He ultimately composed the scores to 35 films, including The Tender Trap (1955), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Kid Galahad (1962), and Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969).
Kid Rock | Billy the Kid | The Karate Kid (1984 film) | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | The Karate Kid | Kid Ory | Alex da Kid | Kid A | Galahad | Sundance Kid | Kid Montana | Kid Galahad | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Kid Carpet | Kid Auto Races at Venice | Ḳid. | I Know My Kid's a Star | The Tap Dance Kid | Star Wars Kid | Star Kid | Kid 'n Play | Kid British | Karate Kid | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid | The Kid with the Broken Halo | The Hot Kid | The Clitheroe Kid | The Butterfly Kid | Rock Kills Kid |
The title may be meant to remind audiences of Kid Galahad, a smash hit prizefight movie released the previous year starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Wayne Morris in the title role as a young boxer very similar to his part in The Kid Comes Back.