Biography
Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 β 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).
Filmography
all 85
Movies 77
TV Shows 8
Composer
Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
Movie
Composer
Roots: The Gift (1988)
Movie
6.67
Composer
Drop-Out Mother (1988)
Movie
Composer
Embassy (1985)
Movie
Composer
The Mystic Warrior (1985)
TV
Composer
The Mystic Warrior (1984)
Movie
Composer
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984)
Movie
Composer
A Killer in the Family (1983)
Movie
Composer
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
Movie
4.25
Composer
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Movie
Composer
Murder Is Easy (1982)
Movie
Music
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
Movie
Music
Dynasty (1981)
TV
3
Composer
The Wild and the Free (1980)
Movie
Composer
The Silent Lovers (1980)
Movie
Composer
Flamingo Road (1980)
Movie
Composer
Gauguin the Savage (1980)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Condominium (1980)
TV
Composer
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
Movie
Music
The Seekers (1979)
Movie
Composer
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Movie
Composer
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)
Movie
Composer
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979)
Movie
Music
The Rebels (1979)
Movie
Composer
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)
Movie
8
Composer
The Bell Jar (1979)
Movie
Music
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV
6
Composer
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
Movie
Composer
The Immigrants (1978)
Movie
Music
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
Movie
Composer
The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978)
Movie
Composer
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
Movie
Composer
Cruise Into Terror (1978)
Movie
Composer
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Testimony of Two Men (1977)
TV
Composer
The Spell (1977)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Roots (1977)
TV
Composer
Vigilante Force (1976)
Movie
Composer
Survive! (1976)
Movie
Composer
I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
Movie
Composer
Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1974)
Movie
Composer
The Baby (1973)
Movie
6
Composer
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Movie
Composer
Too Late the Hero (1970)
Movie
Music
The Image of the City (1969)
Movie
Composer
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Movie
6
Composer
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Movie
Composer
The Karate Killers (1967)
Movie
6
Composer
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
Movie
6
Music / Conductor
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
Music
Star Trek (1966)
TV
7.9
Composer
One Spy Too Many (1966)
Movie
Composer
Deathwatch (1966)
Movie
Composer
Trial at Nuremberg (1964)
Movie
Composer
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
Movie
Composer
To the Moon and Beyond (1964)
Movie
Composer
Ten Seconds that Shook the World (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Story Of: A Rodeo Cowboy (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Great Rights (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Movie
Music
The Second Time Around (1961)
Movie
Composer
Twenty Plus Two (1961)
Movie
Composer
A Cold Wind in August (1961)
Movie
Composer
Timbuktu (1959)
Movie
Composer
High School Big Shot (1959)
Movie
Composer
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
Movie
Composer
I, Mobster (1959)
Movie
Composer
The Lost Missile (1958)
Movie
Composer
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Movie
Composer
The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
Movie
Composer
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Movie
Composer
I Bury the Living (1958)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Return of Dracula (1958)
Movie
4
Composer
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
Movie
Composer
The Flame Barrier (1958)
Movie
Composer
Paths of Glory (1957)
Movie
3.88
Composer
Dino (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Trooper Hook (1957)
Movie
Composer
The Vampire (1957)
Movie
6
Composer
Bayou (1957)
Movie
Composer
The Killing (1956)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Movie
Composer
Fear and Desire (1953)
Movie
Music
Stasera sciopero (1951)
Movie
Composer
Day of the Fight (1951)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.48
Based on 547 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1961
1973
1963
2020
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1928-02-13
Deathday2023-02-17 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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