Fred Karlin

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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.

Filmography

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