He composed the soundtracks for 11 of the "James Bond" movies between 1963 and 1987, and also arranged and performed the "James Bond Theme" to the first movie in the series, 1962's "Dr. No". He wrote the scores to the award winning films "Midnight Cowboy", "Dances with Wolves" and "Out of Africa", in a career spanning over 50 years. In 1999 he was appointed OBE for services to music.