Dominic Frontiere (born June 17, 1931) is an American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist. He is known for composing the theme and much of the music for the first season of the television series The Outer Limits.
| Net Worth | $15 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 17, 1931 |
| Place Of Birth | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Profession | Film Score Composer |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Georgia Frontiere, Cicely Evans |
| Nicknames | Dominic Frontiere, Frontiere, Dominic |
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| Awards | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Music Direction - Variety, Music or Dramatic Program |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song |
| Movies | Hang 'Em High, The Stunt Man, Color of Night, Chisum, On Any Sunday, Brannigan, The Train Robbers, Hammersmith Is Out, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, Modern Problems, Freebie and the Bean, Barquero, Popi, The Gumball Rally, Incubus, Don't Go to Sleep, Hero's Island, One Foot in Hell, Billie... |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
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| 1 | He composed the main theme and music for the first season episodes of the original Outer Limits television series. However, by the end of the first season, tension, mainly due to artistic differences and financial issues, had developed between ABC network executives and the team of series creator Leslie Stevens and producer/writer Joseph Stefano. After ABC moved the show to a less favorable time slot for its second season, Stefano left the series. Frontiere, who had doubled as executive producer and was a confidante of Stefano and Stevens, saw his theme replaced for the second and final season by one composed by Harry Lubin, who had been the composer for another ABC series, the then recently-canceled One Step Beyond. |
| 2 | He was the seventh husband of the late former owner of the Los Angeles Rams, Georgia Frontiere. In December 1986, he was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for willfully filing a false income tax return and lying to IRS investigators to cover up his role in scalping Rams tickets to the 1980 Super Bowl game. He was also fined the maximum amount of $15,000 after the judge felt Frontiere had repeatedly lied in court when asked to explain his actions. He was released in September 1987 and the next year his wife filed for divorce. |
| 3 | Second husband of Cicely Evans. |
| 4 | In 1959, Frontiere was commissioned by American International Pictures to write a pop song for the end title of their dubbed Italian epic, Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) (aka "Sign of the Gladiator"). The end credits give the song as "Xenobia", composed by Dominic Frontiere, lyrics by Milton Raskin, sung by Bill Lee. ("Xenobia" was the lead part played by Anita Ekberg). AIP's record division, American International Records, promoted the film's release with a 7-inch single comprising of "Xenobia" and "Slave Dance" (AIR 501). However, Frontiere seems to have disowned the assignment. Although he has registered 1120 titles at BMI, "Xenobia" isn't one of them. |
| 5 | Was head of Paramount's music department during the 1970s. |
| 6 | Is distant cousins with the Fonte brothers Dominic Fonte (1912-2001) and Albert Fonte (1915-2004) |
| 7 | Composed the infamous 1969 Paramount TV jingle that was nicknamed "Closet Killer," which was used from the fall of 1969 until the fall of 1970. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Color of Night | 1994 | conductor | |
| Trade Winds | 1993 | TV Mini-Series composer - 3 episodes | |
| Matt Houston | | TV Series composer - 52 episodes, 1982 - 1985 theme by - 8 episodes, 1982 - 1984 | |
| The Aviator | 1985 | conductor | |
| Strike Force | | TV Series composer - 1 episode, 1982 music by - 1 episode, 1981 | |
| Roar | 1981 | composer: Togar theme | |
| Vega$ | 1978-1981 | TV Series composer - 62 episodes | |
| The Young Pioneers | 1978 | TV Series composer - 3 episodes | |
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | 1977 | TV Mini-Series composer - 1 episode | |
| Kingdom of the Spiders | 1977 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| Warhead | 1977 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| Pipe Dreams | 1976 | conductor | |
| The Gumball Rally | 1976 | composer: theme / conductor | |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | 1975 | conductor - uncredited | |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1974 | TV Movie conductor / music adaptor | |
| Chopper One | 1974 | TV Series composer - 12 episodes | |
| The House of Seven Corpses | 1974 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| Search | 1972-1973 | TV Series composer - 23 episodes | |
| On Any Sunday | 1971 | Documentary conductor - uncredited / musician: rocksichord - uncredited | |
| Swing Out, Sweet Land | 1970 | TV Movie conductor | |
| The Last Escape | 1970 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| Number One | 1969 | conductor | |
| Mission Batangas | 1968 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| The Invaders | 1967-1968 | TV Series composer - 28 episodes | |
| Iron Horse | 1966-1967 | TV Series composer - 6 episodes | |
| The Rat Patrol | 1967 | TV Series composer - 1 episode | |
| The F.B.I. | | TV Series conductor - 60 episodes, 1965 - 1967 music conductor - 1 episode, 1967 | |
| 12 O'Clock High | | TV Series composer - 77 episodes, 1964 - 1967 conductor - 77 episodes, 1964 - 1967 | |
| The Fugitive | 1964-1966 | TV Series composer - 3 episodes | |
| Incubus | 1966 | conductor | |
| Namu, the Killer Whale | 1966 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
| Branded | 1965 | TV Series composer - 1 episode | |
| A Global Affair | 1964 | conductor / orchestrator | |
| The Outer Limits | 1963-1964 | TV Series composer - 2 episodes | |
| Charade | 1963 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Stoney Burke | 1962-1963 | TV Series musical director - 32 episodes | |
| Days of Wine and Roses | 1962 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| The New Breed | 1961-1962 | TV Series composer - 36 episodes | |
| Rawhide | 1961 | TV Series composer - 1 episode | |
| The Right Approach | 1961 | musician: accordion solos - uncredited | |
| High Time | 1960 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| The Best of Everything | 1959 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| The Brothers Karamazov | 1958 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Ten Thousand Bedrooms | 1957 | composer: additional music - uncredited | |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | musician - uncredited | |
| The Last Wagon | 1956 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| The Proud Ones | 1956 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Soldier of Fortune | 1955 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Many Rivers to Cross | 1955 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| River of No Return | 1954 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Niagara | 1953 | musician: accordion - uncredited | |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Watchmen | 2009 | performer: "The Outer Limits Theme", "Panic" / writer: "The Outer Limits Theme", "Panic" | |
| Idol | 2004 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Taste of Others | 2000 | music: "Danielle Steel's Palomino" - as D. Frontiere | |
| The Big Lebowski | 1998 | writer: "'Branded' Theme Song" | |
| Contact | 1997 | writer: "Who Needs Wings To Fly" | |
| Color of Night | 1994 | lyrics: "The Color of the Night", "The Color of the Night" Intrumental Version / music: "The Color of the Night", "The Color of the Night" Intrumental Version / writer: "Roses's Theme" | |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | writer: "Dragon" | |
| Married with Children | 1991 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Modern Problems | 1981 | music: "Gonna Get It Next Time", "She Takes All Of Me" | |
| The Stunt Man | 1980 | music: "Bits & Pieces" | |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | 1975 | music: "Playin' with Fire" | |
| Freebie and the Bean | 1974 | lyrics: "title theme: You and Me", "Hard Core Man", "When You Need Someone" / music: "title theme: You and Me", "Hard Core Man", "When You Need Someone" | |
| A Knife for the Ladies | 1974 | "Evil Lady" | |
| Cancel My Reservation | 1972 | music: "Cancel My Reservation" | |
| Movin' On | 1972 | TV Movie music: "Movin' On" | |
| Hammersmith Is Out | 1972 | music: "For Openers", "Requiem", "When Were Your Dreams Worth Remembering" | |
| On Any Sunday | 1971 | Documentary music: "On Any Sunday" | |
| Chisum | 1970 | music: "Turn Me Around", "Ballad of John Chisum" | |
| Popi | 1969 | music: "Popi" | |
| The Flying Nun | 1967 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| Hollywood a Go Go | 1965 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Billie | 1965 | music: "Billie" | |
| Branded | 1965 | TV Series writer: "Branded" | |
| A Global Affair | 1964 | music: "So Wide the World", "Fais Do Do", "A Global Affair" | |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1962 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Sheba and the Gladiator | 1959 | music: "Xenobia" end title song, US dubbed version | |
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