Biography
Bill Stafford is a composer and pedal steel guitarist. He is credited as music arranger, composer and musician on Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991), for which he provided instrumental arrangements including versions of "Home on the Range" and "America the Beautiful".
Stafford has earlier credits as orchestrator on films including Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) and several 1960s productions such as Kissin' Cousins (1964) and Hold On! (1966). He received composer credits on For Singles Only (1968) and The Love-Ins (1967). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film Music in 1992 for his work on My Own Private Idaho.
