 Terran played on many recordings of television shows and film soundtracks such as "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", "The Brady Bunch", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Get Smart", "Happy Days", "Popeye", "The Carol Burnett Show", "", "The Love Boat", "", "Cheers", "L.A. Law", "The Simpsons", "M*A*S*H", "The Odd Couple", "Mork and Mindy", "Rocky" I, "II" and "III", "The Karate Kid I", "II" and "III", "The Natural", "All the President's Men", "Broadcast News", "Field of Dreams", "Blazing Saddles", "Grease", "An Officer and a Gentleman", "The Exorcist", "Ghostbusters", "Dirty Dancing", "Three Amigos", "Forrest Gump", "Taps", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Deep".He was also a featured soloist for composers and conductors including Nelson Riddle, John Williams, Patrick Williams, David Shire, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, James Horner, Johnny Mandel, Charles Fox, Burt Bacharach and John Barry.Terran received the Most Valuable Player award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1974.