Later Life
His film work in the eighties included the scores for Mama Dracula (1980) and Field of Honor (1986). Returning to his first love, he played regular jazz shows at 'Duke's Bar' in Marylebone, London, partnering with veteran harmonica player, Larry Adler. He also arranged for and accompanied such artists as Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, and Charles Aznavour.
Budd recorded two CD's of film music with the London Symphony Orchestra. The first contained a mixture of big hits such as "Star Wars Trilogy", "Superman", "E.T.", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Star Trek: the Full Suite", "Alien", "Dr. Who", "Sinbad" and "Eye of the Tiger". This was recorded at the end of May and beginning of June of 1984 at the CTS Studio, Wembley. In 1985, the London Symphony Orchestra made a full-length recording of the music from The Wild Geese, again at CTS Studio. Budd's other solo albums include Live at Newport, Everything Is Coming Up Roses and Have a Jazzy Christmas.
Budd's last work was a new symphonic score for the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera. The score was over 80 minutes long.
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