--- name: "Charles Fox" canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-fox" fi1m_id: "charles-fox" imdb_id: "nm0288913" tmdb_id: 50239 wikidata_id: "Q477723" roles: ["Composer"] born: "30 October 1940" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 56 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-04T19:12:03.303452+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." --- # Charles Fox ## Identity Charles Fox - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-fox - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** charles-fox - **IMDb ID:** nm0288913 - **TMDB ID:** 50239 - **Wikidata ID:** Q477723 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50239 Composer. Born 30 October 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 30 October 1940, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1980–1985 - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50239 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Nine to Five*](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md) (73) - **The Roku Channel:** [*National Lampoon's European Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) (40) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Charles Fox is an American composer for film and television. Born in New York City on 30 October 1940, he attended the High School of Music & Art and later studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Fox composed the scores for films including *Barbarella* (1968), *Foul Play* (1978) and *Nine to Five* (1980). He wrote numerous television themes, among them those for *The Love Boat* (1977) and *Happy Days*, and co-wrote the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song". He has also composed for ballet and classical works. His awards include a Grammy, two Emmys and two Academy Award nominations for best original song. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, charlesfoxmusic.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Fi1m 40, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) - *Nine to Five* (1980), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md) ## Complete filmography (87) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Killing Me Softly with His Songs* (2022), Music - *A Death in the Family* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Conan* (1997), Music - *Innocent Victims* (1996), Original Music Composer - *The Man Next Door* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Gordy* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Confessions: Two Faces of Evil* (1994), Original Music Composer - *The Broken Chain* (1993), Original Music Composer - *The Odd Couple: Together Again* (1993), Original Music Composer - *Woman on the Ledge* (1993), Original Music Composer - *Christmas in Connecticut* (1992), Original Music Composer - *In My Daughter's Name* (1992), Original Music Composer - *Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232* (1992), Original Music Composer - *Absolute Strangers* (1991), Original Music Composer - *Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story* (1991), Original Music Composer - *Repossessed* (1990), Original Music Composer - *Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase* (1990), series, Original Music Composer - *A Family for Joe* (1990), Music - *Rich Men, Single Women* (1990), Original Music Composer - *It Had to Be You* (1989), Original Music Composer - *The Gods Must Be Crazy II* (1989), Original Music Composer - *Tarzan in Manhattan* (1989), Original Music Composer - *Going to the Chapel* (1988), Original Music Composer - *Short Circuit 2* (1988), Original Music Composer - *Baby M* (1988), series, Original Music Composer - *Christmas Comes to Willow Creek* (1987), Original Music Composer - *Intimate Betrayal* (1987), Original Music Composer - *Love at Stake* (1987), Original Music Composer - *Unnatural Causes* (1986), Original Music Composer - *The Parent Trap II* (1986), Original Music Composer - *Maggie* (1986), Original Music Composer - *Betrayed by Innocence* (1986), Original Music Composer - *The Longshot* (1986), Original Music Composer - *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) - *Doin' Time* (1985), Original Music Composer - *A Summer to Remember* (1985), Original Music Composer - *He's Not Your Son* (1984), Original Music Composer - *Family Secrets* (1984), Original Music Composer - *It's Not Easy* (1983), series, Music - *Strange Brew* (1983), Original Music Composer - *Trenchcoat* (1983), Original Music Composer - *Love Child* (1982), Original Music Composer - *Zapped!* (1982), Original Music Composer - *Six Pack* (1982), Original Music Composer - *Little Darlings* (1982), Original Music Composer - *Nine to Five* (1980), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md) - *Oh, God! Book II* (1980), Original Music Composer - *Why Would I Lie?* (1980), Original Music Composer - *The Last Married Couple in America* (1980), Original Music Composer - *Little Darlings* (1980), Original Music Composer - *Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review* (1979), Music - *Better Late Than Never* (1979), Original Music Composer - *$weepstake$* (1979), series, Original Music Composer - *Rainbow* (1978), Original Music Composer - *Foul Play* (1978), Original Music Composer - *Our Winning Season* (1978), Original Music Composer - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, Music, Main Title Theme Composer - *One on One* (1977), Original Music Composer - *The New Love Boat* (1977), Music - *Love Boat II* (1977), Original Music Composer - *Victory at Entebbe* (1976), Original Music Composer - *Two-Minute Warning* (1976), Original Music Composer - *The Love Boat* (1976), Original Music Composer - *Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special* (1976), Music - *The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox* (1976), Original Music Composer - *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Music, Conductor - *The Legend of Valentino* (1975), Original Music Composer - *The Other Side of the Mountain* (1975), Original Music Composer - *The New Original Wonder Woman* (1975), Original Music Composer - *Bug* (1975), Original Music Composer - *My Father's House* (1975), Original Music Composer - *Aloha Means Goodbye* (1974), Original Music Composer - *The Stranger Within* (1974), Original Music Composer - *The Laughing Policeman* (1973), Original Music Composer - *Dying Room Only* (1973), Original Music Composer - *The Last American Hero* (1973), Original Music Composer - *The Weekend Nun* (1972), Original Music Composer - *A Separate Peace* (1972), Original Music Composer - *Women in Chains* (1972), Original Music Composer - *Star Spangled Girl* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Making It* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Pufnstuf* (1970), as Songs · Original Music Composer - *Goodbye, Columbus* (1969), Original Music Composer, Conductor - *The Green Slime* (1968), Original Music Composer - *Barbarella* (1968), Original Music Composer - *The Incident* (1967), Conductor - *Johnny Belinda* (1967), Original Music Composer ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1979: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Ready to Take a Chance Again* - 1976: Best Original Song (nominated) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/charles-fox