American oboist, conductor, and composer Gerald Fried, who was born on February 13, 1928, is most known for his work in film and television. Fried, who grew up in The Bronx, studied music at The Juilliard School. He began his career as a film composer in 1945 by writing the music for five of Stanley Kubrick’s early films after graduating from The High School of Music & Art.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Gerald Fried wrote the music for several well-known television shows, including Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Roots, and Gilligan’s Island. He worked with Stanley Kubrick early in his career and contributed music to some of his earliest films.
One of his TV program themes is the jazz-inspired entrance for the western series Shotgun Slade. Fried was well-known for his collaboration with Quincy Jones on the 1977 Roots miniseries score, which won an Emmy Award. Fried also orchestrated the Oriental exotica CD.
He shared the 2013 International Samobor Film Music Festival’s Golden Pine Award for Lifetime Achievement alongside Ryuichi Sakamoto and Clint Eastwood. About 300 movies, TV series, and specials are listed on his resume.
Gerald Fried’s cause of death: How did Gerald Fried die?
Fried passed dead from pneumonia in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on February 17, 2023, four days after he turned 95.
