Fred Steiner
Composer
1923 – 2011
Who was Fred Steiner?
Fred Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Perry Mason and The Bullwinkle Show. In film, Steiner was one of the team of composers for the 1985 film, The Color Purple, which received an Oscar nomination and was an uncredited composer for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Steiner was most active in television series during the 1950s and 1960s. His numerous composition credits included music for Hogan's Heroes, Have Gun–Will Travel, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Star Trek and Rawhide.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1923
New York City - Also known as
- Frederick Steiner
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Shirley Lipkin
(1946 - 2011/06/23)
- Shirley Lipkin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music
- University of Southern California
- Died
- Jun 23, 2011
Ajijic, Jalisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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