LOS ANGELES (AP / WCBS 880) -- Film and television composer Leonard Rosenman, a New York native who won two Oscars and two Emmys during his 50-year Hollywood career, died Tuesday at age 83.
Rosenman died of a heart attack at his home at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, family friend Jon Burlingame said.
Rosenman was a concert composer when his friend James Dean introduced him to director Elia Kazan, who asked him to write the score for ``East of Eden.''
Rosenman went on to score dozens of films and television shows.
He won back-to-back Academy Awards in 1975 and '76 for his work on ``Barry Lyndon'' and ``Bound for Glory.'' He was nominated twice more for his original scores for ``Cross Creek'' in 1983 and ``Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' in 1986.
He also won Emmy Awards for his TV-movie scores for ``Sybil'' in 1976 and ``Friendly Fire'' in 1979.
In addition, Rosenman scored "Robocop 2" as well as the second and fifth films in the "Planet of the Apes" series - "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" and "Battle for the Planet of the Apes."
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