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Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried is credited on 151 releases across 53 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
151
Pressings credited
53
Albums
8
Decades active
20
In collections
Biography
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).
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Credited work
151 releases · 53 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 272
- Other credits · 13
Studios: A&M Studios · Webster Hall · Budokan · Musicol
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
1977
Hands Down
1982
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume II - (65 More TV Themes From The 50's & 60's)
1986
Soul Survivors
1986
Space Age Pop Vol. 1 (Melodies And Mischief)
1995
Roots Of Soul
1977
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Original Motion Picture Score)
1963
Songs From The Western Screen
1958
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Quincy Jones
- Tex Ritter
- Hugo Montenegro
- Skitch Henderson
- Alexander Courage
- Richard Hayman
- Henry Mancini
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