The accomplished composer of “The Ten Commandments” and “The Man with the Golden Arm” article has died. This paragraph strikes me as a shame though:

In addition, he scored such movie classics as “The Ten Commandments,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Great Escape” and “True Grit.” Other credits included “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “Airplane!,” “Stripes,” “Meatballs,” “Ghostbusters,” “Trading Places” and “The Rainmaker.”

Clarification: Some readers seem to have missed my point. I think it’s a shame Animal House, Stripes and Meatballs don’t count as “classics.”