Tom Scott (born May 19, 1948, Los Angeles, California) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L. A. Express. His best-known works are the theme songs for TV series from the 1970s ? Starsky and Hutch and Streets of San Francisco. In 1982, Scott also collaborated with Johnny Mathis to write & record two versions ? lyrical and instrumental ? of "Without Us", the theme to the 80's sitcom Family Ties.