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temporary tracks can become the final score. 46
Gerald Fried went on to a very successful career writing scores for both television and films. His philosophy of scoring, and his ability to work quickly, made him ideally suited for the job. Fried describes the highlights of his career as the score for the iconic television mini-series Roots (Quincy Jones began the score, writing a portion of it before Fried was brought in to complete the work), his work on the Kubrick films, and his work for the original Star Trek television show. One of his cues for that particular program, fight music for a battle in which Kirk and Spock must fight to the death (in an episode called “Amok Time”), 47 has entered popular culture as definitive dramatic (perhaps melodramatic) fight music. 48 In 2012, Fried was still composing, working on a musical (for which he wrote the script, music, and book), and living in New Mexico.
Notes
1. “Kids at a Ball-Game,” Look, October 16, 1945; “Dixieland Jazz Is ‘Hot’ Again,” Look, June 6, 1950; “Montgomery Clift . . . Glamour Boy in Baggy Pants,” Look, July 19, 1949. A collection of these clippings is housed at the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London.
2. Mildred Stagg, “Quiz Kid,” The Camera, December 6, 1949, 152.
3. Raymond Fielding, The March of Time: 1935–1951 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978), 63.
4. Kubrick had also done another day-in-the-life piece in Look on boxer Rocky Graziano in its February 14, 1950, issue.
5. United States Coast Guard website, http://www.uscg.mil/history/img/Sailors_All_Poster.jpg .
6. “This Is America: They Fly with the Fleet,” Internet Movie Database , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346020/ .
7. Quoted in John Baxter, Stanley Kubrick: A Biography ( New York: Carroll and Graf, 1997), 37.
8. Vincent LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick: A Biography (New York: Da Capo Press, 1997), 68.
9. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 64.
10. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 67.
11. Email to the author, 5 April 2012.
12. Fleischer was editor in chief of Ring Magazine from 1929 to 1972.
13. Fried himself was a woodwind player (oboe), and much of his film music relies on the woodwinds to carry melody.
14. Kubrick apparently gave Cartier the dog, hoping to add a “human interest” element. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 61.
15. Kubrick later discussed having to do reshoots because Cartier knocked Bobby James out too quickly.
16. “The Seafarers,” Internet Movie Database , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045130/synopsis .
17. From the Associated Press: “A 22-Year-Old Producer Makes Real Films for Fun and Profit,” New York Journal-American , December 27, 1950.
18. Interview with Joseph Gelmis, “The Film Director as Superstar,” The Kubrick Site , http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0069.html .
19. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 80–81.
20. Review of Fear and Desire , New York Post , March 9, 1953.
21. Frank Quinn, New York Mirror , no date, clipping.
22. Letter from Mark van Doren to Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick Archive, University of the Arts London.
23. John McCarten, Review of Fear and Desire , New Yorker, April 11, 1953, 128, http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1953-04-11#folio=128 .
24. The character’s name is later revealed to be MacClellan, perhaps a reference to Civil War general George McClellan, who was a brilliant man but a poor judge of his abilities on the battlefield. He was removed from his command by Lincoln because he twice missed the opportunity to not only end the Civil War but win it.
25. The magician Sydney refers to is Prospero, from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. In this play, Prospero and his daughter Miranda are exiled on a remote island. Prospero uses his magic to create a storm that will bring his brother Antonio, who has usurped the throne from Prospero, to the island, along with Antonio’s allies.
26. William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 1, sc. 2.
27. In pieces like Richard Strauss’s tone poem
Gerald Fried went on to a very successful career writing scores for both television and films. His philosophy of scoring, and his ability to work quickly, made him ideally suited for the job. Fried describes the highlights of his career as the score for the iconic television mini-series Roots (Quincy Jones began the score, writing a portion of it before Fried was brought in to complete the work), his work on the Kubrick films, and his work for the original Star Trek television show. One of his cues for that particular program, fight music for a battle in which Kirk and Spock must fight to the death (in an episode called “Amok Time”), 47 has entered popular culture as definitive dramatic (perhaps melodramatic) fight music. 48 In 2012, Fried was still composing, working on a musical (for which he wrote the script, music, and book), and living in New Mexico.
Notes
1. “Kids at a Ball-Game,” Look, October 16, 1945; “Dixieland Jazz Is ‘Hot’ Again,” Look, June 6, 1950; “Montgomery Clift . . . Glamour Boy in Baggy Pants,” Look, July 19, 1949. A collection of these clippings is housed at the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London.
2. Mildred Stagg, “Quiz Kid,” The Camera, December 6, 1949, 152.
3. Raymond Fielding, The March of Time: 1935–1951 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978), 63.
4. Kubrick had also done another day-in-the-life piece in Look on boxer Rocky Graziano in its February 14, 1950, issue.
5. United States Coast Guard website, http://www.uscg.mil/history/img/Sailors_All_Poster.jpg .
6. “This Is America: They Fly with the Fleet,” Internet Movie Database , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346020/ .
7. Quoted in John Baxter, Stanley Kubrick: A Biography ( New York: Carroll and Graf, 1997), 37.
8. Vincent LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick: A Biography (New York: Da Capo Press, 1997), 68.
9. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 64.
10. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 67.
11. Email to the author, 5 April 2012.
12. Fleischer was editor in chief of Ring Magazine from 1929 to 1972.
13. Fried himself was a woodwind player (oboe), and much of his film music relies on the woodwinds to carry melody.
14. Kubrick apparently gave Cartier the dog, hoping to add a “human interest” element. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 61.
15. Kubrick later discussed having to do reshoots because Cartier knocked Bobby James out too quickly.
16. “The Seafarers,” Internet Movie Database , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045130/synopsis .
17. From the Associated Press: “A 22-Year-Old Producer Makes Real Films for Fun and Profit,” New York Journal-American , December 27, 1950.
18. Interview with Joseph Gelmis, “The Film Director as Superstar,” The Kubrick Site , http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0069.html .
19. LoBrutto, Stanley Kubrick , 80–81.
20. Review of Fear and Desire , New York Post , March 9, 1953.
21. Frank Quinn, New York Mirror , no date, clipping.
22. Letter from Mark van Doren to Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick Archive, University of the Arts London.
23. John McCarten, Review of Fear and Desire , New Yorker, April 11, 1953, 128, http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1953-04-11#folio=128 .
24. The character’s name is later revealed to be MacClellan, perhaps a reference to Civil War general George McClellan, who was a brilliant man but a poor judge of his abilities on the battlefield. He was removed from his command by Lincoln because he twice missed the opportunity to not only end the Civil War but win it.
25. The magician Sydney refers to is Prospero, from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. In this play, Prospero and his daughter Miranda are exiled on a remote island. Prospero uses his magic to create a storm that will bring his brother Antonio, who has usurped the throne from Prospero, to the island, along with Antonio’s allies.
26. William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 1, sc. 2.
27. In pieces like Richard Strauss’s tone poem
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