Gerald Fried, Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer, dead at 95

Born in the Bronx on Feb. 13, 1928, Fried attended New York’s High School of Music and the Juilliard School of Music.

He began busying himself in Hollywood in the late 1950s by composing for blockbusters, TV series and more.His most remarkable career accomplishment is his Emmy win for his work for “Roots.”he got that gig amid producer fears the production wouldn’t finish on time with the original composer, Quincy Jones, reportedly missing deadlines.

Perhaps most notably, the composer scored several films helmed by his childhood friend, Stanley Kubrick, including “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory” .with the Television Academy, Fried recalled his prolific career and the pressures that accompanied it.

The original Star Trek was so improved by his amazing scores.

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Gerald Fried Dies: Emmy Winning Composer For ‘Roots’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Was 95Gerald Fried, a composer for some of television’s biggest moments in the 1960s, died Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. Fried won an Emmy for the… May he rest in peace.
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