Gerald Fried
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 13, 1928
- Died
- February 17, 2023 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and oboist known for his film and television scores. He composed music for well-known television series of the 1960s and 1970s, including Mission: Impossible, Gilligan's Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Shotgun Slade, Roots, and Star Trek. Early in his career, he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick, scoring several of his earliest films. Fried was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once in 1977 for Roots, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the documentary Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1974).
Known For
Filmography
Unbelievable!!!!!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roots: The Gift
Movie · Original Music Composer
Drop-Out Mother
Movie · Music
Embassy
Movie · Music
Australia's Animal Mysteries
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mystic Warrior
TV · Music · 2 eps
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · Music
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Killer in the Family
Movie · Original Music Composer
Murder Is Easy
Movie · Original Music Composer
American Playhouse
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dynasty
TV · Music · 1 ep
Gauguin the Savage
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Silent Lovers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Movie · Music
Flamingo Road
Movie · Music
The Wild and the Free
Movie · Original Music Composer
Condominium
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Bell Jar
Movie · Original Music Composer
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disaster on the Coastliner
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps
The Seekers
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Rebels
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Beasts Are on the Streets
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maneaters Are Loose!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cruise Into Terror
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Immigrants
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Spell
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sex and the Married Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Testimony of Two Men
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Roots
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
Vigilante Force
Movie · Original Music Composer
Survive!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Will Fight No More Forever
Movie · Original Music Composer
Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Movie · Music
The Baby
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Grissom Gang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Too Late the Hero
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Image of the City
Movie · Music
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Danger Has Two Faces
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Killing of Sister George
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Karate Killers
Movie · Original Music Composer
One of Our Spies Is Missing
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Spy Too Many
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deathwatch
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Star Trek
TV · Music · 4 eps
Mission: Impossible
TV · Conductor, Music · 1 ep
One Potato, Two Potato
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cabinet of Caligari
Movie · Original Music Composer
Twenty Plus Two
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Cold Wind in August
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Second Time Around
Movie · Original Music Composer
High School Big Shot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cast a Long Shadow
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Bury the Living
Movie · Original Music Composer
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie · Original Music Composer
Machine-Gun Kelly
Movie · Original Music Composer
Timbuktu
Movie · Original Music Composer
Curse of the Faceless Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Flame Barrier
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Return of Dracula
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cry Baby Killer
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lost Missile
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paths of Glory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Trooper Hook
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dino
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Vampire
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Bayou
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Killing
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Killer's Kiss
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Fear and Desire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stasera sciopero
Movie · Music
Day of the Fight
Movie · Music