Odpowiadał za brzmienie w takich soundtrackach jak "The Rocketeer", "Jurassic Park", "Schindler's List", "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", "Amistad", "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", "Sleepy Hollow", "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones", "Minority Report", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "The Matrix Reloaded", "The Matrix Revolutions", "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", "War of the Worlds", "Memoirs of a Geisha", "King Kong", "Munich", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Wolfman", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I", "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn".

Sam też spróbował sił w komponowaniu muzyki do filmu, czego efektem jest znakomity soundtrack "Pavilion of Women". Odpowiada również za dodatkową muzykę do "Wilkołaka" (Elfman nie miał już czasu na pisanie).