Brad Fiedel (born March 10, 1951 in New York City, New York) is an American film and television composer, best known for composing the scores to such films as the first two Terminator installments and Fright Night (1985). He uses synthesizers in the majority of his scores, though there are some exceptions.
Some of Fiedel's film scores include:
- Night School (1981)
- Just Before Dawn (1981)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Fright Night (1985)
- Fright Night Part 2 (1989)
- Let's Get Harry (1986)
- Popeye Doyle (1986)
- The Big Easy (1987)
- The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
- The Accused (1988)
- True Believer (1989)
- Blue Steel (1990)
- Gladiator (1992) (Replacing a score by Jerry Goldsmith)
- The Real McCoy (1993)
- Striking Distance (1993)
- True Lies (1994)
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995, American/International Cut only)
Tropes associated with this composer:
- Associated Composer: For James Cameron and Rowdy Herrington.
- Electronic Music: The majority of his scores are rendered electronically, including those for the first two Terminator films, although he does occasionally use acoustic instruments and on rare occasions a full orchestra.
- Hell Is That Noise: The eerie whistle motif heard in his score for Just Before Dawn.
- Uncommon Time: The main theme to The Terminator is in 13/16. This is actually an unintentional example, the result of the instrumental tracks being improperly synchronized, but it was kept as it was because it matched the film's grim tone.
