A recording artist, song writer, jazz musician and composer, Gil Melle launched his career in the sixties. He first displayed his talent for art work and was also a regular jazz performer in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1969, Gil Melle displayed his musical talent for NBC's series "Night Gallery" and then ...
October 28, 2004, Malibu, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Profession
Composer, Music Department
Albums
Patterns in Jazz, Quadrama, Primitive Modern
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
1
In the 1950s he did some memorable modern jazz albums, playing baritone sax for the then-new Blue Note Records label and later Prestige Records. He also served as a musical talent spotter for Blue Note and as the artist on several historic album covers of other jazz musicians.
2
He was one of the first film composers to use syntheziers in a major orchestra.
3
He was also very active in the arts of painting and sculpting.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night Owl
1993
TV Movie
Veronica Clare
1991
TV Series
Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
TV Movie
So Proudly We Hail
1990
TV Movie
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
From the Dead of Night
1989
TV Movie
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
1988
TV Movie
Stillwatch
1987
TV Movie
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
TV Movie
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
TV Movie
Killer in the Mirror
1986
TV Movie
Hot Target
1985
When Dreams Come True
1985
TV Movie
Starcrossed
1985
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Sweet Revenge
1984
TV Movie
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
TV Movie
Best Kept Secrets
1984
TV Movie
Jealousy
1984
TV Movie segment "1"
Fatal Vision
1984
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes
Through Naked Eyes
1983
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
World War III
1982
TV Movie
The Last Chase
1981
as Gil Mellé
The Intruder Within
1981
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Borderline
1980
as Gil Mellé
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Blood Beach
1980
as Gil Mellé
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
TV Movie
Attica
1980
TV Movie
A Vacation in Hell
1979
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
TV Movie
Starship Invasions
1977
as Gil Mellé
The Sentinel
1977
as Gil Mellé
Perilous Voyage
1976
TV Movie
Embryo
1976
as Gil Mellé
Dynasty
1976
TV Movie
The Art of Crime
1975
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Death Scream
1975
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Crime Club
1975
TV Movie
The Impostor
1975
TV Movie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974-1975
TV Series 7 episodes
A Cry for Help
1975
TV Movie
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
TV Movie
The Savage Is Loose
1974
as Gil Mellé
The Last Angry Man
1974
TV Movie
Evel Knievel
1974
TV Movie as Gil Mellé, music composed and conducted by
Hitchhike!
1974
TV Movie
Killdozer
1974
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
The Questor Tapes
1974
TV Movie as Gil Mellé
Tenafly
1973
TV Series 4 episodes
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
TV Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping