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Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and oboist known for his film and television scores.
Feb 18, 2023 · Gerald Fried, the Oscar-nominated composer who created fight music for Star Trek and worked with Quincy Jones on Roots, has died. He was 95.
- Chris Koseluk
Gerald Fried (1928-2023) was a prolific film and TV composer, best known for Star Trek, The Killing and Soylent Green. He also played oboe and conducted symphony music, and taught a master class on film scoring at UCLA.
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Feb 18, 2023 · Composer Gerald Fried, who won an Emmy for the landmark miniseries Roots and whose 1960s scores, from Star Trek to Gilligan's Island, died Friday.
- Jon Burlingame
Feb 19, 2023 · The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fried died of pneumonia on Friday in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was known for his scores for Stanley Kubrick's early films, the miniseries Roots, and the Star Trek "fight music".
Gerald Fried, the Oscar-nominated, oboe-playing composer who created iconic gladiatorial fight music for the original Star Trek series and collaborated with Quincy Jones to win an Emmy for their theme to the landmark miniseries Roots, has died. He was 95.
Feb 18, 2023 · Gerald Fried, a composer for some of television’s biggest moments in the 1960s, died Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. Fried won an Emmy for the ...
