| Composed British musical revue, "Cranks" and the stage musicals "The Amazons" and "Popkiss" |
| Scored the music for several stage productions of the new British playwrights at the Royal Court Theatre including John Osborne's "The Entertainer", "Luther" in the mid-1950s |
| Taught at the Royal College of Music |
| Wrote score for ballets, "Carte Blanche" and "Cat's Cradle" |
1948 | First film score for "The Guinea Pig" |
1959 | First film collaboration with director Tony Richardson, "Look Back in Anger" |
1963 | Received an Oscar for his musical score for Richardson's "Tom Jones" |
1976 | Moved to California; began working in television |
1976 | Scored "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" |
1977 | Earned a BAFTA for his music score for the WWII drama "A Bridge Too Far" |
1978 | Reteamed with Richardson for the TV-movie "A Death in Canaan" (CBS) |
1978 | Scored the NBC mininseries "Centennial" |
1984 | Composed the theme for the CBS series "Murder, She Wrote" |
1984 | Provided the songs and the musical underscoring for the CBS miniseries "Ellis Island" |
1989 | Final film score, "To Die For", a vampire drama |
1990 | Scored the NBC mininseries "The Phantom of the Opera" |
1990 | Settled in Vermont |
1998 | Premiered his Bassoon Concertina in Manchester, England |