Tom Boyd Tom Boyd is a musician who played the oboe for the music of several and episodes of . Boyd is considered " Hollywood ' s Oboe " and has performed in over 1500 film and television scores for frequent composeres Jerry Goldsmith , John Williams , Alan Silvestri and Marc Shaiman . He attended the Julliard School and played the principal oboe position at the Honolulu Symphony . He was a professor of music at the University of Hawaii and professor of oboe at the Azusa Pacific University . At the age of 30 he moved to Los Angeles to work in the film industry making the principal oboe for John Williams on the score for " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " in 1984 one of his earliest credits . Boyd performed for several singers during their album recordings and live concerts including Barbra Streisand , Natalie Cole , and John Denver . Among his countless film and television work are projects such as the 007 adventure " Octopussy " ( 1983 ) , the comedy " Police Academy " ( 1984 , with David Graf ) , the fantasy comedy " Ghost Busters " ( 1984 ) , the science fiction film " Back to the Future " ( 1985 ) , the drama " The Color Purple " ( 1985 , with Whoopi Goldberg ) , the animated adventure " An American Tail " ( 1986 ) , the television series " Highway to Heaven " and " Magnum , P . I . " , the science fiction comedy " Spaceballs " ( 1987 ) , the animated " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " ( 1988 ) , the action thriller " Die Hard " ( 1988 ) , the comedy " The Naked Gun : From the Files of Police Squad " ( 1988 ) , the drama " Dead Poets Society " ( 1988 ) , the drama " Born on the Fourth of July " ( 1989 ) , the television series " Alien Nation " ( 1989 - 1990 , starring Gary Graham , Eric Pierpoint , and Michele Scarabelli ) , " The Beauty and the Beast " ( 1987 - 1990 , starring Ron Perlman ) , and " The Flash " ( 1990 - 1991 ) , the romance " Pretty Woman " ( 1990 ) , the comic adaptation " Dick Tracy " ( 1990 ) , the adventure " Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves " ( 1991 , with Christian Slater ) , the fantasy comedy " The Addams Family " ( 1991 , with Christopher Lloyd and Carel Struycken ) , the fantasy adventure " Hook " ( 1991 ) , the musical comedy " Sister Act " ( 1992 , starring Whoopi Goldberg ) , the music drama " The Bodyguard " ( 1992 ) , the fantasy film " Jurassic Park " ( 1993 ) , the drama " Schindler ' s List " ( 1993 ) , the drama " Forrest Gump " ( 1994 ) , the science fiction film " Species " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction film " Independence Day " ( 1996 ) , the science fiction comedy " Men in Black " ( 1997 ) , the drama " Titanic " ( 1997 ) , the science fiction film " Starship Troopers " ( 1997 , with Dina Meyer ) , the science fiction remake " My Favorite Martian " ( 1999 ) , the science fiction thriller " The Matrix " ( 1999 ) , and the science fiction comedy " Galaxy Quest " ( 1999 ) . Further works includes the comic adaptation " X - Men " ( 2000 , starring Patrick Stewart and Famke Janssen ) , the animated television series " South Park " ( 1997 - 2000 ) , the science fiction drama " Artificial Intelligence : AI " ( 2001 ) , the television series " Gilmore Girls " and " Felicity " ( created by J . J . Abrams ) , the animated feature " Ice Age " ( 2002 ) , the comic adaptations " Spider - Man " ( 2002 , starring Kirsten Dunst ) and " X2 " ( 2003 ) , the action thriller " 2 Fast 2 Furious " ( 2003 ) , the fantasy film " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " ( 2003 ) , the fantasy film " The Village " ( 2004 ) , the comedy " Night at the Museum " ( 2006 ) , the science fiction thriller " I Am Legend " ( 2007 ) , the comic adaptations " X - Men Origins : Wolverine " ( 2009 ) , " X - Men : First Class " ( 2011 ) , and " The Avengers " ( 2012 , starring Chris Hemsworth ) , the animated television series " The Simpsons " ( 1990 - 2012 ) , the animated feature " Frozen " ( 2013 ) , the fantasy film " Into the Woods " ( 2014 ) , and the comedy " Hybrids " ( 2015 , with Paul Sorvino ) .