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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. 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 .
Feb 18, 2023 · Stanley Kubrick. Star Trek. 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 · Fried scored dozens of TV shows and movies, including Roots, Star Trek, Gilligan's Island and Stanley Kubrick films. He also received an Oscar nomination for a documentary and played oboe in orchestras.
- Jon Burlingame
Feb 18, 2023 · Fried was a versatile and prolific composer who scored five Stanley Kubrick films and many TV shows in the 1960s. He won an Emmy for the miniseries Roots and was nominated for an Oscar for a documentary score.
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\".
Feb 19, 2023 · The Oscar-nominated composer died of pneumonia on February 17th, 2023. He scored the original Star Trek series, Roots, and several Kubrick films.
