Complex sentence: He composed 17 minutes of the soundtrack for the 1979 movie "Apocalypse Now", (1980 Academy Award Winner for Best Sound) and his debut album was released in 1980 on Capitol Records and was recorded at the "Automat" in San Francisco, CA.
Split into simpler sentences: He composed 17 minutes of the soundtrack for the 1979 movie "Apocalypse Now", (1980 Academy Award Winner for Best Sound). His debut album was released in 1980 on Capitol Records and was recorded at the "Automat" in San Francisco, CA.