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Jerry Fielding

Jerry Fielding

Composer · Died February 17, 1980, aged 57 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 17, 1922
Died
February 17, 1980 (aged 57)
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

What are Jerry Fielding's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Survival
21%
Bonds
13%
Self
12%
Society
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
4%
Justice12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 11 · Dark 20

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 28 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 15 · Intense 18

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 21 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 11 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Dread
10
Melancholic
11
Thrilling
7
Cold
8
Other
33

How their films linger

Unsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jerry Fielding's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jerry Fielding's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

65 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A Simple Adventure Story: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico and The Wild Bunch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Ninja Terminator(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Below the Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer · Lyricist

  • Funeral Home(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • High Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Escape from Alcatraz(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Bruce and the Iron Finger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Horn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Big Sleep(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Gray Lady Down(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Gauntlet(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Semi-Tough(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Demon Seed(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Little Ladies of the Night(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Enforcer(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Bad News Bears(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Crackle of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Black Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • The Killer Elite(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Matt Helm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • One of Our Own(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hustling(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Gambler(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia(1974)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Honky Tonk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • The Super Cops(1974)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Unwed Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • The Snoop Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • The Outfit(1973)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Shirts/Skins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

  • Faraday and Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Scorpio(1973)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Hawkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • The Female Instinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • A War of Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • The Mechanic(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Junior Bonner(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Chato's Land(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Nightcomers(1971)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Straw Dogs(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Dead Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Johnny Got His Gun(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Inside O.U.T. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Lawman(1971)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Hunters Are for Killing(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Bunch(1969)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mission Impossible Versus the Mob(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • He & She (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Noon Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Shane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 17 episodes · Composer

  • McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Broadside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 32 episodes · Composer

  • For Those Who Think Young(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour(1964)

    Composer · Conductor · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • McHale's Navy(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Advise & Consent(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • The Nun and the Sergeant(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1962 to 2005.

Biggest box office

The Enforcer (1976)

$46M worldwide

Highest rated

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 63: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic63 of 63: 52 only music, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thOther crew10 of 63: 0 only other crew, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

63 titles, 11 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1960s12 · crew1970s47 · crew1980s3 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jerry Fielding's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · composer

Ninja Terminator (1986)

86th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 57/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jerry Fielding's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles48–84 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles26–62 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles31–70 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles25–59 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles44–83 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jerry Fielding work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jerry Fielding's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Winner shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles