He has recorded for numerous major motion picture soundtracks, including "Seven Pounds", "Man of the Year (2006 film)", "Three to Tango", "Stuart Little", "The Secret Life of Pets", "Crazy Rich Asians", "Selma", "Jersey Boys", "Skating to New York", "Gangster Squad", "Seven Pounds", "Three to Tango" and "Me, Myself & Irene". He also appears in the movie and plays on the soundtrack for the 2011 film "J. Edgar." Palmer appeared on the Brian Setzer Orchestra's Grammy Award-winning recording of "Caravan", as well as "Vavoom!" and Boogie Woogie Christmas which were nominated for Grammys, and the certified gold Setzer CD "Best of The Big Band". He recorded on the 2005 Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum award-winning CD "It's Time (Michael Bublé album)". He also recorded with trumpeters Ron King, Marc Lewis, and Ron Stout on the CD "The Clifford Brown Project" in 2003 on the Capri Record label.