Gerald Fried
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Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerald Fried canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Fried Context triple: [The Killing, musicBy, Gerald Fried]
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A.
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
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B.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler was a renowned German-born American pianist and long-time founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, celebrated for his chamber music and teaching.
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
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E.
Joseph Berliner
Joseph Berliner was a German-born businessman and industrialist known for helping to commercialize his brother Emile Berliner's audio and telecommunications inventions in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Fried Target entity description: Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
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A.
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
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B.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler was a renowned German-born American pianist and long-time founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, celebrated for his chamber music and teaching.
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
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E.
Joseph Berliner
Joseph Berliner was a German-born businessman and industrialist known for helping to commercialize his brother Emile Berliner's audio and telecommunications inventions in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | score for the television miniseries "Roots" ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-02-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-02-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | The Juilliard School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| familyName | Fried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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orchestration ⓘ television music ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ television score ⓘ |
| givenName | Gerald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | oboe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Los Angeles
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name | Gerald Fried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
music for the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time"
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music for the film "I Bury the Living" ⓘ music for the film "The Return of Dracula" ⓘ music for the television miniseries "Roots" ⓘ music for the television series "Gilligan’s Island" ⓘ music for the television series "Mission: Impossible" ⓘ music for the television series "Shotgun Slade" ⓘ music for the television series "Star Trek" (1966) ⓘ music for the television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." ⓘ score for the film "Fear and Desire" ⓘ score for the film "Killer’s Kiss" ⓘ score for the film "The Killing" ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bridgeport, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerald Fried Description of subject: Gerald Fried was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on early Stanley Kubrick films and the original Star Trek series.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Terror in a Texas Town
subject surface form:
The Killing (1956 film)
subject surface form:
Amok Time