About

Known credits:
146
Birthday:
1936-06-16
Place of birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Website:
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Fred Karlin

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1995 Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith Actor Director 58
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Directing
1995 Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith Directing Director 58
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Sound
1993 Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story Sound Music 58
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1993 Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story Sound Music 58
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1992 The Secret Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1992 Survive the Savage Sea Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1992 The Making of High Noon Sound Music 59
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1991 The Last Prostitute Sound Music 58
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1991 Strawberry Road Sound Music 58
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1991 Her Wicked Ways Sound Music 58
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1990 Murder C.O.D. Sound Music 59
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1989 Fear Stalk Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1989 Bridge to Silence Sound Music 59
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1988 Dadah Is Death Sound Music 58
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1988 Lady Mobster Sound Music 58
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1988 What Price Victory Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1987 Celebration Family Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1987 The Facts of Life Down Under Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1987 A Place to Call Home Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1986 Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1985 Final Jeopardy Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1985 Hostage Flight Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1985 Kids Don't Tell Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1984 Calamity Jane Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1984 Cougar Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 Policewoman Centerfold Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 Night Partners Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 One Cooks, the Other Doesn't Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1983 Wishman Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 In Defense of Kids Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1983 Baby Sister Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 Inspector Perez Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1982 Deadly Encounter Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1982 The First Time Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1982 Not in Front of the Children Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1982 Inside the Third Reich Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 The Marva Collins Story Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Bitter Harvest Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 The Five of Me Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Broken Promise Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 We're Fighting Back Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Miracle on Ice Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Thornwell Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 A Time for Miracles Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 My Kidnapper, My Love Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 The Secret War of Jackie's Girls Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Homeward Bound Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Loving Couples Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Mom, the Wolfman and Me Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1980 Baby Comes Home Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1980 Cloud Dancer Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 The Plutonium Incident Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Marriage Is Alive and Well Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Once Upon a Family Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Topper Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 And Baby Makes Six Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Vampire Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 Sex and the Single Parent Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Ravagers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 The Last Giraffe Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Lawman Without a Gun Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Blind Ambition Sound Music 69
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1979 Walking Through the Fire Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 Ike Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 Ike Sound Music 69
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1979 Samurai Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Transplant Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 California Dreaming Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 ...And Your Name Is Jonah Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1978 Who'll Save Our Children? Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 Long Journey Back Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 The Gift of Love Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 Bud and Lou Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1978 Lady of the House Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1978 More Than Friends Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1978 Kaz Sound Original Music Composer 69
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1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Sound Music 69
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1978 Just Me and You Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 Leave Yesterday Behind Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1978 Mean Dog Blues Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 The Awakening Land Sound Music 69
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1978 Deadman's Curve Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1978 The World Beyond Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1978 Forever Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 Intimate Strangers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 Having Babies II Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 The Girl Called Hatter Fox Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 Man from Atlantis Sound Original Music Composer 66
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1977 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 The Hostage Heart Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 Greased Lightning Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 Lucan Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 The World of Darkness Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 Minstrel Man Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 The Death of Richie Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1977 Green Eyes Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1976 Wanted: The Sundance Woman Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Joe Panther Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1976 Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Mastermind Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Futureworld Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Woman of the Year Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1976 Leadbelly Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Baby Blue Marine Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Born Innocent Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1975 Death Be Not Proud Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1975 The Dream Makers Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1974 Punch and Jody Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1974 It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 Bad Ronald Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1974 Mixed Company Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 The Dion Brothers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 Chosen Survivors Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 The Take Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 The Spikes Gang Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1974 Goodnight Jackie Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1973 The Man Who Could Talk to Kids Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1973 Westworld Sound Original Music Composer 65
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1973 Westworld Sound Conductor 65
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1973 A Chant of Silence Sound Music N/A
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1972 Every Little Crook and Nanny Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1972 The Little Ark Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1971 Believe in Me Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1971 Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1970 The Baby Maker Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1970 Cover Me Babe Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1970 Lovers and Other Strangers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1969 The Sterile Cuckoo Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1968 The Stalking Moon Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Sound Original Music Composer 60
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1967 Up the Down Staircase Sound Original Music Composer 59
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