Intrada Soundtrack Forum

Today's Jerry Fielding's birthday.
Modernist composer Jerry Fielding was born in June 17, 1922.
I discovered Fielding while watching "Mission: Impossible".
He gave MISSION's season 3 and 4 its distinctive sound which was stylistically similar to "The Wild Bunch" arrangements.
He had a tense martial jazz-oriented style full of ominous sneaky violin use and lethal drum arrangements.
The first soundtrack I bought from him was "The Wild Bunch" thanks to the Warner Bros first edition plus four volumes of Bay Cities CDs. Then, I was aware of his work through Universal shows like "Kolchak, The Night Stalker" and "The Bionic Woman" season 1. Later on, I stepped into his scores through Clint Eastwood, Sam Peckinpah, Michael Winner and Desilu Productions ("Star Trek" and "Mannix").

Favourite Film Works:
"The Wild Bunch": my single favourite!
"The Outlaw Josey Wales"
"Straw Dogs"
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"
"The Killer Elite"
"The Getaway"
"The Mechanic"
"Chato's Land"
"Scorpio"
"Lawman"
"The Super Cops"

Favourite TV works:
* "Mission: Impossible" (see the scores: "The Council", "The Execution", "The Cardinal", "The Exchange", "The Controllers")
* "Kolchak: the Night Stalker" (see the scores: "The Werewolf", "Firefall", "The Devil's Platform", "Bad Medecine", "Mr. R.I.N.G.", "The Trevi Collection")
* "Star Trek" (see the scores: "The Trouble with Tribbles", "Spectre of the Gun")
* "The Bionic Woman" season 1
* "Mannix" (see the scores: "Make it Like it Never Happened", "Warning: Live Blueberries", Coffin for a Clown", "Pressure Point", "The Sound of Darkness", "One for the Lady")


The following soundtrack labels have released some of his best work: (you can listen to audio samples at the websites)

FILM SCORE MONTHLY at http://www.screenarchives.com/
"The Outfit"
"Demon Seed"
"The Getaway"
"The Super Cops"

INTRADA at http://www.intrada.com
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia/The Killer Elite"
"Lawman"

Related Jerry Fielding tributes:
"Music by Jerry Fielding: A 20th Anniversary Reminiscence"
by Nick Redman
"Twenty Years Gone: Camille Fielding remembers Jerry"
by Camille Fielding
in "Film Score Monthly", Volume 5-N° 2, February 2000.

Notes:
I hope Intrada or FSM will release the following scores classified by director:
*Sam Peckinpah: "Straw Dogs/Junnior Bonner"
*Michael Winner: "Chato's Land/The Mechanic/Scorpio"
Lalo Schifrin's label, Aleph Records will release the third "Dirty Harry" score entitled
"The Enforcer" on June 26, 2007.



PS: "Mission: Impossible" season 2 is out on DVD and feature Jerry Fielding's score for "The Council, Part I and II" : a special event not to be missed.

I'm listening to Lawman, my favorite Fielding album, tonight.

Yavar