Fred Karlin
Known for: Sound
Born: June 16, 1936
Died: March 26, 2004
Place of birth: 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 (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.
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Filmography
141 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
4.5
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997
7.0
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
1995
7.0
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993
5.2
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
1993
9.0
The Secret
1992
4.8
Survive the Savage Sea
1992
6.7
The Making of High Noon
1992
4.5
The Last Prostitute
1991
9.5
Strawberry Road
1991
5.6
Her Wicked Ways
1991
8.1
Murder C.O.D.
1990
7.0
Fear Stalk
1989
7.7
Bridge to Silence
1989
5.0
Dadah Is Death
1988
5.0
Lady Mobster
1988
NR
What Price Victory
1988
7.0
Celebration Family
1987
6.3
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
7.0
A Place to Call Home
1987
6.0
Dream West
1986
5.0
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986
6.3
Final Jeopardy
1985
6.1
Hostage Flight
1985
10.0
Kids Don't Tell
1985
7.1
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
7.0
Calamity Jane
1984
7.0
Cougar
1984
6.5
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983
4.6
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
7.5
Night Partners
1983
7.0
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983
4.8
Wishman
1983
7.0
In Defense of Kids
1983
4.3
Baby Sister
1983
NR
Inspector Perez
1983
5.4
Deadly Encounter
1982
7.5
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
4.0
The First Time
19827.5
Not in Front of the Children
1982
NR
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
8.0
Inside the Third Reich
1982
7.4
The Marva Collins Story
1981
4.7
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981
1.0
Bitter Harvest
1981
9.3
The Five of Me
1981
7.3
Broken Promise
1981
7.0
We're Fighting Back
1981
6.6
Miracle on Ice
1981
7.3
Thornwell
1981
8.0
A Time for Miracles
1980
7.5
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
5.0
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
5.0
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
5.0
Homeward Bound
1980
5.5
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
4.8
Loving Couples
1980
7.0
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980
NR
Baby Comes Home
1980
6.0
Cloud Dancer
1980
6.5
The Plutonium Incident
1980
4.7
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
9.0
Once Upon a Family
1980
7.0
Topper
1979
10.0
And Baby Makes Six
1979
6.1
Vampire
1979
10.0
Sex and the Single Parent
1979
4.5
Ravagers
1979
7.0
The Last Giraffe
1979
9.0
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
6.3
Blind Ambition
1979
5.5
Walking Through the Fire
1979
9.4
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
6.8
Ike
19797.3
Ike
1979
9.0
Samurai
1979
10.0
Transplant
1979
4.7
California Dreaming
1979
6.6
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979
7.0
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978
7.0
Long Journey Back
1978
6.7
The Gift of Love
1978
5.5
Bud and Lou
1978
NR
Lady of the House
1978
10.0
More Than Friends
1978
7.0
Kaz
1978
8.0
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
5.3
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
7.0
Just Me and You
1978
5.2
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
4.8
Mean Dog Blues
1978
7.5
The Awakening Land
1978
5.4
Deadman's Curve
1978
6.6
The World Beyond
1978
10.0
Forever
1978
6.3
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
5.0
Intimate Strangers
1977
5.0
Having Babies II
1977
7.0
The Girl Called Hatter Fox
1977
10.0
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
6.4
Man from Atlantis
1977
9.0
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
1977
8.0
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
8.0
The Hostage Heart
1977
6.4
Greased Lightning
1977
8.0
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977
7.0
Lucan
1977
8.0
Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores
1977
5.5
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
7.5
Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts
1977
5.5
World of Darkness
1977
7.0
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977
NR
Minstrel Man
1977
7.0
The Death of Richie
1977
8.0
Green Eyes
19776.0
Joe Panther
1976
6.7
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
5.4
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
4.8
Mastermind
1976
7.0
Woman of the Year
1976
5.9
Futureworld
1976
6.4
Leadbelly
1976
5.2
Baby Blue Marine
1976
6.3
Born Innocent
1976
6.0
Death Be Not Proud
1975
7.0
The Dream Makers
1975
9.0
Punch and Jody
1974
4.0
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
6.4
Bad Ronald
1974
6.5
Mixed Company
1974
6.6
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
5.5
The Dion Brothers
1974
5.7
Chosen Survivors
1974
6.8
The Take
1974
6.7
The Spikes Gang
1974NR
Goodnight Jackie
1974
6.5
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973
6.8
Westworld
1973
NR
A Chant of Silence
1973
7.5
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
6.2
The Little Ark
1972
4.8
Believe in Me
1971
7.3
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
4.3
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971
4.7
Cover Me Babe
1970
6.2
The Baby Maker
1970
5.1
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
5.6
The Sterile Cuckoo
1969
5.9
The Stalking Moon
1968
6.9
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
7.1
Up the Down Staircase
1967