Born and raised in the Los Angeles area

TV debut, provided music for the series, "Climax!"

Feature debut, credited for music, "Black Patch"

First feature as music conductor, also provided music, "City of Fear"

Scored episodes of the popular series, "The Twilight Zone"

First major film scoring opportunity, "Lonely Are the Brave"

Earned first Academy Award nomination for the score to John Huston's "Freud"

Initial collaboration with Franklin J Schaffner, "The Stripper"

Provided additional music for Carol Reed's, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"

TV series producing debut, "The Las Vegas Show"

Debut as concert conductor with his own cantata "Christus Apollo" (text by Ray Bradbury), performed by Southern California Chamber Society

Provided score for Academy Award-winning Best Picture "Patton"; third of seven collaborations with director Schaffner and second Academy Award nomination

TV-movie debut, music credit, "The Brotherhood of the Bell"

Picked up first Emmy for NBC movie "The Red Pony"

Earned Oscar nod for his atmospheric music for Roman Polanski's "Chinatown"

Composed Oscar-winning score for "The Omen"; also nominated for Best Song for "Avi Satani"

First association with "Star Trek"; provided the Oscar-nominated original score for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"

Initial collaboration with Joe Dante, "It's a Good Life" episode of "Twilight Zone - The Movie"

Provided music for syndicated series "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

Seventh and final collaboration with Schaffner, "Lionheart"

Scored "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"; also wrote song "The Moon's a Window to Heaven"

First on-screen appearance as a yogurt customer in Dante's "Gremlins 2: The New Batch"

Made first TV appearance as part of the special, "Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra"

Received 16th Oscar nomination for scoring "Basic Instinct"

Initial collaboration with director Curtis Hanson on "The River Wild"

Wrote theme for sydicated series "Star Trek: Voyager"

Continued on the mission with "Star Trek: First Contact"

Reteamed with Hanson for "L.A. Confidential"

Eighth collaboration with Dante, "Small Soldiers"

Composed "Fanfare for Oscar", a 45-second theme for the Academy Awards