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Jerry Goldsmith

Name in Native Language: "Jerrald Goldsmith" (English/EN)
Composer | * 02/10/1929 († 75, 07/21/2004) | Pasadena, California (United States of America (USA))
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American composer known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the Star Trek franchise and three in the Rambo franchise, as well as for films including Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Patton, Papillon, Chinatown, The Omen, Alien, Poltergeist, The Secret of NIMH, Medicine Man, ()
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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").

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior ...

Congo

PG-13

1995 | 2.8/5 | 1h 49min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. ...

The Boys from Brazil

R

1978 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner. ...

L.A. Confidential

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1997 | 3.9/5 | 2h 18min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue t ...

Star Trek: First Contact

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1996 | 3.7/5 | 1h 51min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Jerry Goldsmith

Emmy Awards Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 11x Academy Award for Best Original Score 4x Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Original Score, No Musical Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
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Movies with Jerry Goldsmith as Actor(9)

as (archive footage)2014 Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self (archive footage)2006 North and the Music of the South
as himself2003 The Beast Within: Making 'Alien'
2000 666: The Omen Revealed
as himself1997 Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
1995 Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
1992 King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
as Yogurt Shop Patron (uncredited)1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)1984 Gremlins

Movies with Jerry Goldsmith as Crew(212)

Sound/Original Music Composer2019 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Sound/Music2014 From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Sound/Music2003 The Beast Within: Making 'Alien'
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Star Trek: Nemesis
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Sum of All Fears
Sound/Conductor2002 The Sum of All Fears
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Drawing First Blood
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Along Came a Spider
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 The Last Castle
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 Hollow Man
Sound/Conductor2000 Hollow Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The Mummy
Sound/Conductor1999 The Mummy
Sound/Music1999 The Alien Legacy
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The 13th Warrior
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The Haunting
Sound/Conductor1999 The Haunting
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 U.S. Marshals
Sound/Conductor1998 U.S. Marshals
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Small Soldiers
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Mulan
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Deep Rising
Sound/Conductor1998 Deep Rising
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 The Edge
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Air Force One
Sound/Conductor1997 Air Force One
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 L.A. Confidential
Sound/Conductor1997 L.A. Confidential
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Fierce Creatures
Sound/Conductor1997 Fierce Creatures
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 The Ghost and the Darkness
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Executive Decision
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Chain Reaction
Sound/Conductor1996 Chain Reaction
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 City Hall
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Star Trek: First Contact
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Powder
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 First Knight
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Congo
Sound/Conductor1995 Congo
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Angie
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 I.Q.
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 The River Wild
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Bad Girls
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 The Shadow
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Dennis the Menace
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Malice
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Vanishing
Sound/Conductor1993 The Vanishing
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Six Degrees of Separation
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Rudy
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Matinee
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Mom and Dad Save the World
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Love Field
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Forever Young
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Mr. Baseball
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Medicine Man
Sound/Conductor1992 Medicine Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Basic Instinct
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Sleeping with the Enemy
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Not Without My Daughter
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Total Recall
Sound/Conductor1990 Total Recall
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 The Russia House
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Criminal Law
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Leviathan
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The 'Burbs
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Warlock
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Rambo III
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Lionheart
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Rent-a-Cop
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Extreme Prejudice
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Innerspace
Sound/Theme Song Performance1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Hoosiers
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Link
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Legend
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Explorers
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 King Solomon's Mines
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Runaway
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Supergirl
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Gremlins
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Lonely Guy
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Psycho II
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Under Fire
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 First Blood
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Poltergeist
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 The Secret of NIMH
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 The Challenge
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Inchon
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Night Crossing
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Outland
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 The Salamander
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Omen III: The Final Conflict
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Raggedy Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 Cabo Blanco
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Players
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Alien
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The First Great Train Robbery
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The Swarm
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The Boys from Brazil
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Damien: Omen II
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Magic
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Coma
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Contract on Cherry Street
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Islands in the Stream
Sound/Music1977 MacArthur
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Capricorn One
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Damnation Alley
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Cassandra Crossing
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Omen
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 High Velocity
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 Logan's Run
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Last Hard Men
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Wind and the Lion
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 A Girl Named Sooner
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Babe
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Breakheart Pass
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Take a Hard Ride
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Breakout
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Ransom
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 S*P*Y*S
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Sound/Music1974 Indict and Convict
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Chinatown
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Winter Kill
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Shamus
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 One Little Indian
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Going Up of David Lev
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Papillon
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Don Is Dead
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Lights Out
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Pursuit
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Crawlspace
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Other
Sound/Conductor1972 The Other
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Crosscurrent
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Last Run
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 A Step Out of Line
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Mephisto Waltz
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Wild Rovers
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 The Traveling Executioner
Sound/Conductor1970 The Traveling Executioner
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Patton
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 The Brotherhood of the Bell
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Sound/Music1970 Prudence and the Chief
Sound/Conductor1970 Prudence and the Chief
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Rio Lobo
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 The Illustrated Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 The Chairman
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 100 Rifles
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Justine
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Bandolero!
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Sebastian
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 The Detective
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Nick Quarry
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Planet of the Apes
Sound/Music1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Warning Shot
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 In Like Flint
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 The Flim-Flam Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Hour of the Gun
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Seconds
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Blue Max
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Our Man Flint
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Sand Pebbles
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Stagecoach
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Trouble with Angels
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 A Patch of Blue
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 In Harm's Way
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 The Satan Bug
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Von Ryan's Express
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Morituri
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 To Trap a Spy
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Fate Is the Hunter
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Seven Days in May
Sound/Music1964 Shock Treatment
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Rio Conchos
Sound/Music1963 A Gathering of Eagles
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Lilies of the Field
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 The Prize
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 The Stripper
Sound/Music1962 The Spiral Road
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Lonely Are the Brave
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Freud: The Secret Passion
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Studs Lonigan
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Face of a Fugitive
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 City of Fear
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Days of Wine and Roses
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Black Patch
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Casino Royale

TV Shows/Series with Jerry Goldsmith as Crew(8)

Sound/Music2020 Star Trek: Picard
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1995 Star Trek: Voyager
Sound/Music1985 Amazing Stories
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Masada
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Hawkins
Sound/Conductor1973 Hawkins
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1972 The Waltons
Sound/Music1972 The Waltons

Born: Sunday, 02/10 1929 (February) in Pasadena, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 07/21 2004 (July) in Beverly Hills (aged: 75)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music
Record Label: Monument Records
Spouses (current/former): Carol Heather Goldsmith, Sharon Hennagin Goldsmith
Children: Joel Goldsmith, Aaron Goldsmith, Carrie Goldsmith, Jennifer Goldsmith, Ellen Goldsmith Edson
Other names for Jerry Goldsmith (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jerrald King Goldsmith"
"Jerrald K. Goldsmith"
"Jerrald Goldsmith"
"Michael Hennagin"
"Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith"
Jerry Goldsmith frequently works together with these people:
Kenneth Hall (33x, Crew)
Arthur Morton (23x, Crew)
Jack Martin Smith (20x, Crew)
Walter M. Scott (20x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (19x, Crew)
Mike Fenton (17x, Crew)
Alexander Courage (16x, Crew)
Dick Ziker (14x, Crew)
Michael Crichton (12x, Crew)
Joe Dante (12x, Actor)
L.B. Abbott (12x, Crew)
Rick Berman (6x, Crew)
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