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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!
- Jerrald King Goldsmith
- 1951–2004
- February 10, 1929, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jerry Goldsmith. Music Department: L.A. Confidential. Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California.
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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- The Omen (1976) The greatest horror score ever composed, bar none, this is a textbook example of what a soundtrack can do for its respective movie, elevating it from schlock into grippingly portentous Satanic art.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Despite the many glorious highs of the Star Trek movie franchise, its inception came with this somewhat muddled and slow-moving, though visually majestic, debut feature, one that fails to yield the warm responses afforded to later entries in the series.
- Chinatown (1974) Amazingly, Goldsmith had only 10 days to compose his score (replacing a rejected work by Philip Lambro) for Roman Polanski’s classic neo-noir starring Jack Nicholson.
- Planet Of The Apes (1968) Although Goldsmith had been scoring movies since the late 1950s, it was this revolutionary, avant-garde work (bearing the influence of his great mentor, Alex North) that truly established him as a force to be reckoned with.
May 17, 2017 · Learn how the composer created the terrifying music for the sci-fi classic, but faced challenges and rejections from the director and editor. Discover the instruments, effects and influences behind the iconic alien theme and the original main title.
May 9, 2017 · Composer Jerry Goldsmith was honored Tuesday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was a force at the movies for more than 50 years, until his death in 2004 at the age of 75.
Learn about Jerry Goldsmith, an American composer and conductor who wrote scores for classic films such as "Planet of the Apes", "Chinatown" and "Star Trek". Find out his achievements, awards, influences and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Aug 2, 2004 · H e was probably the most respected working composer in Hollywood. Jerry Goldsmith, who died July 21 at the age of 75, was very much a man of his time. He started at the bottom (typing scripts at CBS until he got a chance to write music for radio) and built a career that had no real precedent.
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