---
name: "Carl Zittrer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-zittrer"
fi1m_id: "carl-zittrer"
imdb_id: "nm0957293"
tmdb_id: 12701
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 May 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:00:29.281626+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Carl Zittrer

## Identity

Carl Zittrer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-zittrer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-zittrer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0957293
- **TMDB ID:** 12701
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12701

Composer. Born 11 May 1941 in New York City, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 May 1941, New York City, New York
- **Active:** 1983–1987
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12701

## Biography

Carl Zittrer is an American composer and music editor. Born on 11 May 1941 in New York, he has worked extensively in film and television since the early 1970s.

He frequently collaborated with composer Paul Zaza on scores for director Bob Clark’s films, including *Black Christmas* (1974), *Murder by Decree* (1979), for which they received a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music – Original Score, *Prom Night* (1980), *Porky's* (1981), *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983) and *A Christmas Story* (1983). Zittrer has also contributed music to *Moonstruck* (1987) and *New Jack City* (1991), and has credits as a music supervisor and editor on later projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, media.rhino.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, Supervising Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *A Christmas Story* (1983), Fi1m 79, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-story.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Horrors of Hamilton High: The Making of Prom Night* (2014), Music
- *Ghost Forest* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Velocity of Gary* (1999), Music Editor
- *Soul of the Game* (1996), Music Editor
- *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), Music Editor
- *Eddie Presley* (1993), Music Editor
- *New Jack City* (1991), Supervising Music Editor
- *Age-Old Friends* (1989), Music Editor
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Supervising Music Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *The Gate* (1987), Music Editor
- *The Pink Chiquitas* (1987), Associate Producer
- *The Boy in Blue* (1986), Music Editor
- *A Christmas Story* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-story.md)
- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Ghostkeeper* (1981), Music Editor
- *Porky's* (1981), as Piano Player at Porky's (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
- *The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats* (1981), Music Editor
- *Prom Night* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Murder by Decree* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Black Christmas* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Dead of Night* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Deranged* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Blood Orgy of the She-Devils* (1973), Music
- *Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things* (1972), Original Music Composer

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