Born and raised in The Bronx, New York City, Fried attended The Juilliard School of Music. He attended The High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1945, and entered the world of film soundtracks when he composed the scores for five of Stanley Kubrick’s earliest films.
Gerald Fried’s top songs
1. run spy run
2. Slink
3. Lament For A Trapped Spy
4. Jungle Beat
5. dance of the flaming swords
6. Roots
7. Mr. Spock
8. Contrary Order
9. Vulcan
10. Marriage Council
11. The Challenge
12. The Processional
13. Amok Time: Resignation / Lazarus Return / Pig
14. Fear And Desire – A Meditation On War
15. the killing
16. Paths of Glory
17. 2nd Ruth (Ruth) [Shore Leave]
18. 2nd Ruth
19. Amok Time: Vulcan
20. Amok Time: T’Pring
Gerald Fried awards
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).Fried was known for his collaboration with Quincy Jones on their Emmy Award-winning score for the 1977 miniseries Roots.
