Okay, I think I've got this, based on the most recent comments I just saw. Andre Gagnon, who did the score for John Huston's Phobia in 1980 and the film Running in 1979.
The Starring actor was 35 years of age when he made the film and his current wife was 10 years old at that time.
Sorry I deprived you of that killer clue. I'm usually rotten at guessing these things, but it just happens that I've been revising an article on music in Huston's films, so when the clue came up about a director in 1980 who was a Hollywood legend he was the first person I thought of.
To Recap the Zooba NAME THE MOVIE & IT'S COMPOSER Quiz #1 - 8
They were:
#1 CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT - Main Title Music by Frank Skinner, Music Supervison Joseph Gershenson Additional Music: Heinz Roemheld, Herman Stein, Hans J. Salter.
#2 BLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA - Music by Harry Betts
#3 CAPTAIN NEWMAN M.D. - Music by Frank Skinner
#4 ROBOT MONSTER - Music by Elmer Bernstein
#5 CHINA GATE - Music by Victor Young - Extended by his old friend Max Steiner
Yeh but identifying the composer just from the sound is fun.
Lets be honest, such is the signature sound of much of Barry, jarre, morricone, goldsmith, fielding, Goodwin, Budd, Tiomkin, schifrin work is identifiable after a few bars. Almost precludes them - and a few others - from any quiz!
