Fred Karlin

Born: 1936-06-16 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2004-03-26

Known For: Sound

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 television movies. His compositions were nominated for an Emmy Award eleven times, and he won for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974.

Filmography

1997

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos ... (Original Music Composer)

1995

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith as Director

1993

Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story ... (Original Music Composer)

1992

The Secret ... (Original Music Composer)
Survive the Savage Sea ... (Original Music Composer)
The Making of High Noon ... (Music)

1991

Strawberry Road ... (Original Music Composer)
The Last Prostitute ... (Original Music Composer)
Her Wicked Ways ... (Original Music Composer)

1990

Murder C.O.D. ... (Original Music Composer)

1989

Fear Stalk ... (Original Music Composer)
Bridge to Silence ... (Original Music Composer)

1988

Lady Mobster ... (Original Music Composer)
Dadah Is Death ... (Original Music Composer)
What Price Victory ... (Original Music Composer)

1987

A Place to Call Home ... (Original Music Composer)
Celebration Family ... (Original Music Composer)
The Facts of Life Down Under ... (Original Music Composer)

1986

Dream West ... (Original Music Composer)
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter ... (Original Music Composer)

1985

Final Jeopardy ... (Original Music Composer)
Hostage Flight ... (Original Music Composer)
Kids Don't Tell ... (Original Music Composer)

1984

Calamity Jane ... (Original Music Composer)
Love Leads the Way: A True Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Cougar ... (Original Music Composer)

1983

Baby Sister ... (Original Music Composer)
Night Partners ... (Original Music Composer)
Policewoman Centerfold ... (Original Music Composer)
In Defense of Kids ... (Original Music Composer)
Wishman ... (Original Music Composer)
Inspector Perez ... (Original Music Composer)
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story ... (Original Music Composer)
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't ... (Original Music Composer)

1982

Inside the Third Reich ... (Original Music Composer)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story ... (Original Music Composer)
The First Time ... (Original Music Composer)
Deadly Encounter ... (Original Music Composer)
Not in Front of the Children ... (Original Music Composer)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter ... (Original Music Composer)

1981

Miracle on Ice ... (Original Music Composer)
Bitter Harvest ... (Original Music Composer)
The Marva Collins Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" ... (Original Music Composer)
Thornwell ... (Original Music Composer)
The Five of Me ... (Original Music Composer)
We're Fighting Back ... (Original Music Composer)
Broken Promise ... (Original Music Composer)

1980

The Plutonium Incident ... (Original Music Composer)
Loving Couples ... (Original Music Composer)
Cloud Dancer ... (Original Music Composer)
Homeward Bound ... (Original Music Composer)
Marriage Is Alive and Well ... (Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Family ... (Original Music Composer)
Mom, the Wolfman and Me ... (Original Music Composer)
My Kidnapper, My Love ... (Original Music Composer)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Baby Comes Home ... (Original Music Composer)
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier ... (Original Music Composer)
A Time for Miracles ... (Original Music Composer)
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls ... (Original Music Composer)

1979

Blind Ambition ... (Original Music Composer)
Ike ... (Original Music Composer)
Ike ... (Original Music Composer)
...And Your Name Is Jonah ... (Original Music Composer)
Ravagers ... (Original Music Composer)
California Dreaming ... (Original Music Composer)
Vampire ... (Original Music Composer)
Lawman Without a Gun ... (Original Music Composer)
Walking Through the Fire ... (Original Music Composer)
Topper ... (Original Music Composer)
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter ... (Original Music Composer)
Samurai ... (Original Music Composer)
And Baby Makes Six ... (Original Music Composer)
Sex and the Single Parent ... (Original Music Composer)
Transplant ... (Original Music Composer)
The Last Giraffe ... (Original Music Composer)

1978

Kaz ... (Original Music Composer)
The Awakening Land ... (Original Music Composer)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ... (Music)
The Gift of Love ... (Original Music Composer)
Bud and Lou ... (Original Music Composer)
Mean Dog Blues ... (Original Music Composer)
Deadman's Curve ... (Original Music Composer)
More Than Friends ... (Original Music Composer)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ... (Original Music Composer)
Who'll Save Our Children? ... (Original Music Composer)
The World Beyond ... (Original Music Composer)
Lady of the House ... (Original Music Composer)
Long Journey Back ... (Original Music Composer)
Just Me and You ... (Original Music Composer)
Forever ... (Original Music Composer)
Leave Yesterday Behind ... (Original Music Composer)

1977

Man from Atlantis ... (Original Music Composer)
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald ... (Original Music Composer)
Greased Lightning ... (Original Music Composer)
Green Eyes ... (Original Music Composer)
Intimate Strangers ... (Original Music Composer)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. ... (Original Music Composer)
The Death of Richie ... (Original Music Composer)
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn ... (Original Music Composer)
The Hostage Heart ... (Original Music Composer)
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances ... (Music)
Having Babies II ... (Original Music Composer)
The Girl Called Hatter Fox ... (Original Music Composer)
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid ... (Original Music Composer)
Minstrel Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts ... (Music)
Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores ... (Music)
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish ... (Original Music Composer)
Lucan ... (Original Music Composer)
World of Darkness ... (Original Music Composer)
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front ... (Music Arranger)

1976

Futureworld ... (Original Music Composer)
Leadbelly ... (Original Music Composer)
Born Innocent ... (Original Music Composer)
Joe Panther ... (Original Music Composer)
Baby Blue Marine ... (Original Music Composer)
Woman of the Year ... (Original Music Composer)
Wanted: The Sundance Woman ... (Original Music Composer)
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway ... (Original Music Composer)
Mastermind ... (Original Music Composer)

1975

Death Be Not Proud ... (Original Music Composer)
The Dream Makers ... (Original Music Composer)

1974

Bad Ronald ... (Original Music Composer)
The Spikes Gang ... (Original Music Composer)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ... (Original Music Composer)
Punch and Jody ... (Original Music Composer)
Chosen Survivors ... (Original Music Composer)
The Take ... (Original Music Composer)
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy ... (Original Music Composer)
The Dion Brothers ... (Original Music Composer)
Mixed Company ... (Original Music Composer)
Goodnight Jackie ... (Original Music Composer)

1973

Westworld ... (Original Music Composer)
A Chant of Silence ... (Music)
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids ... (Original Music Composer)

1972

The Little Ark ... (Original Music Composer)
Every Little Crook and Nanny ... (Original Music Composer)

1971

Believe in Me ... (Original Music Composer)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones ... (Original Music Composer)
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker ... (Original Music Composer)

1970

Lovers and Other Strangers ... (Original Music Composer)
Cover Me Babe ... (Original Music Composer)
The Baby Maker ... (Original Music Composer)

1969

The Sterile Cuckoo ... (Original Music Composer)

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours ... (Original Music Composer)
The Stalking Moon ... (Original Music Composer)

1967

Up the Down Staircase ... (Original Music Composer)