Charles Fox
American composer for film and television (born 1940)
Charles Ira Fox 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.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1967–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Incident. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 107 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1970s | Pufnstuf ▶ | Hollingsworth Morse | 98 min | 16mm | ||
| 1972 | Women In Chains | Paramount Television | 74 min | Color | sound | |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. A Joe Wizan/Rojo production | 95 min | Color | sound | |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | 112 min | Color | sound | |
| 1976 | The Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 112 min | Color | sound | |
| 1976 | Two Minute Warning | Universal Pictures. A Filmways production | 115 min | Color | sound | |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Colin Higgins | 116 min | 16mm | Color | |
| 1978 | Our Winning Season | Amer International Pictures | 92 min | 16mm | sound |