Composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) had a long, diverse career in music; tackling both film & television. In his honour, we'll tackle as much as we can with a focus mostly on his soundtrack to the 1977 miniseries Roots. Beware the Pon Farr. 1. Operating Theatre: Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth (Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth/Rapid Eye Movements, 2023) Allchival 2. Squid in Chains: Spring Will Come (Sirens of Kyiv [remastered], 2022) Earsay 3. Braxe & Falcon: Step by Step [w.Panda Bear] (Step by Step EP, 2022) Smugglers Way 4. Gorillaz: New Gold [w.Tame Impala & Booty Brown] (Cracker Island, 2023) Parlophone 5. rRoxymore: Fragmented Dreams (Perpetual Now, 2022) Smalltown Supersound 6. The Chemical Brothers: No Reason (2023) EMI/Virgin 7. Second Layer: Courts or Wars (Flesh as Property EP, 1979) Tortch 8. Mi'ens: Nu11 Set (Future Child, 2020) Kill Rock Stars 9. Die Mannequin: Orson Wells + 2012 (Hard Core Logo II OST, 2011) Warner 10. [dialogue] Shotgun a Few Beers (FUBAR: The Album, 2002) Phantom 11. The A-Team: I'm a Truck (Pity the Fool, 1994) Beefin Trax 12. Los Bitchos: Good to Go! (Let the Festivities Begin! 2022) City Slang 13. Luscious Jackson: Here (Natural Ingredients, 1994) Grand Royal 14. The Bug Club: The Fixer (Pure Particles, 2021) Bingo 15. Castle If: Web of Lies (Darknet EP, 2023) self-released 16. Ladytron: We Never Went Away (Time's Arrow, 2023) self-released 17. Toro y Moi: Magazine [w.Salami Rose Joe Louis] (Mahal, 2022) Dead Oceans 18. Kiefer & Braxton Cook: Keep Moving (U Already Know single, 2022) Stones Throw 19. M01E: Honey, Look at the TV/All Arounder/Watching the World Go to Hell (S01E03: The Window on the Street - Best Consumed at Volume 70-95%, 2022) self-released 20. TJ Felix: Cowards in the Clone Room [Head4Peace] (2023) self-released 21. Eyot Tapes: Jungle Tapes (Paradise Lost, 2023) Muscut 22. Lee Paradise: Message to the Past (The Fink, 2020) Telephone Explosion 23. Grand River: Kura (All Above, 2023) Editions Mego 24. Gerald Fried: Death in a Warehouse (Dino OST, 2013) Obsessed 25. Gerald Fried: The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah (Star Trek: The Original Series OST - Volume II, 1966) GNP Crescendo 26. Gerald Fried: Daphnia (Birds Do It, Bees Do It OST, 1974) Caldera 27. Gerald Fried: Trying to Survive [from Survive] (The Gerald Fried Collection - Volume 1: Cruise into Terror/Survive, 2021) Dragon's Domain 28. Gerald Fried: Main Title (What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? OST, 1969) promo 29. Gerald Fried: Was He Drugged/Jack's Story (Dynasty OST, 1983) promo 30. Gerald Fried: Uprising (Roots OST, 1978) Warner Bros 31. Gerald Fried: Tender Reunion (Roots OST, 1978) Warner Bros 32. Gerald Fried: Free at Last (Roots OST, 1978) Warner Bros 33. Gerald Fried: The Her Master's Voice Affair (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Series: Volume 1, 2002) Film Score Monthly 34. Beatings are in the Body: Blurry (Beatings are in the Body, 2023) self-released radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
