Fred Mollin

Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lamont Dozier and America, and has composed music for Beverly Hills, 90210, Friday the 13th (films and television), Forever Knight, Hard Copy, and many more. Mollin rose to prominence early in his career by co-producing (with Matthew McCauley) Dan Hill's international hit record, "Sometimes When We Touch", in 1977.

As an artist, he has written and produced music for a series of children's albums, including Disney: Lullaby Album: Instrumental Favorites For Baby, peaking at #6 on January 26, 2001, on Billboards Kid Album music chart; and Disney's Princess Lullaby Album, which peaked at No. 23 on October 25, 2002 (Billboard). He created the musical group Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band, composing and producing albums such as Finding Nemo-Ocean Favorites, Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks, and others, primarily released on Disney/Pixar albums.

Early life Fred Mollin was born (February 10, 1953) in Amityville, New York to Edward and Pauline Mollin, and is the youngest of three siblings. He attended Calhoun High School in Merrick, New York.

In an interview with Spirit of Harmony, Mollin said, "When my parents would tell their friends that I was leaving high school at 16 to make a life as a musician, they would all say 'we're so sorry,' as if I was terminally ill. In that day and age, it would have sounded better if I had gone off to join the circus".

Career At age 18, Mollin moved to Toronto, Canada in 1971. His brother Larry had moved there a year before and urged Fred to come and see the creative possibilities. In 1972, they formed Canada's first improvisational comedy group, Homemade Theatre. The four-man troupe consisted of Fred (musician, composer, singer, and actor), Phil Savath, Barry Flatman, and his brother, Larry, who also performed for three years on their own CBC television series, Homemade Television. In 1975, Homemade Theatre was awarded a Canadian Gold Record for their novelty single, "Santa Jaws".

Record producer Mollin co-produced (with Matthew McCauley) Sometimes When We Touch, by Dan Hill, which became an international hit record in 1977. From 1977 through 1985 Mollin produced such artists as Jimmy Webb, America, and Randy Edelman. He also co-wrote and co-produced Stan Meissner's hit single "One Chance", which was covered by Eddie Money on his platinum album Can’t Hold Back. Mollin started a new career in 1985 as a TV and film composer, which became a full-time occupation until 1996 when he started to make the transition back to record production with the album Ten Easy Pieces by Jimmy Webb.

Mollin relocated to Nashville in 2001, where he went back to being a full-time record producer for various artists and projects.

Duets producer Mollin is known as a record producer with a long history of producing duets involving well-known and iconic artists. These include Willie Nelson, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Vince Gill, Glen Campbell, Crosby and Nash, Art Garfunkel, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Michael McDonald, Amy Holland, David Pack, Sheryl Crow, Natalie Cole, Gregory Porter, Gloria Estefan, Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus, and Chris Cornell, among others. The albums by Jimmy Webb, Ten Easy Pieces, Just Across the River, and Still Within the Sound Of My Voice, have the most number of guest artist duet appearances. Other notable album examples with numerous duets are Johnny Mathis' Sending You A Little Christmas, Kris Kristofferson's The Austin Sessions, Barry Mann's Soul And Inspiration, Lamont Dozier's Reimagination, and Rita Wilson's AM/FM.

Film and television music composer In 1987, Mollin's work on Paramount's Friday the 13th: The Series gave way to 16 uninterrupted years of composing for film and television. His most well-known TV series include Tri-Star's Forever Knight, Spelling's Beverly Hills, 90210, Paramount's Hard Copy, Columbia Pictures' The New Gidget and USA Network's TekWar. His feature film credits include Friday the 13th Part 7 - The New Blood and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. His TV movies include NBC's Amy Fisher: My Story, VH1's Daydream Believers-The Monkees' Story, and CBC TV's Little Criminals. He composed and performed the soundtrack for the television series Friday the 13th, mainly using synthesizers and samplers. The music was released on a soundtrack album by GNP Crescendo as the album Friday the 13th: The Series.

Mollin won a Gemini award for Best Original Music Score for a Series, Beyond Reality, in 1991.

Children's music Mollin co-created the children's musical group Rugrats with Ronney Abramson and Ron Garant. The group's 1983 debut album, Rugrat Rock, was co-produced by Mollin; it won the Best Children's Album category at the Juno Awards of 1984. In 1985 they recorded a second album, The Rugrats Rock On.

In the early 2000s, Mollin began arranging and producing a series of Disney Lullaby albums: Disney's Lullaby Album: Gentle Instrumental Favorites for Babies (2000), Disney's Lullaby Album (2002), Disney's Princess Lullaby Album (2002), Disney's Christmas Lullaby Album (2003), Disney's Lullaby & Goodnight (2004), and Disney's Lullaby Album, Vol.2 (all released on Walt Disney Records).

In 2004, Mollin created Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band, a loose aggregate of studio musicians and guest singers Chris Stapleton, Tom Hambridge, Tim Ruppert, Lari White, Kevin Montgomery, Gunnar Nelson, Johnny Neel, and Webb Wilder, among others, primarily heard on Disney/Pixar albums:

2008 - Mater's Car Tunes 2008 - Ratatouille What's Cooking? 2006 - Disney's Beach Party 2005 - Lightnin' McQueen's Fast Tracks 2004 - Finding Nemo Ocean Favorites

Songwriter As a songwriter, Mollin has written or co-written songs for Cher, Eddie Money, Burning Rome, Toronto, Shania Twain, Stan Meissner, and others.

Awards and nominations

Discography 2020 - Rumer - Nashville Tears - producer 2020 - Rena Strober - Imagine That! - producer 2020 - Michelle Creber - Storm - producer 2020 - Mandy Barnett - A Nashville Songbook - producer 2020 - Mandy Barnett - Help Me Make it Through the Night - producer, guitar, percussion 2020 - Lisa Mills - The Triangle - producer, guitar, percussion, photography 2019 - Bat McGrath - Bat McGrath - co-producer 2019 - Brook Moriber - Steal the Thunder - producer 2019 - Fred Mollin - Fast Company (soundtrack) - producer, vocals, guitar, score, composer 2019 - Fred Mollin - Sogni D'Oro (Italian version of Disney's Lullaby) - primary artist 2019 - The Ides of March - Play On - producer, Hammond B3, Harmonica, Harpsichord 2019 - Mandy Barnett - The End of the World - producer 2019 - Jared Weiss - Isolated Thunderstorms - producer 2018 - Matthew McCauley - Signals Through Noise (produced w Matthew McCauley and Andrew Hermant) 2018 - Danny Kortchmar - Honey Don't Leave L.A. co-producer 2018 - Michelle Creber - On Display - producer 2018 - Rob Galbraith - Where I've Been - executive producer, curator 2017 - Carter Beckworth - Stand Up - producer 2017 - Annie Bonsignore - Durban Girl - producer 2017 - Amanda McBroom - Voices - producer, guitar 2017 - Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil - Demos, Live Performances and Rarities - executive producer, curator 2017 - Shai Littlejohn - Battleground - producer 2016 - Jo Harman - People We Become - producer 2016 - Jim Peterik - The Songs - producer, guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals (background) 2016 - Amy Holland - Light On My Path - producer 2915 - Peter Oyole - When the Wide World Roars - producer 2015 - Matteo Setti - producer 2015 - Lexi Walker - Merry Christmas - producer, Arranger, guitar (acoustic), percussion 2014 - Engelbert Humperdinck - A Certain Smile (Johnny Mathis Duet) - vocal producer 2014 - Fred Mollin - Martha's Vineyards Lullaby Album artist, composer, producer 2013 - Tenille Townes - Light - producer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), synthesizer, percussion, vocals (background), composer 2013 - Johnny Mathis - Sending You a Little Christmas - producer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), Keyboards, percussion, vocals (background) 2013 - Jimmy Webb - Still Within the Sound of My Voice - producer, guitar (electric), organ, synthesizer, percussion, vocals (background) 2013 - Carter Beckworth - Humble Pie - producer 2013 - Jim Brickman - The Magic of Christmas - producer, "Sending You a Little Christmas" 2012 - Rita Wilson - AM/FM - producer, guitar, guitar (12 string acoustic), guitar (acoustic), percussion 2013 - Dan Hill - Intimate - co-producer 2012 - Pan Am: Music from and Inspired by the Original Series - producer, "Do You Want To Know a Secret?" 2012 - Barbra Streisand - Try To Win a Friend - additional production 2012 - Disney's Songs And Story: Finding Nemo - composer, producer 2012 - Johnny Mathis - The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010 - producer of "What a Wonderful World" 2011 - JD Souther - Natural History - producer 2011 - America - Back Pages - producer, guitar (12 string acoustic), synthesizer, percussion, vocals (background) 2011 - Tenille Townes - Real - producer 2011 - Ronnie Hawkins - The Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins - producer, various tracks 2011 - Johnny Mathis - The Ultimate Collection - multiple producers 2011 - Manny Pacquiao (featuring Dan Hill) - Sometimes When We Touch - co-producer 2010 - Jimmy Webb - Just Across the River - producer, guitar (electric), Harmonica, synthesizer, percussion, vocals (background) 2010 - Frank Hernandez - Since You've Gone - producer 2010 - Johnny Mathis - Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville - producer, guitar (acoustic), sitar (electric), percussion, arranger 2010 - Lewis Moorman - Extended Play - producer 2010 - Jason Herndon - producer 2010 - Shannon Micol - No More Cinderella - producer 2010 - Steve Johannnesen - All the Right Reasons - producer 2010 - Playhouse Disney: Let's Dance - composer, producer, "Rollin" 2010 - Paul Quarrington -Are You Ready? - producer 2009 - 10th Concession - producer 2009 - Mater's Car Tunes - producer, songwriter, guitar 2009 - Los Lobos - Rolling Handy Manny Soundtrack - songwriter 2008 - Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus - Ready Set Don’t Go - producer 2008 - Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus - Ready Set Don’t Go - producer 2008 - Disney Adventures In Bluegrass - producer, autoharp 2008 - Disney Doubles: Cars - composer, primary artist 2008 - Disneymania, Vol. 6 - executive producer 2008 - Disney's Handy Manny - composer, producer 2008 - Horror Tracks: The Scariest Horror-Soundtracks - composer, primary artist 2008 - Danny Kortchmar and Immediate Family - Honey Don't Leave L.A. - co-producer with Danny Kortchmar and Steve Postell 2008 - Lilo and Stitch Hawaiian, Vol. 2 Disney - producer 2008 - ABC's Love Affair - executive producer 2008 - Sleepytime Lullabies (Nickelodeon) - producer, arranger 2007 - A Disney Channel Holiday - producer, executive producer 2007 - Fred Mollin Christmas Lullaby - primary artist 2007 - Disneymania 5 - executive producer 2007 - Everlife - Everlife - producer, guitar, executive producer 2007 - Disney Channel Family Holiday - producer, executive producer 2007 - Country Superstarz - various artists - producer 2007 - Hallelujah Country - producer, arranger, guitar (acoustic), guitar (12 string acoustic), Banjo 2007 - High School Musical: Hits Collection (box set) - executive producer 2007 - High School Musical: The Concert - executive producer 2007 - Billy Ray Cyrus - Home at Last - producer, guitar (12 string acoustic), synthesizer, vocals (background), organ (Hammond) 2007 - The Cheetah Girls - In Concert: The Party's Just Begun Tour - audio production, executive producer 2007 - Jump In! - executive producer 2007 - Jimmy Webb - Live and At Large - producer 2007 - Pixar Buddy Songs - (Disney) - producer, composer, primary artist 2007 - T-Squad - T-Squad - executive producer 2007 - Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 9 (Disney) - executive producer 2007 - Ratatouille: What's Cooking? (Disney) - composer, primary artist, co-producer 2006 - Cars: Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks (Disney) - producer, primary artist, composer 2006 - Fred Mollin - More Music from Forever Knight - primary artist, arranger, producer 2006 - Tennessee River Authority - Ramblin' Roads: A Bluegrass Collection producer 2006 - Jennifer Clarke - Just About Gone - producer 2006 - America - Silent Letter/Alibi - co-producer, guitar (acoustic), percussion, vocals (background) 2005 - Disney's Beach Party (Disney's Karaoke Series) - co-producer, vocals 2005 - Disney's Beach Party (Disney) - producer, vocals, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), primary artist 2005 - Fred Mollin - Disney's Lullaby Album, Vol. 2 - primary artist, producer, arranger, performer, musician 2005 - Fred Mollin - Friday the 13th, Pts. 7 & 8 (soundtrack) - composer, producer 2005 - Collin Raye - Hurricane Jane - producer 2005 - Collin Raye - I Know That's Right - producer 2005 - Lilo & Stitch 2: Island Favorites (Disney) - producer 2005 - John Landry - Someday - producer 2005 - Collin Raye - Twenty Years and Change - producer, guitar (acoustic) 2005 - Jimmy Webb - Twilight of the Renegades - producer, various tracks 2004 - Disney's Lullaby & Goodnight - producer, arranger, musician, primary artist 2004 - Gordie Sampson - Sunburn - executive producer 2004 - Kris Kristofferson - The Essential - producer on "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" 2004 - Rob Galbraith - Too Long at the Fair - producer 2004 - Louise Pitre - Shattered - producer 2003 - Bluegrass: American Classics - producer, arranger, autoharp 2003 - Nell Bryden - Day for Night - producer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), composer 2003 - Disney's Christmas Lullaby Album (Disney) - producer, arranger, musician, composer, guitar, primary artist 2003 - Finding Nemo: Ocean Favorites (Disney) - producer, arranger, conductor, guitar, theremin, primary artist 2003 - O Mickey, Where Art Thou? (Disney) - producer, compilation producer, guitar (acoustic), autoharp 2003 - Sounds of Wood and Steel, Vol. 3 - producer of "You Just Missed Me" - producer, composer, artist, musician 2003 - Janey Street - Street Less Traveled - producer, guitar (acoustic) 2002 - Lilo & Stitch: Island Favorites (Disney) - producer, various tracks 2002 - Disney's Princess Lullaby Album - producer, musician, composer, primary artist 2001 - America - Definitive America - co-producer, guitar, percussion, various tracks 2000 - Fred Mollin - Disney's Lullaby Album: Gentle Instrumental Favorites for Babies - primary artist, producer, arranger, performer, musician 2000 - America - Highway: 30 Years of America - co-producer, guitar, percussion, various tracks 2000 - Barry Mann - Soul & Inspiration - producer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), celeste, sampled strings 1999 - Frank Stallone - In Love in Vain - co-producer 1999 - Dan Hill - Love of My Life: The Best of Dan Hill - co-producer, various tracks 1999 More Music from Forever Knight (original soundtrack) - producer, liner notes, performer, composer 1999 - Amanda McBroom - Portraits: Best Of Amanda McBroom - compilation producer, producer of various tracks 1999 - Superstar (original soundtrack) - co-producer of "Sometimes When We Touch" 1999 - Kris Kristofferson - The Austin Sessions - producer, musician 1998 - Barney - Barney's Great Adventure - co-producer, various tracks 1998 - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: Final Frontiers - composer, various tracks 1998 - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: Dark Side - composer, various tracks 1998 - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: Uninvited - composer, various tracks 1997 - Fantastic Television!! - composer, various tracks 1997 - Michael McDonald & Amy Holland - Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - producer of "All I Know" 1997 - Fred Mollin - Deepwater Black (soundtrack) - composer, performer, producer 1997 - Vampire Themes - composer, various tracks 1996 - Fred Mollin - Forever Knight (original TV soundtrack) - primary artist, producer, composer 1996 - Jimmy Webb - Ten Easy Pieces - producer, guitar (acoustic), autoharp, vocals (background) 1995 - Vineyard Sound, Vol. 2 - Last Boat Home - producer, composer, artist, musician 1994 - Super Scary Monster Party (various artists) - producer, composer, artist 1994 - The Essential Vampire Theme Collection - producer 1994 - Dan Hill - Let Me Show You: Greatest Hits & More - co-producer, various tracks 1994 - One Life to Live: The Best of Love (original TV soundtrack) - producer 1993 - The Vineyard Sound, Vol. 1 - Katama Meditation Instrumental Track - composer, artist 1990 - Frank Stallone - Day In Day Out - co-producer 1986 - Eddie Money - Can't Hold Back - songwriter, "One Chance" 1983 - Toronto - Girls Night Out - songwriter, "(Don't Give Me The) Once Over" 1982 - Jimmy Webb - Angel Heart - co-producer, guitar, vocals (background), percussion 1981 - America - Alibi - co-producer, guitar (acoustic), percussion, vocals (background) 1980 - Michael Stanley Band - Heartland - Mixing 1980 - Marc Tanner / Marc Tanner Band - Temptation - producer 1980 - Blaise Tosti - American Lovers - producer 1979 - Bishop & Gwinn - This Is Our Night - co-producer, guitar, percussion 1979 - Randy Edelman - You're the One - co-producer, percussion, vocals (background) 1978 - McCluskey - GRT - co-producer 1978 - Dan Hill - Frozen in the Night - producer, guitar (acoustic), percussion, vocals (background) 1978 - Bat McGrath - The Spy - co-producer, vocals, guitar, percussion, vocals (background) 1977 - Bat McGrath - From the Blue Eagle - co-producer, vocals, guitar, percussion 1978 - Ronney Abramson - Jukebox of Paris - co-producer, 6 tracks 1977 - Dan Hill - Longer Fuse - producer, vocals, guitar, percussion, vocals (background) 1977 - Ronney Abramson - Stowaway (True North) - co-producer 1976 - Dan Hill - Hold On - producer, vocals, guitar, percussion, vocals (background) 1976 - Paul Clinch & Choya - Living Like a Rich Man - guitar 1975 - CB Victoria - Dawning Day - co-producer 1974 - Dan Hill - Dan Hill - producer, guitar, vocals 1972 - Marc Jonson - Years - drums, vocals (background) 1971 - Ellen Warshaw - Ellen Warshaw - co-writer of 2 tracks, acoustic guitar

Filmography 2017 - The Lears (film) (music supervisor) 2011 - Manny Pacquiao (featuring Dan Hill): Sometimes When We Touch (video documentary short) (music producer) 2002 - Mad Dog Prosecutors (documentary) (composer) 2000-2001 - In a Heartbeat (TV series) (21 episodes) (composer) 2001 - Borderline Normal 2000 - Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (TV movie) (original score) (music supervisor) 2000 - Pilgrim (film) 1999 - Thrill Seekers (TV movie) 1999 - The Fall (film) (composer) 1999 - Roswell: The Aliens Attack (TV movie) (composer) 1999 - Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (TV movie) 1998 - Dream House (TV movie) (composer) 1998 - White Lies (TV movie) (music supervisor) (composer) 1997 - Freaky Stories (TV series) (1 episode) (composer) 1997 - Field Trip/The Story/Panty Raid/The Experiment (1997) (segment: "The Experiment") (composer) 1997 - Mission Genesis (TV series) (13 episodes) (composer) 1997 - Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TV movie documentary) (composer) 1996-1997 - Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series) (11 episodes) (composer) 1996 - The Abduction (TV movie) (composer) 1992-1996 - Forever Knight (TV series) (70 episodes) (composer) 1994-1996 - TekWar (TV series) (18 episodes) (composer) 1995 - Little Criminals (TV movie) (music score) (music supervisor) 1995 - Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (TV miniseries documentary) (1 episode) (composer) 1995 - Blind Faith (composer: theme music) 1995 - Baby Baby (composer: theme music) (musician) 1995 - The Outer Limits (TV series) (2 episodes) (Composer) 1995 - Hangtime (TV series) (composer - 1 episode) 1995 - Pilot (composer: theme music) 1994 - Gene Autry, Melody of the West (documentary) (composer) 1994 - The Odyssey (TV series) (13 episodes) (composer) 1993 - Phenom (TV series) (1 episode) (composer) 1993 - Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (TV movie) (composer) 1993 - In Advance of the Landing (documentary) (composer) 1993 - Survive the Night (TV movie) (composer) 1992 - Amy Fisher: My Story (TV movie) (composer) 1991-1992 - Beyond Reality (TV series) (44 episodes) (composer) 1991-1993 - Tropical Heat aka Sweating Bullets (TV series) (theme song, composer, 13 episodes) 1991 - Revenge of the Nerds (TV Short) (composer: theme music) 1990 - Whispers (composer) 1987-1990 - Friday the 13th: The Series (TV series) (72 episodes) (composer) 1989 - My Secret Identity (TV series) (44 episodes) (composer) 1989 - War of the Worlds (TV series) (composer - 6 episodes, 1989–1990) 1989 - Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (composer) 1989 - Where the Spirit Lives (recording supervisor: Toronto) (composer) 1989 - CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) (music performer - 1 episode) (composer) 1988-1989 - Ramona (TV series) (10 episodes) (composer) 1988 - Family Reunion (composer) 1988 - Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (composer) 1987-1988 - The New Gidget (TV series) (40 episodes) (composer) 1988 - The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series) (1 episode) (composer) 1987 - First Offender (TV movie) (composer) 1987 - It's Only Rock & Roll (TV series) (musical director) (co-host) (14 episodes) (composer) 1985-1987 - ABC Afterschool Special (TV series) (2 episodes) (composer) 1987 - Really Weird Tales (TV movie) (segment composer: "Cursed with Charisma") (composer: theme song written by Fred Mollin) 1987 - The Hanoi Hilton (music producer) 1986 - Brothers by Choice (TV movie) (composer) 1986 - The Truth About Alex (TV movie) (composer) 1985 - Screwballs II (composer) 1984 - Hockey Night (TV movie) (composer) 1982 - Spring Fever (composer) 1982 - Marva Collins: Excellence in Education (TV short documentary) (composer) 1982 - Heart of Gold (TV movie documentary) (composer: theme music) 1980 - The Dream Never Dies (documentary) (composer) 1979 - Fast Company (songs and music score) 1977-1978 - Homemade Television (TV series) (3 seasons) (actor, composer, musician) 1977 - Valdy Down Home Special (TV special) (actor, composer, musician)