Jerry Goldsmith

Jerrald King Goldsmith | Jerrald K. Goldsmith | Jerrald Goldsmith

About the person

Career:

Sound

Date of birth:

1929-02-10

Place of birth:

Pasadena, California, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

Date of death

2004-07-21

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").

Filmography

Rating by year

Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur
Himself
2023-12-27
0.00
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
(archive footage)
2014-09-30
7.34
North and the Music of the South
Self (archive footage)
2006-05-02
0.00
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
2003-12-02
8.223
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
Self
2001-09-28
6.84
Imagining 'Total Recall'
Self
2001-01-01
7.03
666: The Omen Revealed
2000-09-05
5.33
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
Self
1997-05-20
0.00
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
Self
1995-01-01
0.00
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Self
1992-09-16
8.01
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Yogurt Customer
1990-06-15
6.52,923
Gremlins
Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)
1984-06-08
7.17,013
In Harm's Way
Piano Player (uncredited)
1965-04-06
6.6159