Studied music with L.A. composers Leonard Stein and George Tremblay, studio pianist Pearl Kaufman, and Lalo Schifrin.
Produced albums for his stepmother, singer-actress Monica Lewis.
Wrote songs for Stan Getz, Bob James, Lee Ritenour, Herb Alpert, Tom Scott and Dave Grusin.
Graduated with a music degree from the University of Michigan in 1963.
Son Dave Lang is also a musician.
Jazz pianist. According to Variety, "he played piano (or organ, harpsichord or celeste) on an estimated 2,000 film and TV scores dating back to the mid-1960s, including scores by virtually every great film composer of the past 50 years".