• Lennie Niehaus, composer for Clint Eastwood films, dies at 90

    Lennie Niehaus, composer for Clint Eastwood films, dies at 90

    Lennie Niehaus, who went from Stan Kenton sideman to Clint Eastwood’s movie composer during a nearly 60-year career in music, died Thursday at his daughter’s home in Redlands, Calif. He was 90. Niehaus’s two dozen films for Eastwood include original scores for the best picture-winning Western “Unforgiven,” the Charlie Parker biopic “Bird” and the popular …