Fred Karlin

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-16 (68 years old)

Deathday

2004-03-26

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 telev...

Production

1973

Westworld

as Original Music Composer

1976

Leadbelly

as Original Music Composer

1976

Futureworld

as Original Music Composer

1981

Miracle on Ice

as Original Music Composer

1981

Broken Promise

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Spikes Gang

as Original Music Composer

1974

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

as Original Music Composer

1971

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Original Music Composer

1972

Every Little Crook and Nanny

as Original Music Composer

1980

Baby Comes Home

as Original Music Composer

1983

Baby Sister

as Original Music Composer

1984

Cougar

as Original Music Composer

1978

Bud and Lou

as Original Music Composer

1977

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

as Original Music Composer

1989

Fear Stalk

as Original Music Composer

1973

1968

The Stalking Moon

as Original Music Composer

1979

Topper

as Original Music Composer

1976

Woman of the Year

as Original Music Composer

1977

The Girl Called Hatter Fox

as Original Music Composer

1970

Cover Me Babe

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Facts of Life Down Under

as Original Music Composer

1976

Baby Blue Marine

as Original Music Composer

1970

The Baby Maker

as Original Music Composer

1979

And Baby Makes Six

as Original Music Composer

1983

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

as Original Music Composer

1976

Born Innocent

as Original Music Composer

1980

Cloud Dancer

as Original Music Composer

1992

The Secret

as Original Music Composer

1977

The World of Darkness

as Original Music Composer

1981

Thornwell

as Original Music Composer

1982

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Little Ark

as Original Music Composer

1974

Bad Ronald

as Original Music Composer

1983

In Defense of Kids

as Original Music Composer

1979

Lawman Without a Gun

as Original Music Composer

1980

Loving Couples

as Original Music Composer

1984

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

as Original Music Composer

1979

...And Your Name Is Jonah

as Original Music Composer

1992

Survive the Savage Sea

as Original Music Composer

1973

Westworld

as Conductor

1967

Up the Down Staircase

as Original Music Composer

1971

Believe in Me

as Original Music Composer

1969

The Sterile Cuckoo

as Original Music Composer

1982

The First Time

as Original Music Composer

1977

The Hostage Heart

as Original Music Composer

1975

The Dream Makers

as Original Music Composer

1978

The World Beyond

as Original Music Composer

1979

Samurai

as Original Music Composer

1979

California Dreaming

as Original Music Composer

1981

The Five of Me

as Original Music Composer

1976

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

as Original Music Composer

1977

The Death of Richie

as Original Music Composer

1977

Intimate Strangers

as Original Music Composer

1982

Inside the Third Reich

as Original Music Composer

1970

Lovers and Other Strangers

as Original Music Composer

1976

Joe Panther

as Original Music Composer

1978

Lady of the House

as Original Music Composer

1977

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Original Music Composer

1978

Leave Yesterday Behind

as Original Music Composer

1978

Deadman's Curve

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

as Original Music Composer

1978

Mean Dog Blues

as Original Music Composer

1974

Chosen Survivors

as Original Music Composer

1979

Ravagers

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Dion Brothers

as Original Music Composer

1984

Calamity Jane

as Original Music Composer

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Original Music Composer

1969

Mastermind

as Original Music Composer

1971

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

as Original Music Composer

1973

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids

as Original Music Composer

1974

Goodnight Jackie

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Take

as Original Music Composer

1974

Mixed Company

as Original Music Composer

1974

Punch and Jody

as Original Music Composer

1975

Death Be Not Proud

as Original Music Composer

1976

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

as Original Music Composer

1977

Green Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1977

Minstrel Man

as Original Music Composer

1977

1977

Greased Lightning

as Original Music Composer

1977

Lucan

as Original Music Composer

1977

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

as Original Music Composer

1977

Having Babies II

as Original Music Composer

1977

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

as Original Music Composer

1978

Forever

as Original Music Composer

1978

Just Me and You

as Original Music Composer

1978

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

as Original Music Composer

1978

More Than Friends

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Gift of Love

as Original Music Composer

1978

Long Journey Back

as Original Music Composer

1978

Who'll Save Our Children?

as Original Music Composer

1979

Transplant

as Original Music Composer

1979

Ike

as Original Music Composer

1979

1979

Walking Through the Fire

as Original Music Composer

1979

The Last Giraffe

as Original Music Composer

1979

Sex and the Single Parent

as Original Music Composer

1979

Vampire

as Original Music Composer

1980

Once Upon a Family

as Original Music Composer

1980

Marriage Is Alive and Well

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Plutonium Incident

as Original Music Composer

1980

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

as Original Music Composer

1980

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

as Original Music Composer

1980

Homeward Bound

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

as Original Music Composer

1980

1980

My Kidnapper, My Love

as Original Music Composer

1980

A Time for Miracles

as Original Music Composer

1981

We're Fighting Back

as Original Music Composer

1981

Bitter Harvest

as Original Music Composer

1981

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls

as Original Music Composer

1981

The Marva Collins Story

as Original Music Composer

1982

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

as Original Music Composer

1982

Not in Front of the Children

as Original Music Composer

1982

Deadly Encounter

as Original Music Composer

1983

Inspector Perez

as Original Music Composer

1983

Wishman

as Original Music Composer

1983

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't

as Original Music Composer

1983

Night Partners

as Original Music Composer

1983

Policewoman Centerfold

as Original Music Composer

1985

Kids Don't Tell

as Original Music Composer

1985

Hostage Flight

as Original Music Composer

1985

Final Jeopardy

as Original Music Composer

1986

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

as Original Music Composer

1987

A Place to Call Home

as Original Music Composer

1987

Celebration Family

as Original Music Composer

1988

What Price Victory

as Original Music Composer

1988

Lady Mobster

as Original Music Composer

1988

Dadah Is Death

as Original Music Composer

1989

Bridge to Silence

as Original Music Composer

1990

Murder C.O.D.

as Original Music Composer

1991

Her Wicked Ways

as Original Music Composer

1991

Strawberry Road

as Original Music Composer

1991

The Last Prostitute

as Original Music Composer

1993

1993

1997

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos

as Original Music Composer

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