I don't know much of his work, although I do plan to get FSM's MAN FROM UNCLE CD, which includes a Scharf score. I really only remember his work on the Cousteau documentaries (great music), but he was prolific enough. He even contributed stock music for that old man-on-a-jet-power-back serial KING OF THE ROCKET MEN, starring the terrifically named Tristram Coffin. The killer rats movie BEN was another one of his, though every time I try to think of the music, all I get is the cloying Michael Jackson (when he was small and black) song. I'm sure Scharf would have done an interesting score though.

He also worked as music director on several Elvis Presley flicks, "Funny GIrl," and "Willie Wonka." According to the obit in "Variety" he had 9 Oscar nominations, but never won.

I know of Scharf largely from his documentary work. The "Cousteau" scores are well thought of, and he scored many "National Geographic Specials," including two he personally felt were among his best, "Siberia: The Endless Horizon" and "America's Wonderlands: The National Parks."