Fredric Myrow (July 16, 1939 – January 14, 1999) was an American composer.[1] He composed the soundtracks for Soylent Green, Scarecrow, and Phantasm.[2][3] He was composer in residence of the Los Angeles Theatre Center in the mid-1980s, and before that at the New York Philharmonic.[4] By the time of his death in 1999, he had scored dozens of films, collaborated on numerous theater projects, and released albums.[5]