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Born 1928-02-13 · Died 2023-02-17
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).
Unbelievable!!!!! (2020) — Original Music Composer
Roots: The Gift (1988) — Original Music Composer
Drop-Out Mother (1988) — Music
Embassy (1985) — Music
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984) — Original Music Composer
The Mystic Warrior (1984) — Music · 2 episodes
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) — Music
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983) — Original Music Composer
A Killer in the Family (1983) — Original Music Composer
Murder Is Easy (1982) — Original Music Composer
American Playhouse (1982) — Original Music Composer · 1 episode
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) — Original Music Composer
Dynasty (1981) — Music · 1 episode
Gauguin the Savage (1980) — Original Music Composer
The Silent Lovers (1980) — Original Music Composer
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980) — Music
Flamingo Road (1980) — Music
The Wild and the Free (1980) — Original Music Composer
Condominium (1980) — Original Music Composer · 2 episodes
The Bell Jar (1979) — Original Music Composer
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979) — Original Music Composer
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) — Original Music Composer
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979) — Original Music Composer
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979) — Original Music Composer
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) — Original Music Composer · 7 episodes
The Seekers (1979) — Original Music Composer · 2 episodes
The Rebels (1979) — Original Music Composer · 2 episodes
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979) — Original Music Composer · 2 episodes
The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978) — Original Music Composer
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) — Original Music Composer
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978) — Original Music Composer
Cruise Into Terror (1978) — Original Music Composer
The Immigrants (1978) — Original Music Composer · 2 episodes
The Spell (1977) — Original Music Composer
Sex and the Married Woman (1977) — Original Music Composer
Testimony of Two Men (1977) — Original Music Composer · 3 episodes
Roots (1977) — Original Music Composer · 8 episodes
Vigilante Force (1976) — Original Music Composer
Survive! (1976) — Original Music Composer
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976) — Original Music Composer
I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) — Original Music Composer
Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1974) — Music
The Baby (1973) — Original Music Composer
The Grissom Gang (1971) — Original Music Composer
Too Late the Hero (1970) — Original Music Composer
The Image of the City (1969) — Music
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) — Original Music Composer
Danger Has Two Faces (1968) — Original Music Composer
The Killing of Sister George (1968) — Original Music Composer
The Karate Killers (1967) — Original Music Composer
One Spy Too Many (1966) — Original Music Composer
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966) — Original Music Composer
Deathwatch (1966) — Music
Deathwatch (1966) — Original Music Composer
Star Trek (1966) — Music · 4 episodes
Mission: Impossible (1966) — Music · 1 episode
Mission: Impossible (1966) — Conductor · 1 episode
One Potato, Two Potato (1964) — Original Music Composer
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) — Original Music Composer
Twenty Plus Two (1961) — Original Music Composer
A Cold Wind in August (1961) — Original Music Composer
The Second Time Around (1961) — Original Music Composer
High School Big Shot (1959) — Original Music Composer
Cast a Long Shadow (1959) — Original Music Composer
I Bury the Living (1958) — Original Music Composer
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) — Original Music Composer
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) — Original Music Composer
Timbuktu (1958) — Original Music Composer
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) — Original Music Composer
The Flame Barrier (1958) — Original Music Composer
The Return of Dracula (1958) — Original Music Composer
Cry Baby Killer (1958) — Original Music Composer
The Lost Missile (1958) — Original Music Composer
Paths of Glory (1957) — Original Music Composer
Trooper Hook (1957) — Original Music Composer
Dino (1957) — Original Music Composer
Dino (1957) — Conductor
The Vampire (1957) — Conductor
Bayou (1957) — Original Music Composer
The Vampire (1957) — Original Music Composer
The Killing (1956) — Original Music Composer
The Killing (1956) — Conductor
Killer's Kiss (1955) — Conductor
Killer's Kiss (1955) — Original Music Composer
Fear and Desire (1953) — Original Music Composer
Stasera sciopero (1951) — Music
Day of the Fight (1951) — Music