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Fred Karlin

real name Frederick James Karlin

United States · 1936-06-16 – 2004-03-26

Fred Karlin is credited on 1,467 releases across 306 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,467

Credits

306

Albums

8

Decades active

203

In collections

Biography

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Jazz man and soundtrack composer. Karlin scored the soundtrack to Michael Crichton sci-fi thriller Westworld (1973) and the sequel Futureworld (1976). Fred Karlin penned the music for well over 100 films in his productive 30-year career. Husband of Marsha Karlin.
He died in 2004, 67 years old.(June 16, 1936 – March 26, 2004).

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1,467 releases · 306 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 1,654
  • Other credits · 71
  • Production · 28
  • Engineering · 7

Studios: Advision Studios · Olympic Studios · Columbia Recording Studios · Fantasy Studios

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