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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.
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.
The Blue Max. The Boys from Brazil (film) Breakheart Pass (film) Breakout (1975 film) The Brotherhood of the Bell. The 'Burbs. Caboblanco. Capricorn One. The Cassandra Crossing. Chain Reaction (1996 film) The Chairman (1969 film) The Challenge (1982 film) Chinatown (1974 film) City Hall (1996 film) Coma (1978 film) Congo (film)
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Top 40 Jerry Goldsmith Scored Films. by brusty1 | created - 26 Dec 2016 | updated - 26 Dec 2016 | Public. I've seen 71 of his scored films in all. The ratings are for the films as a whole, not just the scores. These are my 40 favorites in order. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Sort by: View: 40 titles. 1.
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) was one of the most popular and influential film composers working in Hollywood. In a career spanning more than 40 years he wrote the music for over 150 films and television shows. He won one Oscar out of 18 nominations.
It was here that he met the influential film composer Alfred Newman who hired Goldsmith to score the film Lonely Are the Brave (1962), his first major feature film score. An experimentalist, Goldsmith constantly pushed forward the bounds of film music: Planet of the Apes (1968) included horns blown without mouthpieces and a bass clarinetist ...
May 9, 2017 · In honor of Jerry Goldsmith ‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jon Burlingame offers ten scores that best capture the late composer’s genius. 1. A Patch of Blue (1965) For the tender ...
