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Fred Karlin (1936–2004) was an American composer, songwriter, film score composer, and film editor. Born in Chicago and educated at Amherst College, he worked in the field of music, primarily composing soundtracks and film scores. His work is associated with jazz and score genres.
Karlin received an Emmy Award and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He is recognized in the Grammy Winners collection. Karlin died in Culver City.
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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- Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith — Director1995
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Frederick James "Fred" Karlin (June 16, 1936 - March 26, 2004) was an American composer of more than one hundred scores for feature films and television movies. He also was an accomplished trumpeter adept at playing jazz, blues, classical, rock, and medieval music. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he studied jazz composition with William Russo and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College, where he wrote his String Quartet No. 2 as his honors thesis. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fred
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Culver City
- Occupation
- film editor
- Educated at
- Amherst College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
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- date of birth
- 1936-06-16
- date of death
- 2004-03-26
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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