Composer
Gerald Fried
Born 13 February 1928 — died 17 February 2023
Gerald Fried (1928–2023) was an American composer, conductor and oboist who scored films and television. He wrote music for Stanley Kubrick's earliest features, then became a prolific TV composer, working on Gilligan's Island, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and Roots.
Key films
Fear and Desire (1953)
Kubrick's first feature, and the start of Fried's collaboration with the director.
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Fried's second Kubrick score, for a low-budget New York noir.
The Killing (1956)
Provided the tense, driving score for Kubrick's heist thriller.
Paths of Glory (1957)
His best-known film score, for Kubrick's anti-war drama, with its stark martial percussion.
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
Scored this acclaimed independent drama about an interracial marriage.
Key awards
- 1977: Primetime Emmy Award for music composition on Roots
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 59
- 1953Fear and DesireComposer
- 1955Killer's KissComposer
- 1956The KillingComposer
- 1957Paths of GloryComposer
- 1957The VampireComposer
- 1957Trooper HookComposer
- 1957BayouComposer
- 1957DinoComposer
- 1958I Bury the LivingComposer
- 1958The Return of DraculaComposer
- 1958Machine-Gun KellyComposer
- 1958Terror in a Texas TownComposer
- 1958Curse of the Faceless ManComposer
- 1958Cry Baby KillerComposer
- 1958The Lost MissileComposer
- 1958TimbuktuComposer
- 1958The Flame BarrierComposer
- 1959High School Big ShotComposer
- 1959Cast a Long ShadowComposer
- 1961The Second Time AroundComposer
- 1961A Cold Wind in AugustComposer
- 1961Twenty Plus TwoComposer
- 1962The Cabinet of CaligariComposer
- 1964One Potato, Two PotatoComposer
- 1966One Spy Too ManyComposer
- 1966One of Our Spies Is MissingComposer
- 1966DeathwatchComposer
- 1967The Karate KillersComposer
- 1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeComposer
- 1968Danger Has Two FacesComposer
- 1969What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?Composer
- 1970Too Late the HeroComposer
- 1971The Grissom GangComposer
- 1973The BabyComposer
- 1975I Will Fight No More ForeverComposer
- 1976Survive!Composer
- 1976Vigilante ForceComposer
- 1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy IncidentComposer
- 1977The SpellComposer
- 1977Sex and the Married WomanComposer
- 1978Rescue from Gilligan's IslandComposer
- 1978Cruise Into TerrorComposer
- 1978The Beasts Are on the StreetsComposer
- 1978Maneaters Are Loose!Composer
- 1979Disaster on the CoastlinerComposer
- 1979The Castaways on Gilligan's IslandComposer
- 1979Son-Rise: A Miracle of LoveComposer
- 1979The Bell JarComposer
- 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelComposer
- 1980The Silent LoversComposer
- 1980The Wild and the FreeComposer
- 1980Gauguin the SavageComposer
- 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandComposer
- 1982Murder Is EasyComposer
- 1983The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later AffairComposer
- 1983A Killer in the FamilyComposer
- 1984Australia's Animal MysteriesComposer
- 1988Roots: The GiftComposer
- 2020Unbelievable!!!!!Composer
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.