Known For
Sound
Born
Jun 16, 1936
Died
Mar 26, 2004
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
150 titles
Fred Karlin
Biography
Frederick James Karlin (June 16, 1936 – March 26, 2004) was an American trumpeter, songwriter, and composer for film and television. Karlin's film scores included The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Babymaker (1970), The Little Ark (1972), Westworld (1973), Mixed Company (1974), Mastermind (1976), Futureworld (1976), Greased Lightning (1977), Ravagers (1979), Cloud Dancer (1980), and Strawberry Road (1991). For the film Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song with "For All We Know", which was also a hit for the Carpenters. Karlin also worked extensively in television, especially composing music for television movies. His compositions were nominated for an Emmy Award eleven times, and he won for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974.
Known For
Filmography
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
Original Music Composer
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Director
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Original Music Composer
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Original Music Composer
The Secret
Original Music Composer
Survive the Savage Sea
Original Music Composer
The Making of High Noon
Music
The Last Prostitute
Original Music Composer
Strawberry Road
Original Music Composer
Her Wicked Ways
Original Music Composer
Murder C.O.D.
Original Music Composer
Fear Stalk
Original Music Composer
Bridge to Silence
Original Music Composer
Dadah Is Death
Original Music Composer
Lady Mobster
Original Music Composer
What Price Victory
Original Music Composer
Celebration Family
Original Music Composer
The Facts of Life Down Under
Original Music Composer
A Place to Call Home
Original Music Composer
Dream West
Original Music Composer
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Original Music Composer
Final Jeopardy
Original Music Composer
Hostage Flight
Original Music Composer
Kids Don't Tell
Original Music Composer
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Original Music Composer
Calamity Jane
Original Music Composer
Cougar
Original Music Composer
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Original Music Composer
Policewoman Centerfold
Original Music Composer
Night Partners
Original Music Composer
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Original Music Composer
Wishman
Original Music Composer
In Defense of Kids
Original Music Composer
Baby Sister
Original Music Composer
Inspector Perez
Original Music Composer
Deadly Encounter
Original Music Composer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Original Music Composer
The First Time
Original Music Composer
Not in Front of the Children
Original Music Composer
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Original Music Composer
Inside the Third Reich
Original Music Composer
The Marva Collins Story
Original Music Composer
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
Original Music Composer
Bitter Harvest
Original Music Composer
The Five of Me
Original Music Composer
Broken Promise
Original Music Composer
We're Fighting Back
Original Music Composer
Miracle on Ice
Original Music Composer
Thornwell
Original Music Composer
A Time for Miracles
Original Music Composer