Fred Steiner
Frederick "Fred" Steiner (born February 24, 1923 in New York City , New York ; † June 23, 2011 in Ajijic , Jalisco , Mexico ) was an American film composer and arranger .
Live and act
Fred Steiner was the son of the violinist, composer and arranger George Steiner. He started playing the piano at the age of six; at the age of 13 he learned the cello . With a scholarship he attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio , where he had lessons from the composer Normand Lockwood . Gained his first professional experience during the 1940s as a composer, arranger and orchestra conductor in New York radio shows, in particular as musical director of the ABC radio series This Is Your FBI . In 1947 he moved to the west coast of the USA and worked in the Hollywood film and television studios . His early contributions include music on CBS television shows such as Man Against Crime, The Danny Thomas Show, and Gunsmoke . In 1958 Steiner and his family moved to Mexico City , where he worked as the director of an independent record company and built up a music library for Mexican television and state-produced documentaries. After his return to Southern California in 1960, he continued his career in the Hollywood studio; he also studied at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California , where he earned a degree in musicology and later taught composition.
One of his best-known works for film and television was the theme song for the television series Perry Mason , which was based on the novel of the same name. He created a music theme called Park Avenue Beat , which was one of the early TV music styles influenced by jazz and rhythm and blues , and which was often used later. He was also one of the composers of the 1986 Oscar-nominated film music for The Color Purple , he also wrote a. a. Music to Twilight Zone , various Star Trek productions, Have Gun, Will Travel , A Thousand Miles of Dust , A Cage Full of Heroes and Mannix .
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: The Man with the Golden Arm ( not mentioned in the credits)
- 1956: Towards the Sun (Run for the Sun)
- 1956: The Man from Del Rio
- 1960–1965: Rauchende Colts (Gunsmoke) (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 1962–1966: Perry Mason (TV series, 97 episodes)
- 1965–1966: A Cage Full of Heroes (Hogan's Heroes) (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 1965: Forty Cars Westward (The Hallelujah Trail) (unmentioned in the credits)
- 1966–1967: Spaceship Enterprise (Star Trek) (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1967: Chicago Massacre (The St. Valentine's Day Massacre)
- 1968: The Wild Wild West (Wild Wild West) (TV series, one episode)
- 1971: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1978: Hawaii Five-O (Hawaii Five-O) (TV series, Episode 1)
- 1979: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (uncredited)
- 1983: The Denver Clan (Dynasty) (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1985: The Color Purple (The Color Purple)
- 1987: Starship Enterprise: The Next Century (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny (Mrs. Doubtfire)
Nomination (selection)
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Oscar
- 1986 : Best film music Die Farbe Lila (nominated)
Web links
- Fred Steiner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in Find a Grave
- Guide to the Fred Steiner papers at the University of Oregon.
- Interview with Fred Steiner lasting several hours
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Randy Lewis: Fred Steiner, composer of 'Perry Mason' theme, dies at 88 on washingtonpost.com of June 28, 2011 (English), accessed June 29, 2011
- ↑ Alan Stanbridge: From the Margins to the Mainstream: Jazz, Social Relations, and Discourses of Value in: Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation, Vol 4, No 1 (2008)
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SURNAME | Steiner, Fred |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steiner, Frederick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer and arranger |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York, United States |
DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2011 |
Place of death | Ajijic , Jalisco, Mexico |