“[He] was one of the most ubiquitous show-business personalities of his generation. … Besides A Chorus Line – one of the most enduring stage musicals of all time – Mr. Hamlisch’s movie portfolio included the inspired revival of Scott Joplin’s jaunty ragtime music for The Sting, the sweepingly romantic theme for The Way We Were and the sensuous ballad ‘Nobody Does It Better’ for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He also wrote music for two early Woody Allen comedies and the score for the Holocaust drama Sophie’s Choice.”