Sean Connery did seven films that were scored by Jerry Goldsmith, and I think Anthony Quinn did seven scored by Maurice Jarre, with Harrison Ford at the most (that I can think of) with 10 films scored by John Williams.
Anyone know of any other significant composer/actor combinations out there?
Leonard Rosenman had been James Dean's piano teacher, and got his big break in film scoring through that connection, going on to score two out of the three films Dean made before his untimely death.
DAVID NEWMAN/EDDIE MURPHY The Nutty Professor Bowfinger Nutty Professor II Dr. Dolittle 2 Daddy Day Care Norbit
RICHARD BAND/JEFFREY COMBS Re-Animator From Beyond The Evil Clergyman The Pit and the Pendulum Doctor Mordrid Castle Freak
BILL CONTI/SYLVESTER STALLONE Rocky F.I.S.T. Paradise Alley Rocky II Victory Rocky III Lock Up Rocky V Avenging Angelo Rocky Balboa
PATRICK DOYLE/EMMA THOMPSON Henry V Dead Again Much Ado About Nothing Sense and Sensibility Nanny McPhee Brave
JERRY GOLDSMITH/RICHARD CRENNA A Girl Named Sooner Breakheart Pass First Blood Rambo: First Blood Part II Rambo III Leviathan
JOHN MORRIS/GENE WILDER The Producers Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The World's Greatest Lover The Woman in Red Haunted Honeymoon Murder in a Small Town The Lady in Question
MARC SHAIMAN/BILLY CRYSTAL City Slickers Mr. Saturday Night City Slickers 2 Forget Paris My Giant Parental Guidance
I Magliari Racconti D'estate Brevi Amori a Palma di Majorca Mafioso Il Diavolo Il Boom Il Disco Volante I Tre Volti Le Streghe (with Morricone) Lo Scopone Scientifico Il Comune Senso del Pudore Quelle Strane Occasioni Dove Vai in Vacanza? (with Morricone) Fumo di Londra Un Italiano in America Scusi, Lei e Favorevolve O Contrario? Amore Mio Aiutami Polvere di Stelle Fincher C'e Guerra C'e Speranza Io e Caterina Io So Che Tu Sai Che Io So In Viaggio Con Papa Il Tassinaro Tutti Dentro Il Medico Della Mutua Incontro Proibiti Il Pro. Dott. Guido Tersilli Il Malato Imaginaro Bello, Onesto, Emigrate Australia Le Coppie Anastasia Mio Frattello Il Testimone Sono Un Fenomeno Paranormale L'avaro Assolto Per Aver Commesso Il Fatto Nestor, L'Ultima Corsa
DAVID NEWMAN/EDDIE MURPHY The Nutty Professor Bowfinger Nutty Professor II Dr. Dolittle 2 Daddy Day Care Norbit
RICHARD BAND/JEFFREY COMBS Re-Animator From Beyond The Evil Clergyman The Pit and the Pendulum Doctor Mordrid Castle Freak
BILL CONTI/SYLVESTER STALLONE Rocky F.I.S.T. Paradise Alley Rocky II Victory Rocky III Lock Up Rocky V Avenging Angelo Rocky Balboa
PATRICK DOYLE/EMMA THOMPSON Henry V Dead Again Much Ado About Nothing Sense and Sensibility Nanny McPhee Brave
JERRY GOLDSMITH/RICHARD CRENNA A Girl Named Sooner Breakheart Pass First Blood Rambo: First Blood Part II Rambo III Leviathan
JOHN MORRIS/GENE WILDER The Producers Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The World's Greatest Lover The Woman in Red Haunted Honeymoon Murder in a Small Town The Lady in Question
MARC SHAIMAN/BILLY CRYSTAL City Slickers Mr. Saturday Night City Slickers 2 Forget Paris My Giant Parental Guidance
Dimitri Tiomkin/ John Wayne in Red River The High and the Mighty Rio Bravo Alamo Circus World The War Wagon
Jerry Goldsmith/Gregory Peck The Chairman The Omen Macarthur The Boys from Brazil
Elmer Bernstein/John Wayne The Comancheros Sons of Katie Elder Cast a Giant Shadow True Grit Big Jake Cahill US Marshall McQ The Shootist
Alfred Newman/Gregory Peck The Keys of the Kingdom Yellow Sky Twelve O' Clock High The Gunfighter David and Bathsheba The Bravados How the West Was Won
I'd love to know the background on Gabriel Yared becoming the composer of choice for Angelina Jolie, given that her husband was the most powerful person on the set of Troy, and if he knew anything about it, could have secured Yared's stay on that film. (He may have been hard at work on something else by then and oblivious). Either way, I'm sure the Troy debacle has something to do with Yared's involvement with Brangelina now.
Sean Connery did seven films that were scored by Jerry Goldsmith, and I think Anthony Quinn did seven scored by Maurice Jarre, with Harrison Ford at the most (that I can think of) with 10 films scored by John Williams.
Anyone know of any other significant composer/actor combinations out there?
John Barry did eight Connery films. Not that it means anything.
Not number-wise,the Korngold/Flynn team is significant
It's not too bad on the numbers - 7
Captain Blood The Prince and the Pauper Another Dawn The Adventures of Robin Hood The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Sea Hawk Escape Me Never
And the IMDB lists Korngold as providing uncredited (tracked?) music for SAN ANTONIO.
City Heat (1984) Tightrope (1984) Pale Rider (1985) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) The Rookie (1990) White Hunter Black Heart (1990) Unforgiven (1992) A Perfect World (1993) The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Absolute Power (1997) True Crime (1999) Space Cowboys (2000) Blood Work (2002)