Fred Karlin
Sound · Born 1936-06-16 · age 67 at death · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Titles
Westworld
Futureworld
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Stalking Moon
Man from Atlantis
Bad Ronald
Born Innocent
Greased Lightning
The Spikes Gang
The Sterile Cuckoo
Chosen Survivors
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Up the Down Staircase
Lovers and Other Strangers
California Dreaming
Loving Couples
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Ravagers
The Dion Brothers
Deadly Encounter
Miracle on Ice
Baby Blue Marine
The Death of Richie
Deadman's Curve
Baby Sister
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
The Baby Maker
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Leave Yesterday Behind
Vampire
Final Jeopardy
Leadbelly
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Cloud Dancer
Believe in Me
Hostage Flight
Lady Mobster
Cover Me Babe
Survive the Savage Sea
Mean Dog Blues
The Marva Collins Story
The Little Ark
Mastermind
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
The Gift of Love
The Last Prostitute
The Awakening Land
The World Beyond
Having Babies II
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
Wishman
Policewoman Centerfold
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
The Take