Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and

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known for his film and television scores. He composed music for well-known television series of the 1960s and 1970s, including ''Mission: Impossible'', ''

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'', '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''

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'', ''Roots'', and ''Star Trek''. Early in his career, he collaborated with

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, scoring several of his earliest films. Fried was nominated for five

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, winning once in 1977 for ''Roots'', and was nominated for an

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for the documentary '' Birds Do It, Bees Do It'' (1974).

Life and career

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

'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 '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', working with Robert Drasnin, and also the original ''

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'', for which he composed the famous musical underscore ''"The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah"'' (now known as "Star Trek fight music") for the episode ''" Amok Time."'' Among his television show themes is his jazz-inspired intro for the western series ''

''. Fried was known for his collaboration with

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on their

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-winning score for the 1977

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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

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

Personal life and death

In December 1987, Fried lost his 5-year-old son, Zachary, due to

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from tainted blood supplied by 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. Fried had four other children, with his first wife Judith Fried: Daniel, Deborah, Jonathan, and Joshua were all born in the 1950s. Fried died of pneumonia in

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, on February 17, 2023, four days after his 95th birthday.

Filmography

* '' Day of the Fight'' (1951) — (Short Documentary) — Director:

* '' Fear and Desire'' (1953) — Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' Lili'' (1953) — Director:

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(Composer: Additional Music — Uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955) — Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' The Killing'' (1956) — Director: Stanley Kubrick * ''

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'' (1957) — Director: Stanley Kubrick * '' The Vampire'' (1957) — Director: Paul Landres * ''

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

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'' (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'' (1958) — Director: Jus Addiss * '' Terror in a Texas Town'' (1958) — Director: Joseph H. Lewis * '' Curse of the Faceless Man'' (1958) — Director: Edward L. Cahn * '' M Squad'' (TV series, 3 episodes) **''Dead or Alive'' (1958) ** ''The Big Kill'' (1958) ** ''Prescription for Murder'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1959) — Director: Joel Rapp * ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''The Salted Mine'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) — Director:

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* ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''The Steve Campden Story'' (1959) * '' Cast a Long Shadow'' (1959) — Director: Thomas Carr * ''

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

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* '' Whispering Smith'' (TV series, 3 episodes) ** ''Stake-Out'' (1961) ** ''Three for One'' (1961) ** ''The Interpreter'' (1961) * '' The Cabinet of Caligari'' (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'' (1964) — Director:

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* ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''Dry Road to Nowhere'' (1965) * ''

'' (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) * '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (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: Vic Morrow (Featuring:

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) * '' One Spy Too Many'' (1966) — Director:

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* '' One of Our Spies Is Missing'' (1966) — Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck * '' The Felony Squad'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''The Death of a Dream'' (1966) * ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''Eric the Redhead'' (1966) * ''

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'' (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) * ''

'' (TV series, 5 episodes) ** ''

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'' (1966) ** '' Amok Time'' (1967) ** '' Catspaw'' (1967) ** '' Friday's Child'' (1967) ** ''

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'' (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: Barry Shear * '' Dundee and the Culhane'' (TV series, 1 episode) ** ''The Murderer Stallion Brief'' (1967) * '' 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) * ''

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'' (TV series documentary, 1 episode) ** ''Winged World'' (1967) * ''

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'' (TV series, 2 episodes) ** ''Collision of the Planets'' (1967) ** ''Castles in Space'' (1967) * ''

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'' (TV series, 2 episodes) ** ''The Mother Tongue'' (1967) ** ''Christmas Came a Little Early'' (1968) * '' Danger Has Two Faces'' (1968) (TV movie) — Director: John Newland * ''

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'' (1968) — Director:

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* ''

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'' (1968) (TV movie documentary) — Director: Donald Wrye * '' What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? '' (1969) — Director: Lee H. Katzin * ''

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

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'' (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:

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* '' 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: George Armitage * '' 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: Leo Penn * '' Sex and the Married Woman'' (1977) (TV movie) — Director: Jack Arnold * '' Roots: One Year Later'' (1978) (TV movie documentary) — Director:

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* '' Cruise Into Terror'' (1978) (TV movie) — Director: Bruce Kessler * '' 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 * '' The Immigrants'' (1978) (TV movie) — Director: Alan J. Levi * ''

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* ''

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Other music credits

* ''

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'' (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". . Box 24, Gerald Fried papers, Collection #2883, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Awards

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

Fried's underscore "The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah", from the ''Star Trek'' episode " Amok Time" (1967) was featured in the 1996 movie ''

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'', starring

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. It was also featured in two ''

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'' episodes, " Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" (2000), as an alien anthem, in a ''Star Trek vs. Futurama'' fight scene " Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (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.

References

External links

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Gerald Fried biography
at startreksoundtracks.com *
Gerald Fried Papers papers
at th
American Heritage Center
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