---
name: "Fred Frith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-frith"
fi1m_id: "fred-frith"
imdb_id: "nm0295947"
tmdb_id: 577
wikidata_id: "Q460325"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 February 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:05:47.398818+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."
---

# Fred Frith

## Identity

Fred Frith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-frith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-frith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0295947
- **TMDB ID:** 577
- **Wikidata ID:** Q460325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Frith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/577

Composer. Born 17 February 1949 in Heathfield, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 February 1949, Heathfield, Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–1995
- **Also known as:** Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith, Jeremy Webster Frith, Jeremy Frith
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Frith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/577

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Before Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md) (89)

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## Biography

Fred Frith is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist. Born on 17 February 1949 in Heathfield, Sussex, he studied at the University of Cambridge, where he co-founded the avant-rock group Henry Cow in 1968.

He has composed original music for films including *Before Sunrise* (1995) and *Rivers and Tides* (2001). Other film credits include *Leaning Into The Wind* (2017), *The Tango Lesson* (1997) and *The Party* (2017). He has also written scores for theatre and dance.

Frith was Professor of Composition in the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California, until his retirement in 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fredfrith.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Fi1m 89, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Tracing Light* (2025), Music
- *The Anchor* (2024), Music
- *Greina* (2024), Music
- *I'll be your mirror* (2021), Music
- *Rhythm in the Backstroke* (2019), Music
- *Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Zen for Nothing* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Last Day of Freedom* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Fritz Hauser: Sound Explorer* (2011), Music
- *Between Two Worlds* (2011), Music
- *Rage* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Time that Rests* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Attwenger Adventure* (2007), Actor
- *Drei gegen Troja* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Touch the Sound* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Gambling, Gods and LSD* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Fragments d'ici* (2002), Music
- *Rivers and Tides* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Andy Goldsworthy et l'œuvre du temps* (2000), Music
- *The Tango Lesson* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Middle of the Moment* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Little Lieutenant* (1994), Musician
- *Orlando* (1992), Additional Music — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *John Zorn's Naked City* (1992), Musician
- *Thea und Nat* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Eastern Cross* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Step Across the Border* (1990), Music
- *The Top of His Head* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Wolfsgrub - Portrait of My Mother* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Little Red Robin Hood*, Music
- *John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990*, as Themself

## Gallery

- ![Fred Frith](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-bab4e1cc1b6b.jpg) Fred Frith — Antonio Jose Silva (fixwhatusee),, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/FredFrith_August2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cosa Brava performing at Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria, 2008-04-05.Left to right: Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith, Matthias Bossi and Zeena Parkins.](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-92b01a5f2425.jpg) Cosa Brava performing at Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria, 2008-04-05.Left to right: Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith, Matthias Bossi and Zeena Parkins. — Markus Lackinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/CosaBrava_April2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fred Frith's setup, Wallingford, Seattle, 2009-04-25.](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-d6a4787184bc.jpg) Fred Frith's setup, Wallingford, Seattle, 2009-04-25. — Aaron, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/FredFrith%27s_setup_April2009.jpg/1280px-FredFrith%27s_setup_April2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Cutler at Music Unlimited 23, Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany November 2009](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-4bf362633fcf.jpg) Chris Cutler at Music Unlimited 23, Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany November 2009 — Andy Newcombe from Farnborough, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/FredFrith_%26_ChrisCutler_MusicUnlimited23_2009-11-08.jpg/1280px-FredFrith_%26_ChrisCutler_MusicUnlimited23_2009-11-08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Frith (left) and Chris Cutler performing at the Music Unlimited 23 festival in Wels, Austria on 2009-11-08.](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-cd75b28b0c60.jpg) Fred Frith (left) and Chris Cutler performing at the Music Unlimited 23 festival in Wels, Austria on 2009-11-08. — Andy Newcombe, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/FredFrith_%26_ChrisCutler_Nov2009.jpg/1280px-FredFrith_%26_ChrisCutler_Nov2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Frith performing in Wallingford, Seattle, 2009-04-25.](https://film.one/media/person/86245/gallery-7cf362c7ff13.jpg) Fred Frith performing in Wallingford, Seattle, 2009-04-25. — Aaron, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/FredFrith_April2009_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders 2001: Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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