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Composer, CT resident Gerald Fried dead at 95

Composer Gerald Fried dead at 95
Gerald Fried
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We have lost one of Connecticut's most prolific entertainers with the death of George Fried at the age of 95.

Even if you never heard of Fried, you are likely familiar with his hits.


Star Trek and Gilligan's Island are just two of the many TV shows whose themes were written by George Fried.

Both Fried and Quincy Jones won an Emmy for the theme to the slavery miniseries Roots.

Fried's career got off to a storied beginning. He and Stanley Kubrick met when both were young unknowns. Fried eventually wrote the scores to Kubrick's first four movies, including Paths of Glory.