He composed music scores for movies like Salem's Lot.

[1] He won the best musical song score Oscar at the 1960 Academy Awards (shared with Morris Stoloff) for Song Without End.

He was also nominated for Fanny and The Singing Nun.

Sukman died of a heart attack on his 72nd birthday, December 2, 1984.

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