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1998 Hope Floats (score conductor, score orchestrator)
 
1997 Hope (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1996 Mulholland Falls (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities (conductor - uncredited, musician - uncredited)
 
1990/I Havana (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (musician: keyboards and piano solo for Jeff Bridges)
 
1982-1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series) (composer: theme music - 137 episodes)
– The Last One (1988) (composer: theme music)
– The Abby Singer Show (1988) (composer: theme music)
– Split Decision (1988) (composer: theme music)
– Requiem for a Heavyweight (1988) (composer: theme music)
– The Naked Civil Surgeon (1988) (composer: theme music)
See all 137 episodes »
 
1984 Falling in Love (orchestrator)
 
1981 Reds (composer: additional music)
 
1980 One Trick Pony (music arranger)
 
1980 Dan August: Murder, My Friend (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1980 Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1980 Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1974-1979 Good Times (TV series) (composer: theme music - 133 episodes)
– The End of the Rainbow (1979) (composer: theme music)
– A Matter of Mothers (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Physical (1979) (composer: theme music)
– J.J. and T.C. (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Where Have All the Doctor's Gone? (1979) (composer: theme music)
See all 133 episodes »
 
1978 The Wiz (pre-record musician: keyboards - uncredited)
 
1975-1978 Baretta (TV series) (composer: theme music - 80 episodes)
– The Bundle (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Snake Chaser (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Dream (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Barney (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Gadjo (1978) (composer: theme music)
See all 80 episodes »
 
1972-1978 Maude (TV series) (composer: theme music - 141 episodes)
– Maude's Big Move: Part 3 (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Maude's Big Move: Part 2 (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Maude's Big Move: Part 1 (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Phillip's Mature Romance (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Mr. Butterfield's Return (1978) (composer: theme music)
See all 141 episodes »
 
1977 The Goodbye Girl (music adaptor)
 
1974 The Yakuza (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1973 Roll Out (TV series) (composer: theme music - 5 episodes)
– Christmas of '44 (1973) (composer: theme music)
– Members of the Wedding (1973) (composer: theme music)
– Sweet Millions (1973) (composer: theme music)
– Sunday, Sweet Sunday (1973) (composer: theme music)
– Pilot (1973) (composer: theme music)
 
1973 In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star (TV special) (musical director)
 
1970-1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series) (composer: theme music - 34 episodes)
– And Other Springs I May Not See (1973) (composer: theme music)
– The Night Crawler (1973) (composer: theme music)
– Tightrope to Tomorrow (1973) (composer: theme music)
– A Terminal Career (1973) (composer: theme music)
– The Velvet Prison (1972) (composer: theme music)
See all 34 episodes »
 
1970-1972 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series) (composer: theme music - 19 episodes)
– Lisa, I Hardly Knew You (1972) (composer: theme music)
– In Sudden Darkness (1972) (composer: theme music)
– The Long Morning After: Part 2 (1972) (composer: theme music)
– The Long Morning After: Part 1 (1972) (composer: theme music)
– The Letter of the Law (1971) (composer: theme music)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1971 The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (TV documentary) (musical director)
 
1970-1971 Dan August (TV series) (composer: theme music - 26 episodes)
– The Assassin (1971) (composer: theme music)
– Prognosis: Homicide (1971) (composer: theme music)
– Days of Rage (1971) (composer: theme music)
– The Meal Ticket (1971) (composer: theme music)
– The Manufactured Man (1971) (composer: theme music)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1968-1971 The Name of the Game (TV series) (composer: theme music - 76 episodes)
– The Showdown (1971) (composer: theme music)
– The Broken Puzzle (1971) (composer: theme music)
– Beware of the Watchdog (1971) (composer: theme music)
– Appointment in Palermo (1971) (composer: theme music)
– The Savage Eye (1971) (composer: theme music)
See all 76 episodes »
 
1970-1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV series) (composer: theme music - 8 episodes)
– A Single Blow of a Sword (1971) (composer: theme music)
– George Washington Told a Lie (1971) (composer: theme music)
– Some Day, They'll Elect a President (1971) (composer: theme music)
– A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 2 (1970) (composer: theme music)
– A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 1 (1970) (composer: theme music)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1970 The Trouble with Women (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1968-1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series) (composer: theme music - 66 episodes)
– Project X (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Beyond a Treasonable Doubt (1970) (composer: theme music)
– An Evening with Alistair Mundy (1970) (composer: theme music)
– The Suzie Simone Caper (1970) (composer: theme music)
– To Sing a Song of Murder (1970) (composer: theme music)
See all 66 episodes »
 
1968-1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series) (composer: theme music - 50 episodes)
– Wedding Day????? (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Curious Cousin (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Amateur Night (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Martha Meets the Captain (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Pardon My Ghost (1970) (composer: theme music)
See all 50 episodes »
 
1969 Backtrack! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1967 The Graduate (composer: additional music)
 
The Andy Williams Show (TV series) (conductor - 6 episodes, 1963-1964) (musical director - 1 episode, 1967)
– The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1967) (musical director)
– St. Patrick's Day Special (1964) (conductor)
– New Year's Eve Special (1963) (conductor)
– Episode dated 26 November 1963 (1963) (conductor)
– Episode dated 12 November 1963 (1963) (conductor)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1967 Banning (musician: keyboards - uncredited)
 
1966-1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series) (music arranger: theme music - 8 episodes)
– The Double-O-Nothing Affair (1967) (music arranger: theme music - uncredited)
– The Danish Blue Affair (1966) (music arranger: theme music - uncredited)
– The Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair (1966) (music arranger: theme music - uncredited)
– The Montori Device Affair (1966) (music arranger: theme music - uncredited)
– The Mata Hari Affair (1966) (music arranger: theme music - uncredited)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– The Night of the Puppeteer (1966) (conductor)
 
1965 The Jack Benny Hour (TV movie) (temp music)
 
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2014 Skating to New York (post-production)
 
2010 Harmony (TV movie)
 
2008 Recount (TV movie)
 
2006/I Even Money
 
2003 A Woman of Substance: Katharine Hepburn Remembered (video documentary short)
 
2003 Reflections on Golden Pond (video documentary short)
 
2001 Dinner with Friends (TV movie)
 
1999 Random Hearts
 
1998 Hope Floats
 
1997 In the Gloaming (TV movie)
 
1997 Selena
 
1996 Mulholland Falls
 
1995 The Cure
 
1993 The Firm
 
1991 For the Boys
 
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
 
1990/I Havana
 
1990 One Life to Live (TV series)
– Episode #1.5742 (1990)
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys
 
1989 A Dry White Season
 
1989 This Is America, Charlie Brown (TV mini-series)
– The Smithsonian and the Presidency (1989)
 
1988 Tequila Sunrise
 
1988 Clara's Heart
 
1988 The Milagro Beanfield War
 
1987 Ishtar
 
1987 On the Edge (TV movie)
 
1986 Lucas
 
1985 The Goonies
 
1984 Falling in Love
 
1984 The Little Drummer Girl
 
1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village
 
1984 Racing with the Moon
 
1984 Scandalous
 
1982 Tootsie
 
1982 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
– Pilot (1982)
 
1982 Author! Author!
 
1981 On Golden Pond
 
1981 Absence of Malice
 
1980 My Bodyguard
 
1979 The Electric Horseman
 
1979 ...And Justice for All.
 
1979 The Champ
 
1978 Heaven Can Wait
 
1977 The Goodbye Girl
 
1977 Bobby Deerfield
 
1977 Fire Sale
 
1977 Mr. Billion
 
1976 The Front
 
1976 The Sad and Lonely Sundays (TV movie)
 
1976 33 Hours in the Life of God (TV movie)
 
1976 Murder by Death
 
1975 Eric (TV movie)
 
1975 Three Days of the Condor
 
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
 
1975 The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (TV movie)
 
1975 Baretta (TV series)
– The 5½ Pound Junkie (1975)
– He'll Never See Daylight (1975)
 
1974 The Yakuza
 
1974 The Nickel Ride
 
1973-1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
– The New Broom (1974)
– The Not-So-Good Samaritan (1974)
– Three for the Road (1974)
– Irreconcilable Sameness (1974)
– The Sour Grapevine (1974)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1974 The Midnight Man
 
1974 The Death Squad (TV movie)
 
1973 Roll Out (TV series)
– Honor Truck (1973)
– No Wages: All Fear (1973)
– Dear Rocco (1973)
– Dark Victory (1973)
 
1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
 
1973 Amanda Fallon (TV movie)
 
1972 Assignment Vienna (TV series)
 
1972 The Family Rico (TV movie)
 
1972 Fuzz
 
1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
 
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– A Threatened Species (1972)
 
1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
 
1971 Funny Face (TV series)
– Don't Worry, I'll Manage (1971)
 
1971 A Howling in the Woods (TV movie)
 
1971 Deadly Dream (TV movie)
 
1971 The Forgotten Man (TV movie)
 
1971 Shoot Out
 
1971 The Pursuit of Happiness
 
1971 Sarge (TV series)
– The Badge or the Cross (1971)
 
1970 The Intruders (TV movie)
 
1967-1970 The Virginian (TV series)
– Crooked Corner (1970)
– The Masquerade (1967)
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
 
1970 Adam at Six A.M.
 
1970 Halls of Anger
 
1969 Generation
 
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
 
1969 Winning
 
1969 The Mad Room
 
1968 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
– Mr. Perfect (1968)
– The Real James Gatley (1968)
– Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow (1968)
– The Ghost Hunter (1968)
– Treasure Hunt (1968)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1968 Candy
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
– Witness (1968)
 
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
 
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
 
1967-1968 Good Morning, World (TV series)
– The Lady and the Pussycat (1968)
– Hutton's Mutts (1968)
– Here Comes the Bribe (1968)
– For My Daughter's Hand, You'll Get My Foot (1968)
– I Love a Charade (1968)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1968 A Man Called Gannon
 
1968 Prescription: Murder (TV movie)
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
– It Takes One to Know One (1968) (as David Grusin)
 
1967 Waterhole #3
 
1967 Divorce American Style
 
1966-1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Kooky Spook Affair (1967)
– The High and the Deadly Affair (1967)
– The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair (1967)
– The Double-O-Nothing Affair (1967)
– The Phi Beta Killer Affair (1967)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1967 The Scorpio Letters (TV movie)
 
1965-1966 Gidget (TV series)
– Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966)
– One More for the Road (1966)
– Independence: Gidget Style (1966)
– Love and the Single Gidget (1966)
– We Got Each Other (1966)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
– The Night of the Puppeteer (1966)
 
1966 Blue Light (TV series)
– Target, David March (1966)
 
1965-1966 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
– Moe Hill and the Mountains (1966)
– To Have and to Hold (1965)
– Sleeping Beauty Revisited (1965)
 
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2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.360 (2010) (music: "It Might Be You")
 
2009 It's Complicated (writer: "Singleman Party Foxtrot" / performer: "Singleman Party Foxtrot")
 
2007 Family Guy (TV series)
– Blue Harvest (2007) (music: "It Might Be You" - uncredited)
 
2005 Rumor Has It... (writer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha")
 
2004 Ocean's Twelve (writer: "Ascension To Virginity" from the film "Candy" / performer: "Ascension To Virginity" from the film "Candy")
 
2003 The School of Rock ("Good Times Theme" / as David Grusin)
 
2000 Next Friday (writer: "Good Times")
 
1999 The Other Sister (writer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha" / performer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha")
 
1995 Waiting to Exhale (writer: "It Might Be You")
 
1994 Bert (TV series)
– Sjön suger (1994) ("THE DEATH OF LOVE AND TRUST")
– Fega pojkar får ibland kyssa vackra flickor (1994) ("MEMPHIS STOP")
 
1994 Above the Rim ("Pain" / as D. Grusin)
 
1993 Wayne's World 2 ("AMEN CHORDS")
 
1991 For the Boys (writer: "Dreamland", "Wake Up Each Morning with Baileys")
 
1990 Look Who's Talking Too (writer: "Tri-Star Logo Theme")
 
1990 You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown! (TV special documentary) (writer: "History Lesson", "Breadline Blues" / performer: "History Lesson")
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (performer: "People", "The Girl From Ipanema")
 
1988 Casual Sex? (writer: "Bossa Baroque" / performer: "Bossa Baroque")
 
1984 Falling in Love (writer: "Mountain Dance")
 
1984 P.O.P. (TV movie) (music: "P.O.P.")
 
1984 Scandalous (music: "It's Scandalous")
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "It Might Be You")
 
1982 Tootsie (music: "Tootsie" 1982, "It Might Be You" 1982)
 
1982 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
 
1982 Author! Author! (music: "Comin' Home To You")
 
1981 All Night Long (writer: "Cheryl's Theme")
 
1979 ...And Justice for All. (music: "Something Funny Goin' On")
 
1978 Moment by Moment ("Everybody Needs Love")
 
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (performer: "Black Mountain Rag", "Honky Tonk", "Chicken Fat")
 
1975 Baretta (TV series)
– Ragtime Billy Peaches (1975) (music: "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow")
 
1974 The Yakuza (writer: "Only the Wind")
 
1974 The Nickel Ride (writer: "The Nickel Ride Theme")
 
1974 Good Times (TV series)
 
1972 Maude (TV series)
 
1972 Norm's Dilemma (writer: "Child of the Universe" - uncredited)
 
1971 Funny Face (TV series)
 
1970 Halls of Anger (music: "Reachin' Out to You")
 
1968 Candy (writer: "Child of the Universe")
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
 
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (writer: "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "The Color of the Wind Is Cold", "I Can't Afford to Let You Go")
 
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (music: "Where Were You When The Lights Went Out")
 
1968 A Man Called Gannon (music: "A Smile, a Mem'ry and an Extra Shirt" / "A Smile, a Mem'ry and an Extra Shirt")
 
1967 The Graduate (writer: "The Singleman Party Foxtrot" - uncredited, "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha" - uncredited, "On the Strip" - uncredited, "The Folks" - uncredited, "A Great Effect" - uncredited, "Whew" - uncredited)
 
1967 Waterhole #3 (music: "The Ballad of Waterhole #3 Code of the West)
 
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2013 Jazz and the Philharmonic (TV movie) (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Der Klang der Bilder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
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1980 Watanabe Sadao Live in Tokyo (TV movie)
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