Webjamatom@webjam.comen2501ffa3-d91a-4528-90d4-9fc120c9ce5a19-Dec-2008Jerry Fielding was the composer and conductor of the Run Buddy Run theme song. He is a three time oscar nominee and considered the boldest and most experimental of all hollywood film composers.  He was particularly fond of radio personalities such as Orson Welles and musical composers such as Bernard Herrmann.  He had a deep appreciation for classical music from which he derived much of his inspiration.  As McCarthyism ran rampant through the country side, Fielding attempted the ground-breaking use of black performers on television which brought him much anguish and bad publicity.  This revolutionary step led to the destruction of his Hollywood career.  Seeking refuge, Fielding found himself working in Las Vegas on live performances of 'Abbott and Costello'.  McCarthyism eventually died out and Fielding was able to pull his career from the shambles of the accusations against him.  He went on to compose or aid in the composition of such themes as Noon Wine(1966) and The Wild Bunch(1969) and also contributed to the films of Clint Eastwood's career such as The Enforcer(1976) and The Gauntlet(1977).  After that, he received his third Oscar nomination for the score of The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976).  He often met grief with his unique and unwavering style of composition, for which many believe led to a life of stress.  From the mid seventies onward he suffered several heart attacks, believed to be brought on by his stressful life.  His fatal attack came in Canada while scoring Below The Belt. He has been the composer for such tv and film scores as The Bionic Woman, The Andros Targets, Mcmillan And Wife, The cop And The Kid, The Super Cops, Scorpia, The Brian Keith Show, Hogan's Heroes, The Good Guys, The Betty Hutton Show, Star Trek New Voyages, Below The Belt, Funeral Home, High Midnight, Escape From Alcatraz, Beyond The Posidon Adventure, Mr. Horn, The Big Sleep, Gray Lady Down, Simi-Tough, The Black Bird, The Killer Elite, Matt Helm, The Nightstalker, Cage Without A Key, Hustling, The Gambler, Sin American Style, Honky Tonk, Black Day For Bluebeard, Unwed Father, The Deadly Trackers, The Outfit, Skirts/Skins, Hawkins, Faraday And Company, Diana, The Snoop Sisters, A War Of Children, The Mechanic, Bridget Loves Bernie, Junior Banner, Chato's Land, Man In The Middle, The Chicago Teddy Bears, Once Upon A Dead Man, Inside O.U.T., Lawman, Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came, Hunters Are For Killing, The Crazy World Of Laurel And Hardy, Captain Nice,  Shane, and McHale's Navy,He was composer and conductor for Demon Seed, The Bad News Bears, Straw Dogs, The Nightromers, Johnny Got His Gun, The Governor And JJ, Mission Impossible, Mannix, and He And She. Fielding was born june 17, 1922 in Pittsburgh Penn. and died Feb.17,1980 in Ontario canada. He was only 58 years old. 

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