Fred Karlin
Sound

Fred Karlin

Born 16 June 1936 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Died 26 March 2004

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

Westworld
Futureworld
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Stalking Moon
Man from Atlantis
Bad Ronald
Born Innocent
Greased Lightning
The Spikes Gang
The Sterile Cuckoo
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Chosen Survivors
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
The Secret
Survive the Savage Sea
The Making of High Noon
Her Wicked Ways
Strawberry Road
The Last Prostitute
Murder C.O.D.
Fear Stalk
Bridge to Silence
What Price Victory
Lady Mobster
Dadah Is Death
The Facts of Life Down Under
A Place to Call Home
Celebration Family
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Kids Don't Tell
Hostage Flight
Final Jeopardy
Cougar
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Calamity Jane
Baby Sister
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
In Defense of Kids
Inspector Perez
Wishman
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Night Partners
Policewoman Centerfold
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
The First Time
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Deadly Encounter
Miracle on Ice
Broken Promise
Thornwell
The Five of Me
We're Fighting Back
Bitter Harvest
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
The Marva Collins Story
Baby Comes Home
Cloud Dancer
Loving Couples
Once Upon a Family
Marriage Is Alive and Well
The Plutonium Incident
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Homeward Bound
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
My Kidnapper, My Love
A Time for Miracles
Topper
And Baby Makes Six
Lawman Without a Gun
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Samurai
California Dreaming
Ravagers
Transplant
Ike
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Walking Through the Fire
The Last Giraffe
Sex and the Single Parent
Vampire
Bud and Lou
The World Beyond
Lady of the House
Leave Yesterday Behind
Deadman's Curve
Mean Dog Blues
Forever
Just Me and You
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
More Than Friends
The Gift of Love
Long Journey Back
Who'll Save Our Children?
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
The Girl Called Hatter Fox
World of Darkness
The Hostage Heart
The Death of Richie
Intimate Strangers
Green Eyes
Minstrel Man
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Greased Lightning
Lucan
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Having Babies II
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
Leadbelly
Futureworld
Woman of the Year
Baby Blue Marine
Born Innocent
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Mastermind
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
The Dream Makers
Death Be Not Proud
The Spikes Gang
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Bad Ronald
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Chosen Survivors
The Dion Brothers
The Take
Mixed Company
Punch and Jody
Westworld
A Chant of Silence
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Every Little Crook and Nanny
The Little Ark
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Believe in Me
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Cover Me Babe
The Baby Maker
Lovers and Other Strangers
The Sterile Cuckoo
The Stalking Moon
Yours, Mine and Ours
Up the Down Staircase
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