Person
Jerry Goldsmith
Sound · 1929–2004 · Pasadena, California, USA
Biography
Jerry Goldsmith was an American music composer and conductor for film and television productions, best known for his scores of movies like "Planet of the Apes", "Papillon", "Alien", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", and also three "Rambo" films and five "Star Trek" films. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and eighteen Academy Awards (he won only one, in 1976, for the feature film "The Omen").
Known for
Star Trek: Voyager
Main Title Theme Composer
The Waltons
Music
Star Trek: Picard
Music
Alien
Original Music Composer
The Oscars
Self
The Mummy
Original Music Composer
Amazing Stories
Music
Mulan
Original Music Composer
Supergirl
Original Music Composer
Basic Instinct
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2023Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as AuteurHimself
- 2020MulanTheme Song Performance
- 2020Star Trek: PicardMusic
- 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary CelebrationOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins(archive footage)
- 2014From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the CreaturesMusic
- 2006North and the Music of the SouthSelf (archive footage)
- 2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf
- 2003Looney Tunes: Back in ActionOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Star Trek: NemesisOriginal Music Composer
- 2002The Sum of All FearsOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years LaterOriginal Music Composer
- 2001The Last CastleOriginal Music Composer
- 2001Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'Self
- 2001Along Came a SpiderOriginal Music Composer
- 2001Soarin' Over CaliforniaMusic
- 2001Imagining 'Total Recall'Self
- 2000666: The Omen Revealed
- 2000Hollow ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The 13th WarriorOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The HauntingOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The Alien LegacyMusic
- 1999The MummyOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Star Trek: InsurrectionOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Small SoldiersOriginal Music Composer
- 1998MulanOriginal Music Composer
- 1998U.S. MarshalsOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Deep RisingOriginal Music Composer
- 1997L.A. ConfidentialOriginal Music Composer
- 1997The EdgeOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Air Force OneOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. SchaffnerSelf
- 1997Fierce CreaturesOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Star Trek: First ContactOriginal Music Composer
- 1996The Ghost and the DarknessOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Chain ReactionOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Executive DecisionOriginal Music Composer
- 1996City HallOriginal Music Composer
- 1995PowderOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
- 1995First KnightOriginal Music Composer
- 1995CongoOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Star Trek: VoyagerMain Title Theme Composer
- 1995The Hollywood Soundtrack StorySelf
- 1994I.Q.Original Music Composer
- 1994The River WildOriginal Music Composer
- 1994The ShadowOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Bad GirlsOriginal Music Composer
- 1994AngieOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Six Degrees of SeparationOriginal Music Composer
- 1993MaliceOriginal Music Composer
- 1993RudyOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Dennis the MenaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1993The VanishingConductor
- 1993MatineeOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Forever YoungOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Love FieldOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Mr. BaseballOriginal Music Composer
- 1992King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."Self
- 1992Mom and Dad Save the WorldOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Basic InstinctOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Medicine ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Sleeping with the EnemyOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Not Without My DaughterOriginal Music Composer
- 1990The Russia HouseOriginal Music Composer
- 1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchYogurt Customer
- 1990Total RecallOriginal Music Composer
- 1989Star Trek V: The Final FrontierOriginal Music Composer
- 1989WarlockOriginal Music Composer
- 1989Criminal LawOriginal Music Composer
- 1989LeviathanOriginal Music Composer
- 1989The 'BurbsOriginal Music Composer
- 1988Rambo IIIOriginal Music Composer
- 1987Rent-a-CopOriginal Music Composer
- 1987LionheartOriginal Music Composer
- 1987InnerspaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1987Police Story: The Freeway KillingsTheme Song Performance
- 1987Extreme PrejudiceOriginal Music Composer
- 1986HoosiersOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Poltergeist II: The Other SideOriginal Music Composer
- 1986LinkOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Rambo: The RescueMusic
- 1986Ninja TerminatorMusic
- 1985King Solomon's MinesOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Amazing StoriesMusic
- 1985LegendOriginal Music Composer
- 1985ExplorersOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Rambo: First Blood Part IIOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Baby: Secret of the Lost LegendOriginal Music Composer
- 1984RunawayOriginal Music Composer
- 1984SupergirlOriginal Music Composer
- 1984GremlinsPay-Phone Patron (uncredited)
- 1984The Lonely GuyOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Under FireOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Psycho IIOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Cinderella RevolutionMusic
- 1982The Man Who Saved the WorldMusic
- 1982First BloodOriginal Music Composer
- 1982The ChallengeOriginal Music Composer
- 1982The Secret of NIMHOriginal Music Composer
- 1982PoltergeistOriginal Music Composer
- 1982Night CrossingOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Raggedy ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1981OutlandOriginal Music Composer
- 1981InchonOriginal Music Composer
- 1981The SalamanderOriginal Music Composer
- 1981MasadaOriginal Music Composer
- 1981The Final ConflictOriginal Music Composer
- 1980CaboblancoOriginal Music Composer
- 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureOriginal Music Composer
- 1979PlayersOriginal Music Composer
- 1979AlienOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The First Great Train RobberyOriginal Music Composer
- 1978MagicOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The Boys from BrazilOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The SwarmOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Damien - Omen IIOriginal Music Composer
- 1978ComaOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Capricorn OneOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Contract on Cherry StreetOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Bloodthirsty HawkMusic
- 1977Damnation AlleyOriginal Music Composer
- 1977MacArthurConductor
- 1977BabeOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Islands in the StreamOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Twilight's Last GleamingOriginal Music Composer
- 1976The Cassandra CrossingOriginal Music Composer
- 1976High VelocityOriginal Music Composer
- 1976The OmenOriginal Music Composer
- 1976Logan's RunOriginal Music Composer
- 1976The Last Hard MenOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Breakheart PassOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Take a Hard RideOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Medical StoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Medical StoryMusic
- 1975A Girl Named SoonerOriginal Music Composer
- 1975The Wind and the LionOriginal Music Composer
- 1975BreakoutOriginal Music Composer
- 1975The Reincarnation of Peter ProudOriginal Music Composer
- 1974RansomOriginal Music Composer
- 1974S*P*Y*SOriginal Music Composer
- 1974ChinatownOriginal Music Composer
- 1974Winter KillOriginal Music Composer
- 1974A Tree Grows in BrooklynOriginal Music Composer
- 1974Indict and ConvictOriginal Music Composer
- 1973PapillonOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Don Is DeadOriginal Music Composer
- 1973Big John MorrisonOriginal Music Composer
- 1973One Little IndianOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Going Up of David LevOriginal Music Composer
- 1973Ace Eli and Rodger of the SkiesOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Red PonyOriginal Music Composer
- 1973HawkinsConductor
- 1973ShamusOriginal Music Composer
- 1972PursuitOriginal Music Composer
- 1972The WaltonsMusic
- 1972Anna and the KingMusic
- 1972The ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1972The OtherOriginal Music Composer
- 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Original Music Composer
- 1972CrawlspaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1972Lights OutOriginal Music Composer
- 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1971CrosscurrentOriginal Music Composer
- 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or MutilateOriginal Music Composer
- 1971The Last RunOriginal Music Composer
- 1971Wild RoversOriginal Music Composer
- 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesOriginal Music Composer
- 1971The Mephisto WaltzOriginal Music Composer
- 1971A Step Out of LineOriginal Music Composer
- 1970The Traveling ExecutionerConductor
- 1970The Brotherhood of the BellOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Prudence and the ChiefConductor
- 1970Rio LoboOriginal Music Composer
- 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Original Music Composer
- 1970PattonOriginal Music Composer
- 1969JustineOriginal Music Composer
- 1969The ChairmanOriginal Music Composer
- 1969100 RiflesOriginal Music Composer
- 1969The Illustrated ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Bandolero!Original Music Composer
- 1968The DetectiveOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Planet of the ApesOriginal Music Composer
- 1968SebastianOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Nick QuarryOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Hour of the GunOriginal Music Composer
- 1967The Flim-Flam ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1967In Like FlintOriginal Music Composer
- 1967The Spy in the Green HatMusic
- 1967Warning ShotOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Sand PebblesOriginal Music Composer
- 1966SecondsOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Blue MaxOriginal Music Composer
- 1966StagecoachOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Trouble with AngelsOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Our Man FlintOriginal Music Composer
- 1965A Patch of BlueOriginal Music Composer
- 1965The Artist Who Did Not Want to PaintMusic
- 1965The LonerOriginal Music Composer
- 1965MorituriOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Von Ryan's ExpressOriginal Music Composer
- 1965In Harm's WayPiano Player (uncredited)
- 1965The Satan BugOriginal Music Composer
- 1965To Trap a SpyOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Rio ConchosOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Fate Is the HunterOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Shock TreatmentOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Seven Days in MayOriginal Music Composer
- 1963The PrizeOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Take Her, She's MineOriginal Music Composer
- 1963A Gathering of EaglesOriginal Music Composer
- 1963The StripperOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Lilies of the FieldOriginal Music Composer
- 1963The List of Adrian MessengerOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Freud: The Secret PassionOriginal Music Composer
- 1962The Spiral RoadOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Lonely are the BraveOriginal Music Composer
- 1961The Grim ReaperOriginal Music Composer
- 1961The CrimebustersOriginal Music Composer
- 1961Man on the BeachOriginal Music Composer
- 1960Flaming StarMusic
- 1960Studs LoniganOriginal Music Composer
- 1960Journey to the DayMusic
- 1959Face of a FugitiveOriginal Music Composer
- 1959City of FearOriginal Music Composer
- 1958Days of Wine and RosesOriginal Music Composer
- 1957Black PatchOriginal Music Composer
- 1954Casino RoyaleOriginal Music Composer
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952Don't Bother to KnockMusic Consultant
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