Gerald Fried

Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and oboist known for his film and television scores. He composed music for well-known television series of the 1960s and 1970s, including ''Mission: Impossible'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''Shotgun Slade'', ''Roots'', and ''Star Trek''. Early in his career, he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick, scoring several of his earliest films.

Fried was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once in 1977 for ''Roots'', and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the documentary ''Birds Do It, Bees Do It'' (1974). Provided by Wikipedia