- Scored more than 100 motion pictures and TV productions also wrote chamber music and more than 20 ballets.
- Has six children: Christian, Agathe, David, Emily, Siena, and Arabella.
- Buried in the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles.
- Worked as musical director for Petula Clark.
- As a conductor, he led the London Symphony Orchestra, the Covent Garden Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Chicago Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Paris Opera, and the English Chamber Orchestra, among others.
- Aged 22, he worked as musical director at Barclay Records and arranged Charles Aznavour's first album in English for release in the United States.
- With composer Pierre Henry, Michel Colombier wrote music for "Messe pour le temps présent," a piece created by choregrapher Maurice Béjart in 1967.
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