as well as composing the series' theme song "Good Morning USA". From 2009 to 2013, Murphy composed music for MacFarlane's series The Cleveland Show, including the main title theme. In 2012, Murphy scored MacFarlane's film Ted, and received an Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination for co-writing "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" with MacFarlane. Murphy is also a longtime collaborator with jazz guitarist Thom Rotella, who had played on Murphy's albums A Fifth of Beethoven and Phantom of the Opera and currently performs with his Family Guy orchestra. In 1989, Murphy arranged the song "The Gift" on Rotella's album Home Again. In 2014, Murphy and Rotella wrote and recorded a four-track big band project, inspired by the Wes Montgomery and Verve-era Oliver Nelson records of the 1960s that the two of them had grown up on. The project was recorded in Capitol Studio A with engineer Al Schmitt, and performed by renown Los Angeles session musicians. Filmography Guest appearances Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1976) The Midnight Special (1976–77) American Bandstand (1976) The Mike Douglas Show (1976–77; 1979) The Merv Griffin Show (1976–77) Dinah! (1976–77) Dick Clark's Live Wednesday (1978) 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979) Score! The Music of 'Family Guy''' (2005) Family Guy: Creating the Chaos (2009) Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (2009) 85th Academy Awards (2013) Composer/arranger The Dick Cavett Show (1972) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972) Big Blue Marble (1974–83) The Savage Bees (1976) The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1976) Raw Force (1982) The New Leave It to Beaver (1983–89) Rhinestone (1984) The A-Team (1985) Pulsebeat (1985) ABC Weekend Special (1985) Stingray (1985–87) Tricks of the Trade (1988) Wiseguy (1988–90) The Lady Forgets (1989) Hunter (1990–91) The Commish (1991–96) Crow's Nest (1992) Jumpin' Joe (1992) Profit (1996–97) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) Channel Umptee-3 (1997) Family Guy (1999–2003; 2005–present) Por un beso (2000) Changing Hearts (2002) Fillmore! (2002) Looney Tunes (2003–04) The Kennedy Center Honors ("That's Pure Mike Nichols" song, 2003) American Dad! (2005–present) The Winner (2007) Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2008–09) Foodfight! (2012) The Cleveland Show (2009–13) Ted (2012) 85th Academy Awards (2013) How Murray Saved Christmas (2014) Ted 2 (2015) The Late Bloomer (2016) Mrs. America (theme song; 2021) Never Too Soon (TBA) Orchestrator Teacher's Pet (2004) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas'' (2004) Discography Albums Studio albums Compilation albums Singles Awards and nominations See also Saturday Night Fever