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Jerry Goldsmith
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Jerry Goldsmith, born Jerrald King Goldsmith in 1929, was an American conductor, composer, and musician. He was educated at the University of Southern California and the USC Thornton School of Music. His professional work began in 1947, and he was associated with Monument Records. Goldsmith composed in the genres of classical music, contemporary classical music, and cinematic classical music, often creating soundtracks and instrumental scores.
He received an Emmy Award, an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Original Song and Worst Musical Score. Goldsmith died of colorectal cancer in 2004 in Beverly Hills, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. He is buried at Hillside Memorial Park and was survived by his child, Joel Goldsmith.
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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…
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- Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur — Himself2023
- Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins — (archive footage)2014
- North and the Music of the South — Self (archive footage)2006
- The Beast Within: Making Alien — Self2003
- 666: The Omen Revealed2000
- Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner — Self1997
- Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith1995
- The Hollywood Soundtrack Story — Self1995
- King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." — Self1992
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Yogurt Customer1990
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Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 Los Angeles, CA, USA, – July 21, 2004 Beverly Hills, CA, USA) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his work in film and television scoring over nearly five decades, from 1954 to 2003. He composed music for more than 200 productions and was recognised as one of the most innovative and influential figures in film music. Goldsmith received eighteen Academy Award nominations, winning in 1977 for his score for "The Omen". <a href="h
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Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was considered one of film music's most innovative and influential composers. He was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning in 1977 for The Omen), six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and four British Academy Film Awards.
He composed scores for five films in the Star Trek franchise, three in The Omen 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, Alien, Poltergeist, The Secret of NIMH, Medicine Man, Gremlins, Hoosiers, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Sleeping with the Enemy, Air Force One, L.A. Confidential, Mulan, Rudy and The Mummy. He also composed the current fanfare for the Universal Pictures logo, which debuted in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
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