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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 .
Feb 18, 2023 · Gerald Fried, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Roots’ Composer, Dies at 95. The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee befriended Stanley Kubrick on a Bronx baseball field, then scored his first four features.
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Feb 18, 2023 · Fried scored dozens of TV shows and movies, including Roots, Star Trek, Gilligan's Island and Stanley Kubrick films. He also received an Oscar nomination for a documentary and played oboe in orchestras.
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Gerald Fried (1928-2023) was a prolific film and TV composer, best known for Star Trek, The Killing and Soylent Green. He also played oboe and conducted symphony music, and taught a master class on film scoring at UCLA.
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Feb 18, 2023 · Fried was a versatile and prolific composer who scored five Stanley Kubrick films and many TV shows in the 1960s. He won an Emmy for the miniseries Roots and was nominated for an Oscar for a documentary score.
In his two-hour interview, composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) talks about his early work on Stanley Kubrick's first films, including his pulsating score for The Killing. Fried then discusses his work as a composer for television at Revue Studios. He describes composing for series Gilligan's Island (including one episode where he had musicians blow into bottles to simulate sea shell instruments ...
Gerald Fried. Soundtrack: Star Trek Into Darkness. Composer, author and oboist, educated at Juilliard (BS). He was first oboist for the Dallas Symphony and the New York Little Orchestra between 1948 and 1956. Then he joined Revue Studios in California, lasting until 1960, thereafter working freelance. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical collaborators included Johnny Mercer and Jack Brooks.
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