 Leaving in 1972, he worked on numerous recordings including the horn arrangements for the "Bobby Bland and B.B.King Together Again...Live" (1976), produced and arranged several albums for Peabo Bryson on Capitol Records, including Gold Award album "CrossWinds" in 1978, and the 1978 album "Words and Music" by Lonette McKee on Warner Bros. Records.Pate also scored soundtracks for films including "Shaft in Africa" (1973), "Bucktown" (1975), "Satan's Triangle" (1975), "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" (1976), "Sudden Death" (1977) and "Every Girl Should Have One" (1978).