Fred Karlin
Sound
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
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Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997
Original Music Composer
movieLabor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993
Original Music Composer
movieDesperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Secret
1992
Original Music Composer
movieSurvive the Savage Sea
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Prostitute
1991
Original Music Composer
movieStrawberry Road
1991
Original Music Composer
movieHer Wicked Ways
1991
Original Music Composer
movieMurder C.O.D.
1990
Original Music Composer
movieFear Stalk
1989
Original Music Composer
movieBridge to Silence
1989
Original Music Composer
movieDadah Is Death
1988
Original Music Composer
movieLady Mobster
1988
Original Music Composer
movieWhat Price Victory
1988
Original Music Composer
movieCelebration Family
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Facts of Life Down Under
1987
Original Music Composer
A Place to Call Home
1987
Original Music Composer
tvDream West
1986
Original Music Composer
movieVasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986
Original Music Composer
movieFinal Jeopardy
1985
Original Music Composer
movieHostage Flight
1985
Original Music Composer
movieKids Don't Tell
1985
Original Music Composer
movieLove Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
Original Music Composer
movieCalamity Jane
1984
Original Music Composer
movieCougar
1984
Original Music Composer
movieThe Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
Original Music Composer
moviePolicewoman Centerfold
1983
Original Music Composer
movieNight Partners
1983
Original Music Composer
movieOne Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983
Original Music Composer
movieWishman
1983
Original Music Composer
movieIn Defense of Kids
1983
Original Music Composer
movieBaby Sister
1983
Original Music Composer
movieInspector Perez
1983
Original Music Composer
movieDeadly Encounter
1982
Original Music Composer
movieMissing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe First Time
1982
Original Music Composer
Not in Front of the Children
1982
Original Music Composer
movieHollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
Original Music Composer
tvInside the Third Reich
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Marva Collins Story
1981
Original Music Composer
movieJacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981
Original Music Composer
movieBitter Harvest
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThe Five of Me
1981
Original Music Composer
movieBroken Promise
1981
Original Music Composer
movieWe're Fighting Back
1981
Original Music Composer
movieMiracle on Ice
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThornwell
1981
Original Music Composer
movieA Time for Miracles
1980
Original Music Composer
movieMy Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Original Music Composer
movieFighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
Original Music Composer
movieHomeward Bound
1980
Original Music Composer
movieSophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
Original Music Composer
movieLoving Couples
1980
Original Music Composer
movieMom, the Wolfman and Me
1980
Original Music Composer
movieBaby Comes Home
1980
Original Music Composer
movieCloud Dancer
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Plutonium Incident
1980
Original Music Composer
movieMarriage Is Alive and Well
1980
Original Music Composer
movieOnce Upon a Family
1980
Original Music Composer
movieTopper
1979
Original Music Composer
movieAnd Baby Makes Six
1979
Original Music Composer
movieVampire
1979
Original Music Composer
movieSex and the Single Parent
1979
Original Music Composer
movieRavagers
1979
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Giraffe
1979
Original Music Composer
movieLawman Without a Gun
1979
Original Music Composer
tvBlind Ambition
1979
Original Music Composer
movieWalking Through the Fire
1979
Original Music Composer
movieStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
Original Music Composer
movieIke
1979
Original Music Composer
tvIke
1979
Original Music Composer
movieSamurai
1979
Original Music Composer
movieTransplant
1979
Original Music Composer
movieCalifornia Dreaming
1979
Original Music Composer
movie...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
Original Music Composer
movieWho'll Save Our Children?
1978
Original Music Composer
movieLong Journey Back
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe Gift of Love
1978
Original Music Composer
movieBud and Lou
1978
Original Music Composer
movieLady of the House
1978
Original Music Composer
movieMore Than Friends
1978
Original Music Composer
tvKaz
1978
Original Music Composer
movieRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
Original Music Composer
movieJust Me and You
1978
Original Music Composer
movieLeave Yesterday Behind
1978
Original Music Composer
movieMean Dog Blues
1978
Original Music Composer
tvThe Awakening Land
1978
Original Music Composer
movieDeadman's Curve
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe World Beyond
1978
Original Music Composer
movieForever
1978
Original Music Composer
movieChristmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
Original Music Composer
movieIntimate Strangers
1977
Original Music Composer
movieHaving Babies II
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Girl Called Hatter Fox
1977
Original Music Composer
tvThe Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
Original Music Composer
tvMan from Atlantis
1977
Original Music Composer
movieLife Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
1977
Music Arranger
movieBilly: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hostage Heart
1977
Original Music Composer
movieGreased Lightning
1977
Original Music Composer
movieLucan
1977
Original Music Composer
movieAlexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
Original Music Composer
movieWorld of Darkness
1977
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977
Original Music Composer
movieMinstrel Man
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Death of Richie
1977
Original Music Composer
movieGreen Eyes
1977
Original Music Composer
Joe Panther
1976
Original Music Composer
movieWanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
Original Music Composer
movieDawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
Original Music Composer
movieMastermind
1976
Original Music Composer
movieWoman of the Year
1976
Original Music Composer
movieFutureworld
1976
Original Music Composer
movieLeadbelly
1976
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieBaby Blue Marine
1976
Original Music Composer
movieBorn Innocent
1976
Original Music Composer
movieDeath Be Not Proud
1975
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dream Makers
1975
Original Music Composer
moviePunch and Jody
1974
Original Music Composer
movieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
Original Music Composer
movieBad Ronald
1974
Original Music Composer
movieMixed Company
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dion Brothers
1974
Original Music Composer
movieChosen Survivors
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Take
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Spikes Gang
1974
Original Music Composer
Goodnight Jackie
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973
Original Music Composer
movieWestworld
1973
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieEvery Little Crook and Nanny
1972
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Ark
1972
Original Music Composer
movieBelieve in Me
1971
Original Music Composer
movieMr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971
Original Music Composer
movieCover Me Babe
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Baby Maker
1970
Original Music Composer
movieLovers and Other Strangers
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Sterile Cuckoo
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Stalking Moon
1968
Original Music Composer
movieYours, Mine and Ours
1968
Original Music Composer
movieUp the Down Staircase
1967
Original Music Composer
