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name: "Jerry Fielding"
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fi1m_id: "jerry-fielding"
imdb_id: "nm0006076"
tmdb_id: 7769
wikidata_id: "Q928666"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 June 1922"
died: "17 February 1980"
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updated: "2026-09-26T17:45:58.756081+00:00"
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# Jerry Fielding

## Identity

Jerry Fielding

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-fielding
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-fielding
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006076
- **TMDB ID:** 7769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q928666
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Fielding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006076/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7769

Composer. Born 17 June 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 17 February 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 June 1922, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 17 February 1980
- **Active:** 1969–1976
- **Also known as:** Joshua Itzhak Feldman
- **Frequently works with:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://film.one/person/sam-peckinpah.md), [Warren Oates](https://film.one/person/warren-oates.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Fielding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006076/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7769

## Biography

Jerry Fielding, born Joshua Itzhak Feldman, was an American composer, arranger and bandleader. He began his career writing arrangements for big bands and working in radio and television before being blacklisted in the early 1950s. He returned to scoring feature films in the 1960s.

Fielding composed the music for Sam Peckinpah’s *The Wild Bunch* (1969) and *Straw Dogs* (1971), as well as Clint Eastwood’s *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976) and *The Gauntlet* (1977). He received Academy Award nominations for the first three of these scores. Other notable credits include *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974) and *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979).

He died in Toronto in 1980 while scoring a film. A posthumous Emmy Award recognised his work on the television film *High Midnight* (1979).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Fi1m 84, Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *A Simple Adventure Story: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico and The Wild Bunch* (2005), Music
- *Ninja Terminator* (1986), Music
- *Below the Belt* (1980), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Cries in the Night* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *High Midnight* (1979), Music
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Bruce and the Iron Finger* (1979), Music
- *Beyond the Poseidon Adventure* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Horn* (1979), series, Original Music Composer
- *Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II* (1978), Music
- *The Big Sleep* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Gray Lady Down* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Semi-Tough* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Demon Seed* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Little Ladies of the Night* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Enforcer* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Bad News Bears* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Crackle of Death* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Demon and the Mummy* (1976), Music
- *The Black Bird* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Killer Elite* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Matt Helm* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *One of Our Own* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Hustling* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Gambler* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Honky Tonk* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Super Cops* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Unwed Father* (1974), Music
- *The Snoop Sisters* (1973), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Outfit* (1973), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
- *Shirts/Skins* (1973), Conductor, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Faraday and Company* (1973), series, Original Music Composer
- *Scorpio* (1973), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Hawkins* (1973), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Female Instinct* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *A War of Children* (1972), Music
- *The Mechanic* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Junior Bonner* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Chato's Land* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Nightcomers* (1972), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Straw Dogs* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Once Upon a Dead Man* (1971), Music
- *Johnny Got His Gun* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Inside O.U.T.* (1971), Music
- *Lawman* (1971), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Hunters Are for Killing* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)
- *Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy* (1967), Music
- *He & She* (1967), series, Original Music Composer
- *Noon Wine* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Shane* (1966), series, Music
- *Broadside* (1964), series, Original Music Composer
- *For Those Who Think Young* (1964), Music
- *The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour* (1964), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Nun and the Sergeant* (1962), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1977: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Outlaw Josey Wales*
- 1972: Best Original Dramatic Score (nominated), for *Straw Dogs*
- 1970: Best Original Score, no Musical (nominated), for *The Wild Bunch*

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

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