- Herman Stein wrote a clever composition for public performance for small orchestra, "The Sour Suite", in 1967.
- Herman Stein has a terrific sense of humor, and could have been a comedy writer if he wasn't too busy with musical notes.
- Herman Stein was a jazz composer and arranger in the 1940s before becoming a film music composer, working with jazz musician Billy Eckstine.
- Two of his best friends were scriptwriter Charles Beaumont, and famous TV producer-writer Rod Serling. The three of them often got together to enjoy jazz music at Hollywood nightclubs.
- His wife was a violist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Music Branch).
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