1994

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, and Emma Thompson in Junior (1994)

Junior

4.8

conductor

1994

 

Tim Allen and Eric Lloyd in The Santa Clause (1994)

The Santa Clause

6.6

conductor

1994

 

Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Meryl Streep, and Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild (1994)

The River Wild

6.5

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1994

 

Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter, Brian Christopher, and Adam LaVorgna in Milk Money (1994)

Milk Money

5.7

conductor

1994

 

Elijah Wood in North (1994)

North

4.6

conductor

1994

 

The Shadow (1994)

The Shadow

6.1

copyist (uncredited)

1994

 

Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges in Blown Away (1994)

Blown Away

6.3

copyist (uncredited)

1994

 

Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp (1994)

Wyatt Earp

6.7

score copyist (uncredited)

1994

 

Keanu Reeves in Speed (1994)

Speed

7.3

copyist (uncredited)

1994

 

Billy Crystal, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, and Daniel Stern in City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

5.6

conductor

1994

 

Christina Ricci, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Ian Abercrombie, Anjelica Huston, Carol Kane, Matthew Beebe, Chris Ellis, Christopher Hart, Ryan Holihan, Kaitlyn Hooper, Kristen Hooper, Dana Ivey, and Jimmy Workman in Addams Family Values (1993)

Addams Family Values

6.9

conductor

1993

 

Robert Duvall, Shirley MacLaine, and Richard Harris in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

7.0

conductor

1993

 

Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, and Denis Leary in Judgment Night (1993)

Judgment Night

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1993

 

Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man (1993)

Demolition Man

6.7

conductor

1993

 

Edward Furlong, Kathy Bates, Miles Feulner, T.J. Lowther, Clarissa Lassig, Amy Sakasitz, and Sarah Schaub in A Home of Our Own (1993)

A Home of Our Own

7.1

conductor

1993

 

Sean Astin in Rudy (1993)

Rudy

7.5

copyist (uncredited)

1993

 

Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, and Alfre Woodard in Heart and Souls (1993)

Heart and Souls

7.0

score conductor

1993

 

Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (1993)

The Fugitive

7.8

copyist (uncredited)

1993

 

Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park

8.2

additional conductor (uncredited)

1993

 

Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver in Dave (1993)

Dave

6.9

copyist (uncredited)

1993

 

A Far Off Place (1993)

A Far Off Place

6.5

music copyist (uncredited)

1993

 

House of Cards (1993)

House of Cards

6.1

score copyist (uncredited)

1993

 

Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth, and Eric Stoltz in Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)

Bodies, Rest & Motion

5.7

additional conductor (uncredited)

1993

 

Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men (1992)

A Few Good Men

7.8

conductor

1992

 

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

6.9

copyist (uncredited)

1992

 

Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

Mr. Saturday Night

5.9

orchestra conductor

1992

 

Rick Moranis, Daniel Shalikar, and Joshua Shalikar in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

4.9

copyist (uncredited)

1992

 

Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act (1992)

Sister Act

6.6

conductor

1992

 

Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Mick Jagger in Freejack (1992)

Freejack

5.4

conductor (as Arty Kane)

1992

 

Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Danny Glover, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary McDonnell, and Alfre Woodard in Grand Canyon (1991)

Grand Canyon

6.8

copyist (uncredited)

1991

 

Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, Dante Basco, David Crosby, Robert Amico, Jasen Fisher, Stephanie Furst, Raushan Hammond, James Madio, Regina Russell Banali, Alex Zuckerman, and Paul Babb in Hook (1991)

Hook

6.8

copyist (uncredited)

1991

 

William Hurt in The Doctor (1991)

The Doctor

6.9

conductor

1991

 

Andrea Del Boca in Celeste (1991)

Celeste

6.2

TV Series

incidental music (from "Eyes of Laura Mars", uncredited)

1991

1 episode

 

Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

Sleeping with the Enemy

6.3

copyist (uncredited)

1991

 

Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)

Die Hard 2

7.2

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1990

 

Karen Black and Telly Savalas in Capricorn One (1978)

Capricorn One

6.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1978

 

Gray Lady Down (1978)

Gray Lady Down

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1978

 

Geneviève Bujold in Coma (1978)

Coma

6.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1978

 

Damnation Alley (1977)

Damnation Alley

5.3

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1977

 

The Deep (1977)

The Deep

6.3

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1977

 

MacArthur (1977)

MacArthur

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1977

 

The Car (1977)

The Car

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1977

 

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

The Love Boat

6.3

TV Series

composer: additional music

1977

1 episode

 

Demon Seed (1977)

Demon Seed

6.3

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1977

 

Airport '77 (1977)

Airport '77

5.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1977

 

Audrey Rose (1977)

Audrey Rose

5.8

musician: piano / keyboards (uncredited)

1977

 

Islands in the Stream (1977)

Islands in the Stream

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1977

 

Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)

Marathon Man

7.4

musician: piano and keyboards (uncredited)

1976

 

King Kong (1976)

King Kong

6.0

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1976

 

Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, John Wayne, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Sheree North, and Hugh O'Brian in The Shootist (1976)

The Shootist

7.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1976

 

Futureworld (1976)

Futureworld

5.7

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1976

 

Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett, Michael York, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Richard Jordan in Logan's Run (1976)

Logan's Run

6.8

musician: piano and keyboards (uncredited)

1976

 

The Big Bus (1976)

The Big Bus

5.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1976

 

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

All the President's Men

7.9

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1976

 

Charles Bronson in Breakheart Pass (1975)

Breakheart Pass

6.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

George Segal in The Black Bird (1975)

The Black Bird

5.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

Robert Duvall and James Caan in The Killer Elite (1975)

The Killer Elite

5.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

Susan Clark in Babe (1975)

Babe

7.2

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Three Days of the Condor

7.4

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1975

 

Robert Mitchum in Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Farewell, My Lovely

7.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

5.6

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1975

 

Once Is Not Enough (1975)

Once Is Not Enough

4.7

musician: piano, keyboards (uncredited)

1975

 

Gene Hackman in French Connection II (1975)

French Connection II

6.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1975

 

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

6.4

musician: keyboardsmusician: piano (uncredited, uncredited)

1975

 

Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Escape to Witch Mountain

6.3

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1975

 

The Yakuza (1974)

The Yakuza

7.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1974

 

Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)

The Towering Inferno

7.0

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1974

 

The Godchild (1974)

The Godchild

5.9

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1974

 

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

7.6

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1974

 

Richard Harris in 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)

99 and 44/100% Dead!

5.5

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1974

 

Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

Chinatown

8.1

musician: keyboard (uncredited)

1974

 

S*P*Y*S (1974)

S*P*Y*S

4.5

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1974

 

Andy Griffith in Winter Kill (1974)

Winter Kill

7.0

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1974

 

Elliott Gould and Robert Blake in Busting (1974)

Busting

6.4

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1974

 

John Wayne and Diana Muldaur in McQ (1974)

McQ

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1974

 

Westworld (1973)

Westworld

6.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1973

 

Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, and Robert Ryan in The Outfit (1973)

The Outfit

7.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1973

 

John Wayne in Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

Cahill U.S. Marshal

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1973

 

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

7.4

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1973

 

One Little Indian (1973)

One Little Indian

6.1

musician: piano, electric piano (uncredited)

1973

 

Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Chuck Connors, Richard Fleischer, Paula Kelly, Brock Peters, Walter Seltzer, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Russell Thacher in Soylent Green (1973)

Soylent Green

7.0

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1973

 

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

4.7

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1973

 

Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara in The Red Pony (1973)

The Red Pony

6.3

TV Movie

musician: piano, keyboards (uncredited)

1973

 

Jacqueline Bisset and Ryan O'Neal in The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

6.1

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1973

 

Shamus (1973)

Shamus

6.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1973

 

Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The Poseidon Adventure

7.1

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1972

 

Rage (1972)

Rage

6.3

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1972

 

Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, Tillman Box, and John War Eagle in When the Legends Die (1972)

When the Legends Die

6.3

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1972

 

Trish Van Devere in One Is a Lonely Number (1972)

One Is a Lonely Number

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1972

 

The Other (1972)

The Other

6.8

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1972

 

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Jeremiah Johnson

7.6

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1972

 

The Cowboys (1972)

The Cowboys

7.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1972

 

Killer by Night (1972)

Killer by Night

5.5

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1972

 

Crosscurrent (1971)

Crosscurrent

5.9

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

Dennis Weaver in Duel (1971)

Duel

7.6

TV Movie

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1971

 

William Holden and Ryan O'Neal in Wild Rovers (1971)

Wild Rovers

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

Big Jake (1971)

Big Jake

7.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

6.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

THX 1138 (1971)

THX 1138

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

Peter Falk, Peter Lawford, and Vic Morrow in A Step Out of Line (1971)

A Step Out of Line

7.0

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

Rock Hudson and Margaret Markov in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Pretty Maids All in a Row

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

The Beguiled (1971)

The Beguiled

7.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1971

 

John Wayne and Jack Elam in Rio Lobo (1970)

Rio Lobo

6.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Stacy Keach in The Traveling Executioner (1970)

The Traveling Executioner

6.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirō Tōno, James Whitmore, and Sō Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Kelly's Heroes

7.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Zig Zag (1970)

Zig Zag

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Hunters Are for Killing (1970)

Hunters Are for Killing

5.6

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

Patton (1970)

Patton

7.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

The Only Game in Town (1970)

The Only Game in Town

5.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1970

 

The Happy Ending (1969)

The Happy Ending

6.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1969

 

Steve McQueen in The Reivers (1969)

The Reivers

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1969

 

John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Antonio Aguilar, Bruce Cabot, Roman Gabriel, Big John Hamilton, Ben Johnson, Lee Meriwether, Melissa Newman, and Merlin Olsen in The Undefeated (1969)

The Undefeated

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1969

 

Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, and Jim Brown in 100 Rifles (1969)

100 Rifles

6.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1969

 

Rod Steiger in The Illustrated Man (1969)

The Illustrated Man

5.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1969

 

Tony Scotti in Nick Quarry (1968)

Nick Quarry

5.8

TV Short

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

The Shoes of the Fisherman

7.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland, Jim Brown, Jack Klugman, Julie Harris, and Warren Oates in The Split (1968)

The Split

6.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Rock Hudson, and Patrick McGoohan in Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Ice Station Zebra

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Clint Eastwood in Coogan's Bluff (1968)

Coogan's Bluff

6.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

7.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Claire Bloom and Cliff Robertson in Charly (1968)

Charly

6.9

musician: piano, harpsichord (uncredited)

1968

 

James Stewart, Raquel Welch, and Dean Martin in Bandolero! (1968)

Bandolero!

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Rosemary's Baby

8.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Frank Sinatra, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lee Remick in The Detective (1968)

The Detective

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

Planet of the Apes

8.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

Sol Madrid (1968)

Sol Madrid

5.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1968

 

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

7.7

TV Series

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964–1968

32 episodes

 

The Helicopter Spies (1968)

The Helicopter Spies

5.7

musician: piano / keyboards / organ (uncredited)

1968

 

Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon in Fitzwilly (1967)

Fitzwilly

6.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Doctor Dolittle

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark (1967)

Wait Until Dark

7.7

musician: piano and organ (uncredited)

1967

 

Point Blank (1967)

Point Blank

7.2

musician: keyboards (uncredited)

1967

 

Sue Lyon and Michael Sarrazin in The Flim-Flam Man (1967)

The Flim-Flam Man

6.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Dirty Dozen

7.7

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

A Guide for the Married Man (1967)

A Guide for the Married Man

6.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967)

The 39th Annual Academy Awards

6.9

TV Special

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Paul Newman and Diane Cilento in Hombre (1967)

Hombre

7.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Alex Cord and Shirley Eaton in The Scorpio Letters (1967)

The Scorpio Letters

6.1

TV Movie

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Hurry Sundown (1967)

Hurry Sundown

5.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

Joan Blondell, Janet Leigh, Jack Palance, Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, Eduardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, Jack La Rue, and David McCallum in The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)

The Spy in the Green Hat

5.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1967

 

James Garner, Toshirō Mifune, Eva Marie Saint, Antonio Sabato, Françoise Hardy, and Yves Montand in Grand Prix (1966)

Grand Prix

7.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)

The Sand Pebbles

7.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Boris Karloff, Robert Vaughn, and Elke Sommer in The Venetian Affair (1966)

The Venetian Affair

5.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Natalie Wood in Penelope (1966)

Penelope

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Stephen Boyd, Saul David, Richard Fleischer, Edmond O'Brien, and Arthur O'Connell in Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Fantastic Voyage

6.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, and Burt Ward in Batman: The Movie (1966)

Batman: The Movie

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

One of Our Spies Is Missing

5.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Seconds (1966)

Seconds

7.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Bing Crosby, Van Heflin, Slim Pickens, Mike Connors, Alex Cord, Robert Cummings, Stefanie Powers, and Keenan Wynn in Stagecoach (1966)

Stagecoach

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1966

 

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

The Flight of the Phoenix

7.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Anne Bancroft, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Anna Lee, Margaret Leighton, Sue Lyon, and Flora Robson in 7 Women (1965)

7 Women

6.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

King Rat (1965)

King Rat

7.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Ann-Margret, Steve McQueen, and Tuesday Weld in The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

The Cincinnati Kid

7.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, and Janet Margolin in Morituri (1965)

Morituri

7.0

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in The Sandpiper (1965)

The Sandpiper

6.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

Von Ryan's Express

7.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux in Joy in the Morning (1965)

Joy in the Morning

5.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Ann-Margret, Alain Delon, and Van Heflin in Once a Thief (1965)

Once a Thief

6.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Senta Berger, Robert Vaughn, and David McCallum in The Spy with My Face (1965)

The Spy with My Face

5.9

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

In Harm's Way (1965)

In Harm's Way

7.3

musician: organ, piano (uncredited)

1965

 

The Satan Bug (1965)

The Satan Bug

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1965

 

Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and Joseph Cotten in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

7.5

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor in 36 Hours (1964)

36 Hours

7.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Americanization of Emily

7.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

The Outrage (1964)

The Outrage

6.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

Rhino! (1964)

Rhino!

5.4

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

Barbara Eden and Tony Randall in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

Keir Dullea, Buddy Ebsen, BarBara Luna, and Lois Nettleton in Mail Order Bride (1964)

Mail Order Bride

6.1

musician: piano (uncredited)

1964

 

Paul Newman, Diane Baker, and Elke Sommer in The Prize (1963)

The Prize

6.8

musician: piano (uncredited)

1963

 

Richard Chamberlain in Twilight of Honor (1963)

Twilight of Honor

6.3

musician: piano (uncredited)

1963

 

Frankie Avalon and Mariette Hartley in Drums of Africa (1963)

Drums of Africa

4.6

musician: piano (uncredited)

1963

 

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.2

musician: piano (uncredited)

1962

 

Actor

Joey Bishop in The Joey Bishop Show (1961)

The Joey Bishop Show

6.6

TV Series

Piano Player

1962

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Long Time Gone (1986)

Long Time Gone

6.3

TV Movie

music: "This Time (theme song)"

1986

 

Suzanne Somers... And 10,000 G.I.'s

TV Special

lyrics: "We're Not So Dumb"music: "We're Not So Dumb"

1983

 

Young Love, First Love (1979)

Young Love, First Love

6.6

TV Movie

music: "The First Time Is This Time"

1979

 

Diane Keaton and Edward Coch Jr. in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

6.7

music: "Don't Ask to Stay Until Tomorrow"

1977

 

The Bat People (1974)

The Bat People

2.8

music: "Angel of Fear"

1974

 

Thanks

The Fix (2005)

The Fix

7.4

Short

special thanks

2005

 

Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, and Armand Assante in Trial by Jury (1994)

Trial by Jury

5.4

thanks

1994

 

Self

I'll Bet (1965)

I'll Bet

2.8

TV Series

Self - composer and husband of Jaye P. Morgan

1965

5 episodes