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known for his film and television scores. He composed music for well-known television series of the 1960s and 70s, including ''Mission: Impossible'', '' Gilligan's Island'', ''

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'', '' Shotgun Slade'', ''Roots'', and ''Star Trek''. Early in his career, he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick, scoring several of his earliest films. He has been 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).

Biography

Born and raised in

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, Fried attended The

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of Music. He attended

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, graduating in 1945, and entered the world of film soundtracks when he composed the scores for five of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films. After moving to

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he began composing and arranging music for several films such as '' Terror in a Texas Town'' and television shows such as ''

'', working with

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, and also the original '' Star Trek'', for which he composed the famous musical underscore ''"The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah"'' (now known as "Star Trek fight music") for the episode ''"

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."'' Among his television show themes is his jazz-inspired intro for the western series '' Shotgun Slade''. Fried is known for his collaboration with

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on their Emmy Award-winning score for the 1977 miniseries ''

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''. Fried also arranged the

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album '' Orienta''. He won Golden Pine Award (Lifetime Achievement) at the 2013 ''International Samobor Film Music Festival'', along with

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and Clint Eastwood. His credits consist of nearly 300 films, television episodes, and specials.

Filmography

* '' Day of the Fight'' (1951) - (Short Documentary) - Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' Fear and Desire'' (1953) - Director: Stanley Kubrick * ''

Lili ''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for ...

'' (1953) - Director: Charles Walters (Composer: Additional Music - Uncredited) * '' Killer's Kiss'' (1955) - Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' The Killing'' (1956) - Director: Stanley Kubrick * ''

Paths of Glory ''Paths of Glory'' is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of ...

'' (1957) - Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' The Vampire'' (1957) - Director:

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* '' Bayou'' (1957) - Director: Harold Daniels * '' Trooper Hook'' (1957) - Director: Charles Marquis Warren * '' Dino'' (1957) - Director: Thomas Carr * ''

I Bury the Living ''I Bury the Living'' is a 1958 horror film directed by famed B movie director Albert Band and starring Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel. It was written by Louis A. Garfinkle and produced by Garfinkle and Band. Plot Robert Kraft is the newly a ...

'' (1958) - Director:

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* '' The Return of Dracula'' (1958) - Director: Paul Landres * '' The Flame Barrier'' (1958) - Director: Paul Landres * '' Machine-Gun Kelly'' (1958) - Director:

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* '' The Lost Missile'' (1958) - Director: Lester Wm. Berke * '' I Mobster'' (1958) - Director: Roger Corman * ''

The Cry Baby Killer ''The Cry Baby Killer'' is a 1958 teen exploitation film produced by Roger Corman that marked Jack Nicholson's film debut. The film was out of print and difficult to find until 2006, when it was issued on DVD for the first time by Buena Vista Home ...

'' (1958) - Director: Jus Addiss * '' Terror in a Texas Town'' (1958) - Director:

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* '' Curse of the Faceless Man'' (1958) - Director: Edward L. Cahn * ''

M Squad ''M Squad'' is an American crime drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC. It was produced by Lee Marvin's Latimer Productions and Revue Studios. Its main sponsor was the Pall Mall cigarette brand; Lee Marvin, the program's ...

'' (TV Series) (3 Episodes) **''Dead or Alive'' (1958) ** ''The Big Kill'' (1958) ** ''Prescription for Murder'' (1958) * ''

High School Big Shot ''High School Big Shot'' is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman as Marv Grant, a smart high school student whose plans for getting a college scholarship are threatened by his alcoholic father played by Malcolm Atterbury, and his relationship with th ...

'' (1959) - Director:

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* ''

Schlitz Playhouse ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both Television comedy, comedies and Dramatic programming, drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The ti ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''The Salted Mine'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) - Director:

Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including ''Cat People (1942 film), Cat ...

* ''

Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''The Steve Campden Story'' (1959) * '' Cast a Long Shadow'' (1959) - Director: Thomas Carr * '' Shotgun Slade'' (TV Series) (17 Episodes) ** ''The Missing Train'' (1959) ** ''The Salted Mine'' (1959) ** ''The Deadly Key'' (1960) ** ''Donna Juanita'' (1960) ** ''The Golden Tunnel'' (1960) ** ''A Flower for Jenny'' (1960) ** ''The Fabulous Fiddle'' (1960) ** ''Crossed Guns'' (1960) ** ''Sudden Death'' (1960) ** ''Backtrack'' (1960) ** ''Killer's Brand'' (1960) ** ''A Flower on Boot Hill'' (1960) ** ''Charcoal Bullet'' (1960) ** ''Lost Gold'' (1960) ** ''Ring of Death'' (1960) ** ''The Smell of Money'' (1960) ** ''The Spanish Box'' (1960) * ''

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'' (TV Series) (15 Episodes) ** ''The Blowup'' (1960) ** ''The Wichita Arrows'' (1960) ** ''Fort Epitaph'' (1960) ** ''End of a Dream'' (1960) ** ''That Taylor Affair'' (1960) ** ''The Two Faces of Grey Holden'' (1960) ** ''River Champion'' (1960) ** ''No Bridge on the River'' (1960) ** ''Trunk Full of Dreams'' (1960) ** ''The Water of Gorgeous Springs'' (1960) ** ''Devil in Skirts'' (1960) ** ''The Quota'' (1960) ** ''Chicota Landing'' (1960) ** ''Zigzag'' (1960) ** ''Listen to the Nightingale'' (1961) * '' A Cold Wind in August'' (1961) - Director: Alexander Singer * ''

Twenty Plus Two ''Twenty Plus Two'' (a.k.a. ''It Started in Tokyo'') is a 1961 American mystery film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, and Dina Merrill. The film adapted Frank Gruber's 1961 novel of the same title. Plot Ja ...

'' (1961) - Director: Joseph M. Newman * '' The Second Time Around'' (1961) - Director:

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* ''

Whispering Smith ''Whispering Smith'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Alan Ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. The supporting cast includes Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall and Donald C ...

'' (TV Series) (3 Episodes) ** ''Stake-Out'' (1961) ** ''Three for One'' (1961) ** ''The Interpreter'' (1961) * ''

The Cabinet of Caligari ''The Cabinet of Caligari'' is a 1962 American horror film by Roger Kay, starring Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, and Richard Davalos, and released by 20th Century Fox. Although the film's title is very similar to the German silent horror film ...

'' (1962) - Director: Roger Kay * '' The Great Rights'' (1963) (Short) - Director: William T. Hurtz * '' Breaking Point'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''Fire and Ice'' (1963) * '' Specials for United Artists: December 7th - The Day of Infamy'' (1963) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Specials for United Artists: The Yanks Are Coming'' (1963) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Specials for United Artists: Ten Seconds That Shook the World'' (1963) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Specials for United Artists: The American Woman in the 20th Century'' (1963) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Story of a Rodeo Cowboy'' (1963) (Documentary) - Director: Kent MacKenzie * '' Specials for United Artists: The Rise and Fall of American Communism'' (1964) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Specials for United Artists: Berlin - Kaiser to Khrushchev'' (1964) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * ''

One Potato, Two Potato "One potato, two potato" (sometimes "One potato, two potatoes") is a traditional children's counting-out rhyme with accompanying hand actions. It has a Roud number of 19230. Text The rhyme has been recorded in a large number of variants, b ...

'' (1964) - Director:

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* ''

My Three Sons ''My Three Sons'' is an American television sitcom that aired from September 29, 1960, to April 13, 1972. The series was broadcast on ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seasons. ''My Three Sons'' chroni ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''A Serious Girl'' (1964) * '' Specials for United Artists: The Battle of Britain'' (1964) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Specials for United Artists: Trial at Nuremberg'' (1964) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Marshall Flaum * '' Gunsmoke'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''Dry Road to Nowhere'' (1965) * '' Gilligan's Island'' (TV Series) (39 Episodes) ** ''So Sorry, My Island Now'' (1965) ** ''X Marks the Spot'' (1965) ** ''Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy'' (1965) ** ''How to Be a Hero'' (1965) ** ''Forget Me Not'' (1965) ** ''Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?'' (1965) ** ''Physical Fatness'' (1965) ** ''It's Magic'' (1965) ** ''A Nose by Any Other Name'' (1965) ** ''Gilligan's Mother-in-Law'' (1965) ** ''Beauty Is as Beauty Does'' (1965) ** ''The Little Dictator'' (1965) ** ''Feed the Kitty'' (1966) ** ''Operation: Steam Heat'' (1966) ** ''Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?'' (1966) ** ''Ghost-a-Go-Go'' (1966) ** ''Allergy Time'' (1966) ** ''V for Vitamins'' (1966) ** ''Mr. and Mrs. ???'' (1966) ** ''Meet the Meteor'' (1966) ** ''Up at Bat'' (1966) ** ''Gilligan vs. Gilligan'' (1966) ** ''Pass the Vegetables, Please'' (1966) ** ''Voodoo'' (1966) ** ''Where There's a Will'' (1966) ** ''Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow'' (1966) ** ''Ring Around Gilligan'' (1966) ** ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1966) ** ''The Invasion'' (1966) ** ''The Kidnapper'' (1966) ** ''And Then There Were None'' (1966) ** ''All About Eva'' (1966) ** ''Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho'' (1966) ** ''Take a Dare'' (1967) ** ''The Second Ginger Grant'' (1967) ** ''The Secret of Gilligan's Island'' (1967) ** ''The Pigeon'' (1967) ** ''Bang! Bang! Bang!'' (1967) ** ''Gilligan, the Goddess'' (1967) * ''

'' (TV Series) (45 Episodes) ** ''Alexander the Greater Affair: Part One'' (1965) ** ''Alexander the Greater Affair: Part Two'' (1965) ** ''The Discotheque Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Arabian Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Deadly Toys Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Cherry Blossom Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Children's Day Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Adriatic Express Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Yukon Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Very Important Zombie Affair'' (1965) ** ''The Deadly Goddess Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part 1'' (1966) ** ''The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part II'' (1966) ** ''The Foreign Legion Affair'' (1966) ** '' The Moonglow Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Project Deephole Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Bat Cave Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Indian Affairs Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Her Master's Voice Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Sort of Do-It-Yourself Dreadful Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Super-Colossal Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Monks of St. Thomas Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Thor Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Candidate's Wife Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Off-Broadway Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Come with Me to the Casbah Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Abominable Snowman Affair'' (1966) ** ''The My Friend the Gorilla Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Jingle Bells Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'' (1966) ** ''The Suburbia Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Deadly Smorgasbord Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Napoleon's Tomb Affair'' (1967) ** ''The It's All Greek to Me Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Hula Doll Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Pieces of Fate Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Matterhorn Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Hot Number Affair'' (1967) ** ''The When in Roma Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Apple a Day Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Five Daughters Affair: Part I'' (1967) ** ''The Five Daughters Affair: Part II'' (1967) ** ''The Cap and Gown Affair'' (1967) ** ''The Test Tube Killer Affair'' (1967) * '' Deathwatch'' (1966) - Director:

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(Featuring:

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) * '' One Spy Too Many'' (1966) - Director: Joseph Sargent * '' One of Our Spies Is Missing'' (1966) - Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck * ''

Felony Squad ''The Felony Squad'' is a half-hour television crime drama originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 12, 1966, to January 31, 1969, a span encompassing seventy-three episodes. Overview The program starred Howard Duff (as Sergeant ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''The Death of a Dream'' (1966) * '' Jericho'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''Eric the Redhead'' (1966) * ''

The Man Who Never Was ''The Man Who Never Was'' is a 1956 British espionage thriller film produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. It is base ...

'' (TV Series) (14 Episodes) ** ''All That Lia Ever Wanted'' (1966) ** ''Escape'' (1966) ** ''Death in Vienna'' (1966) ** ''A Little Ignorance'' (1966) ** ''Target: Eva'' (1966) ** ''Big Fish'' (1966) ** ''Pay Now, Pray Later'' (1966) ** ''Game of Death'' (1966) ** ''If This Be Treason'' (1966) ** ''To Kill an Albatross'' (1966) ** ''Things Dead and Done'' (1966) ** ''The Perfect Crime'' (1966) ** ''In Memory of Davos'' (1966) ** ''Drop by Drop'' (1966) * '' It's About Time'' (TV Series) (22 Episodes) ** ''And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You'' (1966) ** ''The Copper Caper'' (1966) ** ''The Initiation'' (1966) ** ''Tailor Made Hero'' (1966) ** ''The Rainmakers'' (1966) ** ''He Caveman - You Woman'' (1966) ** ''The Champ'' (1966) ** ''Mark Your Ballots'' (1966) ** ''Have I Got a Girl for You'' (1966) ** ''Cave Movies'' (1966) ** ''Androcles and Clon'' (1966) ** ''Love Me, Love My Gnook'' (1966) ** ''The Broken Idol'' (1966) ** ''The Sacrifice'' (1966) ** ''King Hec'' (1966) ** ''The Mother-in-Law'' (1966) ** ''Which Doctor's Witch?'' (1967) ** ''To Catch a Thief'' (1967) ** ''20th Century Here We Come'' (1967) ** ''To Sign or Not to Sign'' (1967) ** ''Our Brothers' Keepers'' (1967) ** ''The Stowaway'' (1967) * '' T.H.E. Cat'' (TV Series) (3 Episodes) ** ''To Bell T.H.E. Cat'' (1966) ** ''A Hot Place to Die'' (1967) ** ''A Slight Family Trait'' (1967) * '' Star Trek'' (TV Series) (5 Episodes) ** ''

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'' (1966) ** ''

'' (1967) ** '' Catspaw'' (1967) ** '' Friday's Child'' (1967) ** ''

The Paradise Syndrome "The Paradise Syndrome" is the third episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Margaret Armen and directed by Jud Taylor, it was first broadcast October 4, 1968. In the episode, an ...

'' (1968) * '' Mission: Impossible'' (TV Series) (6 Episodes) ** ''Odds on Evil'' (1966) ** ''The Widow'' (1967) ** ''Trek'' (1967) ** ''Operation "Heart"'' (1967) ** ''The Diplomat'' (1968) ** ''The Code'' (1969) * '' Mr. Terrific'' (TV Series) (3 Episodes) ** ''Matchless'' (1967) ** ''Stanley the Safecracker'' (1967) ** ''Harley and the Killer'' (1967) * '' The Karate Killers'' (1967) - Director:

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Dundee and the Culhane ''Dundee and the Culhane'' is an American Western drama series starring John Mills and Sean Garrison that aired on CBS from September 6 to December 13, 1967. Synopsis ''Dundee and the Culhane'' follows the exploits of two frontier lawyers who pro ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''The Murderer Stallion Brief'' (1967) * '' The Iron Horse'' (TV Series) (4 Episodes) ** ''T Is for Traitor'' (1967) ** ''Six Hours to Sky High'' (1967) ** ''The Return of Hode Avery'' (1967) ** ''Five Days to Washtiba'' (1967) * '' National Geographic'' (TV Series Documentary) (1 Episode) ** ''Winged World'' (1967) * ''

Lost in Space ''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series, created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. The series was inspired by the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson.'' The series fo ...

'' (TV Series) (2 Episodes) ** ''Collision of the Planets'' (1967) ** ''Castles in Space'' (1967) * ''

Family Affair ''Family Affair'' is an American sitcom starring Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966, to March 4, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do engineer and bachelor Bill Davis (Keith) as he attempte ...

'' (TV Series) (2 Episodes) ** ''The Mother Tongue'' (1967) ** ''Christmas Came a Little Early'' (1968) * '' Danger Has Two Faces'' (1968) (TV Movie) - Director: John Newland * ''

The Killing of Sister George ''The Killing of Sister George'' is a 1964 play by Frank Marcus that was later adapted into a 1968 film directed by Robert Aldrich. Stage version Sister George is a beloved character in the popular radio series ''Applehurst'', a district nurse ...

'' (1968) - Director: Robert Aldrich * ''

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'' (1968) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Donald Wrye * '' What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? '' (1969) - Director:

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* '' Mannix'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''A Sleep in the Deep'' (1969) * '' Image of the City'' (1969) (Short) - Director:

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* '' Too Late the Hero'' (1970) - Director: Robert Aldrich * '' The Enchanted Years'' (1971) (Documentary) - Director: Nicolas Noxon * ''

The Grissom Gang ''The Grissom Gang'' is a 1971 American crime neo noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by Leon Griffiths. The film is the second adaptation of the 1939 novel '' No Orchids for Miss Blandish'' by James Hadley Chase; ...

'' (1971) - Director: Robert Aldrich * ''

The Sixth Sense ''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient ( Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released ...

'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''Once Upon a Chilling'' (1972) * '' The Baby'' (1973) - Director:

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* '' Birds Do It, Bees Do It'' (1974) (Documentary) - Director: Nicolas Noxon * '' I Will Fight No More Forever'' (1975) (TV Movie) - Director: Richard T. Heffron * '' Police Story'' (TV Series) (1 Episode) ** ''Losing Game'' (1975) * '' Police Woman'' (TV Series) (2 Episodes) ** ''Pattern for Evil'' (1975) ** ''Cold Wind'' (1975) * '' Survive!'' (1976) - Director: René Cardona Jr. * '' Vigilante Force'' (1976) - Director:

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* '' Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident'' (TV Movie) - Director:

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'' (TV Miniseries) (7 Episodes) ** ''Part II (1977)'' ** ''Part III (1977)'' ** ''Part IV (1977)'' ** ''Part V (1977)'' ** ''Part VI (1977)'' ** ''Part VII (1977)'' ** ''Part VIII (1977)'' * '' The Spell'' (1977) (TV Movie) - Director:

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* '' Testimony of Two Men'' (1977) (TV Miniseries) - Director:

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* '' Sex and the Married Woman'' (1977) (TV Movie) - Director: Jack Arnold * '' Roots: One Year Later'' (1978) (TV Movie Documentary) - Director: Robert Guenette * '' Cruise Into Terror'' (1978) (TV Movie) - Director:

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* '' Maneaters Are Loose!'' (1978) (TV Movie) - Director: Timothy Galfas * '' The Beasts Are on the Streets'' (1978) (TV Movie) - Director: Peter R. Hunt * '' Rescue from Gilligan's Island'' (1978) (TV Movie) - Director: Leslie H. Martinson * ''

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Other music credits

* '' Hot Rod Rumble'' (1957) - Director: Leslie H. Martinson - (Musician: Oboe) * '' To the Moon and Beyond'' (1964)- (composer). "To The Moon and Beyond is the title of a special motion picture produced for and shown at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair".

Awards

"The Ritual" (music from ''Star Trek'', TOS)

Fried's underscore "The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah", from the ''Star Trek'' episode "

" (1967) was featured in the 1996 movie ''

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'', starring Jim Carrey. It was also featured in two '' Futurama'' episodes; " Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" (2000), as an alien anthem, in a ''Star Trek vs. Futurama'' fight scene "

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" (2002), and in the dream sequence at the beginning of "Spock Amok", the fifth episode of '' Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' (2022). It has also appeared in an episode of ''

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'' " Deep Space Homer" (1994). The score was also specifically chosen in the

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mission on March 4, 2011, as the morning wake-up music for the crew on Day 9 of the mission.

Personal life

In December 1987, Fried lost his 5-year-old son, Zachary, to AIDS (from tainted blood from a

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); his screenplay and stage play ''Morningtime Train'' was based on the experience. Zachary's childhood drawings were used on T-shirts in

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for The Pediatric AIDS Foundation."90's Family : The Gifts That Give Twice"
''Los Angeles Times'', 22 November 1995

References

External links

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American Heritage Center
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