[4] By the time of his death in 1999, he had scored dozens of films, collaborated on numerous theater projects, and released albums.
[6] He moved with his family to Hollywood when he was six, began composing at age nine, and in 1956 studied with Darius Milhaud in Aspen.
He encouraged the Young Musicians Foundation to commission a major work from Myrow, whose “Symphonic Variations” was played by the Debut Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl when he was 21.
[9] It was subsequently performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC, and Concerts Colonne in Paris, conducted by Lawrence Foster.
In May 1993, his symphony “Frontiers,” commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts was performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, another of his works conducted by Lawrence Foster.
They had three daughters together - Rachael, Shira and Neora - and remained married for three decades until his death, in 1999, of a heart attack, at their Hollywood Hills home.