Another pro to list

As I read Susan King’s article about Clint Eastwood’s affinity for using previous collaborators [“Old Pros Backing Up the Old Pro,” Feb. 27], I kept waiting for the name of Lennie Niehaus to come up and it never did. Going back as far as “Pale Rider,” Niehaus has either composed or directed the music for many of Eastwood’s movies. Though the music for the last two (“Mystic River” and “Million Dollar Baby”) was written by Eastwood, it was still directed by Niehaus, whose music goes all the way back to the Stan Kenton orchestra where he was an arranger and played alto sax.

Fred Daly

Chino Hills