Jerry Fielding
Birth date
June 17, 1922
Death date
February 17, 1980
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Sound
Age
57 years
Biography
A three-time Oscar nominee, Jerry Fielding was among the boldest and most experimental of all Hollywood film composers. His music typically utilized advanced compositional procedures, producing dense, often richly dissonant orchestral textures, sometimes flavored with jazz. Fielding's film music career was marked by enduring and rewarding collaborations with Sam Peckinpah, Michael Winner and Clint Eastwood.
Also known as
Joshua Itzhak Feldman
