American composer (1928–2023) who scored several episodes of the original Star Trek, most famously Amok Time, whose pounding ritual combat music became one of the franchise's best-known themes.
Gerald Fried (1928–2023) was an American composer and oboist whose long career included early films for Stanley Kubrick and an Emmy for the miniseries Roots.
For the original Star Trek he wrote the scores for Shore Leave, Catspaw, Friday's Child, Amok Time and The Paradise Syndrome. His music for Amok Time introduced a lyrical bass-guitar theme for Spock and the fierce fight music heard as Kirk and Spock duel on Vulcan.
That fight cue was reused in later episodes and has been quoted and parodied in film and television ever since, making it one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of Star Trek music.