title: Gil Mellé
text: # Gil Mellé
  
  Gilbert John Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  In the 1950s, Mellé created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Mellé led a number of sessions recorded for the Blue Note and Prestige labels between 1952 and 1957. He also appeared at the first Newport Jazz Festival, leading a band that also contained Joe Cinderella, Vinnie Burke, and Ed Thigpen.
  
  As a film and TV composer, Mellé was one of the first to use self-built electronic instruments, either alone or as an added voice among the string, wind, brass, and percussion sections of the orchestra. Mellé died in Malibu, California on October 28, 2004.
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### As composer and arranger
  
  * Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet (New Faces - New Sounds) (Blue Note, 1953)
  * Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Farlow - Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1953)
  * Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca - Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1954)
  * Gil Mellé Quintet with Don Butterfield - 5 Impressions of Color (Blue Note, 1955)
  * Patterns in Jazz (Blue Note, 1956)
  * Primitive Modern (Prestige, 1956)
  * Gil's Guests (Prestige, 1956)
  * Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)
  * Tome VI (Verve, 1967)
  * Waterbirds (Nocturne, 1970)
  * The Andromeda Strain (Kapp, 1971)
  * Mindscape (Blue Note, 1989)
  * The Organization (Intrada, 2010). World premiere release of the original soundtrack of the 1971 film. Produced by Douglass Fake. Liner notes by James Phillips. Art Direction by Joe Sikoyak.
  * Borderline (Intrada, 2012). World premiere release of the original score to the 1980 film. Produced by Douglass Fake. Liner Notes by James Phillips. Art Direction by Joe Sikoyak.
  
  ### Film scores
  
  * The Andromeda Strain (1971)
  * The Organization (1971)
  * The Manipulator (1971)
  * You'll Like My Mother (1972)
  * Bone (1972)
  * The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
  * Embryo (1976)
  * Starship Invasions (1977)
  * The Sentinel (1977)
  * Blood Beach (1980)
  * Borderline (1980)
  * The Last Chase (1981)
  * Hot Target (1985)
  
  ### Television scores
  
  **Television series**
  
  * Ironside (1968) - 1 episode
  * Then Came Bronson (1969–70) - 2 episodes
  * Night Gallery (1969–73) - Theme music
  * The Psychiatrist (1970–71) - Theme music
  * Columbo (1971–72) - 4 episodes
  * Tenafly (1973) - 4 episodes
  * Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–75) - Theme music
  * World War III (1982) - Miniseries
  * Fatal Vision (1984) - Miniseries
  * Veronica Clare (1991) - 9 episodes
  
  **Television films**
  
  * Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972)
  * That Certain Summer (1972)
  * The Victim (1972)
  * The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
  * The Astronaut (1972)
  * A Cold Night's Death (1973)
  * The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
  * Partners in Crime (1973)
  * Savage (1973)
  * The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
  * Trapped (1973)
  * The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
  * Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
  * Legend in Granite (1973)
  * The Questor Tapes (1974)
  * Killdozer! (1974)
  * Hitchhike (1974)
  * The Last Angry Man (1974)
  * The Savage Is Loose (1974)
  * The Missing Are Deadly (1975)
  * A Cry for Help (1975)
  * The Imposter (1975)
  * Crime Club (1975)
  * Death Scream (1975)
  * The Art of Crime (1975)
  * Dynasty (1976)
  * Perilous Voyage (1976)
  * Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
  * A Vacation in Hell (1979)
  * Attica (1980)
  * The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
  * Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
  * The Intruder Within (1981)
  * Through Naked Eyes (1983)
  * Jealousy (1984)
  * Best Kept Secrets (1984)
  * Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
  * Sweet Revenge (1984)
  * Starcrossed (1985)
  * When Dreams Come True (1985)
  * Killer in the Mirror (1986)
  * The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
  * Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986)
  * Stillwatch (1987)
  * The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
  * From the Dead of Night (1989)
  * The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers (1989)
  * So Proudly We Hail (1990)
  * Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990)
  * Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
  * Night Owl (1993)
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  * 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score: The Andromeda Strain (nominated)
  