Jerry Fielding

Sound•Born June 17, 1922•Died February 17, 1980 (age 57)•Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

A three-time Oscar nominee, Jerry Fielding was among the boldest and most experimental of all Hollywood film composers. His music typically utilized advanced compositional procedures, producing dense, often richly dissonant orchestral textures, sometimes flavored with jazz. Fielding's film music career was marked by enduring and rewarding collaborations with Sam Peckinpah, Michael Winner and Clint Eastwood.