Education
He studied at The Juilliard School and Madrid Royal Conservatory, the Sorbonne, and with Nadia Boulanger.
He studied at The Juilliard School and Madrid Royal Conservatory, the Sorbonne, and with Nadia Boulanger.
Much of his music is inspired by the pentatonic music of the Andes. In Hollywood, he also had several credits as a sound editors His film scores include Five Minutes to Love (1963), The Hostage (1967), Fever Heat (1968), The Stewardesses (1969), The Wild Scene (1970), Brother, Cry for Maine (1970), The Brotherhood of Satan (1971), Blood Legacy (1971), The Female Bunch (1971), The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972), Grave of the Vampire (1972), Bootleggers (1974), Smoke in the Wind (1975), Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975), Creature from Black Lake (1976), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Grayeagle (1977) The Boys in Company C (1978), The Norseman (1978), The Evictors (1979), The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980) and Mausoleum (1983).
He died in Los Angeles, California, on May 31, 2005.