Charles Fox | |
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Born | Charles Ira Fox October 30, 1940 New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Composer |
Years active | 1965-present |
Spouse | Joan Susan Redman (1962-present) |
Children | 3 |
Website | http://www.charlesfoxmusic.com/ |
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[1] and the original Monday Night Football; as well as the Grammy-winning hit song "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written in collaboration with Fox's longtime writing partner, Norman Gimbel.
Charles Fox, collaborator for the film's soundtrack, had already established some level of success in scoring the film 'The Incident', as well as penning TV scores including the 'Wide World of Sports' theme...