Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman (Born September 7, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. Died March 4, 2008 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American film, television and concert composer. Recipient of two Academy Awards: Bound For Glory (1976) for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score; and Barry Lyndon (1975) Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Recipient of two Emmy Awards: Sybil (1976) for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore); and Friendly Fire (1979) for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special. Other well-known scores include the first of the Man Called Horse films A Man Called Horse (1970); second of the Robocop films - RoboCop 2 (1990); the 2nd and 5th of the Planet of the Apes films - Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973); the 4th of the Star Trek film series - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); the animated film Lord Of The Rings (1978), Fantastic Voyage (1966), East Of Eden (1955), The Cobweb (1955), Prophecy (1979) and Rebel Without A Cause (1955). He died March 4, 2008, of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California