Gerald Fried’s career as a composer for film and television spans five decades, in the 1950s and ‘60s he was well known for his inventive scores for a variety low to medium budget films such as MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, THE RETURN OF DRACULA, and TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN. In the ‘60s he become one of the most prolific composers for TV, scoring episodes...
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Gerald Fried
After studying music in New York, Gerald Fried began film scoring in the 1950’s with low-budget B-movies such as THE CRY BABY KILLER (1958), THE RETURN OF DRACULA (1958). TIMBUKTU (1959) and the like (including his childhood friend Stanley Kubrick’s first three films). Fried eventually gained a reputation in the ‘60s and ‘70s as a top-notch...