Biography
Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His compositions include the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style; the theme song for the late 1970s ABC series The Love Boat; and the dramatic theme music to ABC's Wide World of Sports and the original Monday Night Football; as well as the Grammy-winning hit song "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman and Fox's longtime writing partner, Norman Gimbel.
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Filmography
all 81
Movies 78
TV Shows 3
self 1
Composer
Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022)
Movie
Self
100 Voices: A Journey Home (2010)
Movie
Composer
A Death in the Family (2002)
Movie
Music
Conan (1997)
Movie
Composer
Innocent Victims (1996)
Movie
Composer
The Man Next Door (1996)
Movie
Composer
Gordy (1995)
Movie
Composer
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Broken Chain (1993)
Movie
Composer
The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993)
Movie
Composer
Woman on the Ledge (1993)
Movie
Composer
The Great O'Grady (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
In My Daughter's Name (1992)
Movie
Composer
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
Movie
Composer
Absolute Strangers (1991)
Movie
Composer
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story (1991)
Movie
Composer
Repossessed (1990)
Movie
6.4
Composer
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)
Movie
Composer
A Family for Joe (1990)
Movie
Music
Rich Men, Single Women (1990)
Movie
Composer
It Had to Be You (1989)
Movie
Composer
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Movie
Music
Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)
Movie
Composer
Going to the Chapel (1988)
Movie
Music
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Movie
6
Composer
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
Movie
Composer
Deep Dark Secrets (1987)
Movie
Composer
Love at Stake (1987)
Movie
Composer
Unnatural Causes (1986)
Movie
Composer
The Parent Trap II (1986)
Movie
5.16
Composer
Betrayed by Innocence (1986)
Movie
Composer
The Longshot (1986)
Movie
Composer
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
Movie
5.74
Music
Doin' Time (1985)
Movie
Composer
A Summer to Remember (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
He's Not Your Son (1984)
Movie
Composer
Family Secrets (1984)
Movie
Music
It's Not Easy (1983)
TV
Original Music Composer
Strange Brew (1983)
Movie
4
Composer
Trenchcoat (1983)
Movie
6
Composer
Love Child (1982)
Movie
Composer
Zapped! (1982)
Movie
Composer
Six Pack (1982)
Movie
Composer
Little Darlings (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Nine to Five (1980)
Movie
6.86
Composer
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
Movie
Composer
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Movie
Composer
Little Darlings (1980)
Movie
Music
Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Better Late Than Never (1979)
Movie
Composer
Rainbow (1978)
Movie
Composer
Foul Play (1978)
Movie
6.7
Composer
Our Winning Season (1978)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer / Main Title Theme Composer / Music
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Composer
One on One (1977)
Movie
Music
The New Love Boat (1977)
Movie
Composer
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Composer
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Movie
Music
Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special (1976)
Movie
Composer
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
Movie
Conductor / Music
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
TV
5
Composer
The Legend of Valentino (1975)
Movie
Composer
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Movie
6
Composer
Bug (1975)
Movie
Composer
My Father's House (1975)
Movie
Composer
Aloha Means Goodbye (1974)
Movie
Composer
The Stranger Within (1974)
Movie
Composer
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
Movie
Composer
Dying Room Only (1973)
Movie
Composer
The Last American Hero (1973)
Movie
2
Composer
The Weekend Nun (1972)
Movie
Composer
A Separate Peace (1972)
Movie
Composer
Women in Chains (1972)
Movie
Composer
Star Spangled Girl (1971)
Movie
Composer
Making It (1971)
Movie
Composer
Pufnstuf (1970)
Movie
Composer
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Green Slime (1968)
Movie
4
Music
Barbarella (1968)
Movie
6.33
Music / Conductor
The Incident (1967)
Movie
Composer
Johnny Belinda (1967)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.35
Based on 331 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1967
1976
1983
1977
2022
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1940-10-30 (83 years old)
Birth NameCharles Ira Fox
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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