Fred Karlin
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- June 16, 1936
- Died
- March 26, 2004 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Frederick James Karlin (June 16, 1936 – March 26, 2004) was an American trumpeter, songwriter, and composer for film and television. Karlin's film scores included The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Babymaker (1970), The Little Ark (1972), Westworld (1973), Mixed Company (1974), Mastermind (1976), Futureworld (1976), Greased Lightning (1977), Ravagers (1979), Cloud Dancer (1980), and Strawberry Road (1991). For the film Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song with "For All We Know", which was also a hit for the Carpenters. Karlin also worked extensively in television, especially composing music for television movies. His compositions were nominated for an Emmy Award eleven times, and he won for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974.
Known For
Filmography
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret
Movie · Original Music Composer
Survive the Savage Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Making of High Noon
Movie · Music
Her Wicked Ways
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strawberry Road
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Prostitute
Movie · Original Music Composer
Murder C.O.D.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fear Stalk
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bridge to Silence
Movie · Original Music Composer
What Price Victory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lady Mobster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dadah Is Death
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Facts of Life Down Under
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Place to Call Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Celebration Family
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dream West
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Kids Don't Tell
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hostage Flight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Final Jeopardy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cougar
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Calamity Jane
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baby Sister
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
In Defense of Kids
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inspector Perez
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wishman
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Partners
Movie · Original Music Composer
Policewoman Centerfold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
The First Time
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Not in Front of the Children
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deadly Encounter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inside the Third Reich
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Miracle on Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broken Promise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thornwell
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Five of Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
We're Fighting Back
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bitter Harvest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Marva Collins Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baby Comes Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cloud Dancer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Loving Couples
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Family
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Plutonium Incident
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Homeward Bound
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Kidnapper, My Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Time for Miracles
Movie · Original Music Composer
Topper
Movie · Original Music Composer
And Baby Makes Six
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lawman Without a Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Movie · Original Music Composer
Samurai
Movie · Original Music Composer
California Dreaming
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ravagers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Transplant
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ike
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Walking Through the Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Giraffe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sex and the Single Parent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vampire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ike
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Blind Ambition
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Bud and Lou
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World Beyond
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lady of the House
Movie · Original Music Composer
Leave Yesterday Behind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deadman's Curve
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mean Dog Blues
Movie · Original Music Composer
Forever
Movie · Original Music Composer
Just Me and You
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie · Original Music Composer
More Than Friends
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gift of Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Long Journey Back
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who'll Save Our Children?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV · Music · 3 eps
The Awakening Land
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Kaz
TV · Original Music Composer · 23 eps
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Girl Called Hatter Fox
Movie · Original Music Composer
World of Darkness
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Hostage Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Death of Richie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Intimate Strangers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Green Eyes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Minstrel Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Movie · Original Music Composer
Greased Lightning
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Movie · Original Music Composer
Having Babies II
Movie · Original Music Composer
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
Movie · Music
Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores
Movie · Music
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
Movie · Music
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
Movie · Music Arranger
Man from Atlantis
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Leadbelly
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Futureworld
Movie · Original Music Composer
Woman of the Year
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baby Blue Marine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Born Innocent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Movie · Original Music Composer
Joe Panther
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mastermind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dream Makers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Death Be Not Proud
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Spikes Gang
Movie · Original Music Composer
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bad Ronald
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chosen Survivors
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dion Brothers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodnight Jackie
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Take
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mixed Company
Movie · Original Music Composer
Punch and Jody
Movie · Original Music Composer
Westworld
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Chant of Silence
Movie · Music
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Movie · Original Music Composer
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Little Ark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Movie · Original Music Composer
Believe in Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cover Me Babe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Baby Maker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sterile Cuckoo
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Stalking Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie · Original Music Composer
Up the Down Staircase
Movie · Original Music Composer