Fred Karlin

Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

TV
Involvement

145

Movie
Involvement

Person Details

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Aliases: Frederick James Karlin , Frederick Karlin

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 145

TV Involvements: 7

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1995	Director	Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith 1995-10-20 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Original Music Composer	Lost Treasure of Dos Santos 1997-04-20 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story 1993-05-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story 1993-01-18 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	The Secret 1992-04-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Survive the Savage Sea 1992-01-05 Movie
	Music	The Making of High Noon 1992-01-02 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	The Last Prostitute 1991-09-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strawberry Road 1991-04-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Her Wicked Ways 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	Murder C.O.D. 1990-09-24 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Fear Stalk 1989-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bridge to Silence 1989-04-09 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Dadah Is Death 1988-10-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lady Mobster 1988-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	What Price Victory 1988-01-18 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Celebration Family 1987-05-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Facts of Life Down Under 1987-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Place to Call Home 1987-02-07 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Dream West 1986-04-13 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Final Jeopardy 1985-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hostage Flight 1985-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kids Don't Tell 1985-03-05 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Love Leads the Way: A True Story 1984-10-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Calamity Jane 1984-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cougar 1984-01-07 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story 1983-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Policewoman Centerfold 1983-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night Partners 1983-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	One Cooks, the Other Doesn't 1983-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wishman 1983-06-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	In Defense of Kids 1983-04-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Baby Sister 1983-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Inspector Perez 1983-01-08 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	Deadly Encounter 1982-12-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Missing Children: A Mother's Story 1982-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The First Time 1982-11-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Not in Front of the Children 1982-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982-05-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Inside the Third Reich 1982-05-09 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	The Marva Collins Story 1981-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls 1981-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bitter Harvest 1981-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Five of Me 1981-05-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Broken Promise 1981-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	We're Fighting Back 1981-04-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Miracle on Ice 1981-03-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thornwell 1981-01-28 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	A Time for Miracles 1980-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Kidnapper, My Love 1980-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier 1980-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Secret War of Jackie's Girls 1980-11-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Homeward Bound 1980-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 1980-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Loving Couples 1980-10-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mom, the Wolfman and Me 1980-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Baby Comes Home 1980-10-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cloud Dancer 1980-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Plutonium Incident 1980-03-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Marriage Is Alive and Well 1980-01-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Once Upon a Family 1980-01-22 Movie
1979	Original Music Composer	Topper 1979-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	And Baby Makes Six 1979-10-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vampire 1979-10-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sex and the Single Parent 1979-09-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ravagers 1979-06-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Giraffe 1979-06-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lawman Without a Gun 1979-05-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blind Ambition 1979-05-20 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Walking Through the Fire 1979-05-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter 1979-05-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ike 1979-05-03 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Ike 1979-05-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai 1979-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Transplant 1979-04-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	California Dreaming 1979-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	...And Your Name Is Jonah 1979-01-28 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	Who'll Save Our Children? 1978-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Long Journey Back 1978-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Gift of Love 1978-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bud and Lou 1978-11-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lady of the House 1978-11-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	More Than Friends 1978-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kaz 1978-09-10 TV Show
	Music	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1978-06-02 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1978-06-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Just Me and You 1978-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Leave Yesterday Behind 1978-05-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mean Dog Blues 1978-03-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Awakening Land 1978-02-19 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Deadman's Curve 1978-02-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The World Beyond 1978-01-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Forever 1978-01-06 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. 1977-12-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Intimate Strangers 1977-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Having Babies II 1977-10-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Girl Called Hatter Fox 1977-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald 1977-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man from Atlantis 1977-09-22 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid 1977-09-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Hostage Heart 1977-09-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Greased Lightning 1977-07-01 Movie
	Music	Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances 1977-06-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lucan 1977-05-22 Movie
	Music	Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores 1977-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 1977-05-16 Movie
	Music	Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts 1977-04-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	World of Darkness 1977-04-17 Movie
	Conductor	World of Darkness 1977-04-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish 1977-03-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Minstrel Man 1977-03-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Death of Richie 1977-01-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Green Eyes 1977-01-03 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Joe Panther 1976-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wanted: The Sundance Woman 1976-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway 1976-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mastermind 1976-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Futureworld 1976-08-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Woman of the Year 1976-07-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Leadbelly 1976-05-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Baby Blue Marine 1976-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Born Innocent 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	Death Be Not Proud 1975-02-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dream Makers 1975-01-07 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Punch and Jody 1974-11-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy 1974-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bad Ronald 1974-10-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mixed Company 1974-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dion Brothers 1974-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Chosen Survivors 1974-05-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Take 1974-05-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Spikes Gang 1974-04-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Goodnight Jackie 1974-02-27 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	The Man Who Could Talk to Kids 1973-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Westworld 1973-08-15 Movie
	Conductor	Westworld 1973-08-15 Movie
	Music	A Chant of Silence 1973-05-09 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Every Little Crook and Nanny 1972-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Little Ark 1972-03-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Believe in Me 1971-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones 1971-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker 1971-08-19 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	Cover Me Babe 1970-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Baby Maker 1970-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lovers and Other Strangers 1970-08-12 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	The Sterile Cuckoo 1969-10-22 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	The Stalking Moon 1968-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yours, Mine and Ours 1968-04-24 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	Up the Down Staircase 1967-06-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv