Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere release of two scores composed by Gerald Fried (Star Trek: The Original Series, Roots, Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Gilligan’s Island). The album includes the Emmy Award-winning composer’s music from the 1979 ABC television movie Disaster on the Coastliner directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, Yvette Mimieux, E.G. Marshall, William Shatner & Paul L. Smith, as well as the 1980 HBO miniseries Condominium directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Dan Haggerty, Steve Forrest, Ana Alicia, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson & Larry Bishop. The limited edition 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. A digital version will be coming out in a couple of weeks and will be available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon.
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World Premiere Release of Gerald Fried’s ‘The Bell Jar’ & ‘Vigilante Force’ Scores Announced
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of two scores composed by Gerald Fried (Star Trek: The Original Series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Roots, Gilligan’s Island). The album includes the composer’s music from the 1979 drama The Bell Jar directed by Larry Peerce and starring Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson, Robert Klein & Barbara Barrie, as well as his score from the 1976 action movie Vigilante Force written and directed by George Armitage and starring Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. The Gerald Fried – Volume 2 is now available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. A digital release is expected in the coming weeks.
Gerald Fried (1928-2023)
Gerald Fried has passed away yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. The composer was best known for his work on classic TV shows including the original Star Trek series, Gilligan’s Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible and Dynasty. He won an Emmy Award (shared with Quincy Jones) for his music for the 1977 mini-series Roots and was Emmy-nominated several other times for the 1980 TV movie The Silent Lovers (1980) and the mini-series The Mystic Warrior (1984) and Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987).
‘Unbelievable!!!!!’ Soundtrack Released
Lolaskyy Music has released a soundtrack album for the Star Trek parody film Unbelievable!!!!!. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Gerald Fried (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Roots, Mission: Impossible, Gilligan’s Island) who scored several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Also included is the original song After Today by singer/songwriter Emily L. Stanton. Visit Amazon to stream/download the album. Unbelievable!!!!! is directed by Steven L. Fawcette and stars Kirk Stillwood (a puppet created by the Chiodo Brothers), Snoop Dogg, Michael Madsen and Gilbert Gottfried. The movie also features appearances by over 40 cast members from the Star Trek movies and TV series, as well as Robert Davi, Sam Asghari, Casper Smart and Nadia Lanfranconi.