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Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith

Highest Rated: 100% The Detective (1968)

Lowest Rated: 8% King Solomon's Mines (1985)

Birthday: Feb 10, 1929

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, USA

His scores for "Planet of the Apes" (1968), "The Omen" (1976), "Star Trek, the Motion Picture" (1979), "Alien" (1979), and "Poltergeist" (1982) made him the king of science fiction and horror movie music, but veteran film composer Jerry Goldsmith had more to offer than mere thrills and chills. A one-time student of acclaimed composer Miklós Rózsa, Goldsmith channeled his passion for classical composition into his work on such prestige pictures as "Lonely Are the Brave" (1962), "Lilies of the Field" (1963), and "Patton" (1970), the latter of which garnered him one of many Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score. During his journeyman years as an in-house composer for the Columbia Broadcasting System, Goldsmith was an indispensable component of such long-running television series as "Playhouse 90," "Dr. Kildare," "The Twilight Zone" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." but his stock in the film industry rose via his associations with such A-list directors as John Huston, Otto Preminger, John Sturges, and Franklin J. Schaffner. In the bell lap of his long and distinguished career, Goldsmith became the composer of choice for such new talents as Ridley Scott, Paul Verhoeven, Joe Dante and Curtis Hanson, while his scoring for the revived "Star Trek" franchise won him a new generation of followers. Cut down by cancer in 2004, Goldsmith had long since attained enshrinement as a top-flight Hollywood composer, able to bridge the distant past and the unforeseeable future with an infectious measure of wonder and optimism.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
57% 50% Looney Tunes: Back in Action Original Music $21.0M 2003
94% 95% Alien: The Director's Cut Original Music - 2003
38% 49% Star Trek: Nemesis Original Music $500.0K 2002
59% 49% The Sum of All Fears Original Music $118.5M 2002
52% 74% The Last Castle Original Music $18.2M 2001
32% 53% Along Came a Spider Original Music $74.1M 2001
26% 28% Hollow Man Music $73.2M 2000
33% 66% The 13th Warrior Original Music $32.7M 1999
17% 28% The Haunting Original Music $91.2M 1999
62% 75% The Mummy Original Music - 1999
49% 45% Small Soldiers Original Music $55.1M 1998
55% 44% Star Trek: Insurrection Original Music $70.2M 1998
30% 53% U.S. Marshals Original Music $57.8M 1998
36% 43% Deep Rising Original Music $11.2M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet All About Alfred Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet US Marshalls Original Music - 1998
99% 94% L.A. Confidential Original Music $64.6M 1997
62% 70% The Edge Original Music $27.8M 1997
79% 66% Air Force One Original Music $172.7M 1997
58% 37% City Hall Original Music $20.0M 1996
62% 53% Executive Decision Original Music $55.7M 1996
18% 27% Chain Reaction Original Music $20.6M 1996
50% 75% The Ghost and the Darkness Original Music $38.6M 1996
93% 89% Star Trek: First Contact Original Music $92.0M 1996
13% 40% Bad Girls Original Music $15.2M 1994
45% 48% I.Q. Original Music $25.2M 1994
63% 52% The River Wild Original Music $46.5M 1994
57% 46% Malice Original Music $46.0M 1993
93% 63% Matinee Original Music $8.9M 1993
88% 71% Six Degrees of Separation Original Music $6.3M 1993
78% 90% Rudy Original Music $20.7M 1993
27% 38% Dennis the Menace Original Music $50.2M 1993
49% 46% The Vanishing Original Music $13.4M 1993
11% 41% Mr. Baseball Original Music $20.3M 1992
55% 64% Basic Instinct Original Music - 1992
40% 55% Love Field Original Music $519.2K 1992
24% 60% Sleeping With the Enemy Original Music $100.3M 1991
82% 79% Total Recall Original Music $117.8M 1990
71% 59% Gremlins 2: The New Batch Original Music $40.5M 1990
56% 48% Warlock Original Music $8.3M 1989
23% 25% Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Original Music $52.1M 1989
33% 27% Criminal Law Original Music $9.1M 1988
41% 45% Rambo III Original Music $53.7M 1988
73% 59% Extreme Prejudice Original Music $9.9M 1987
No Score Yet 30% Lionheart Original Music - 1987
91% 88% Hoosiers Original Music $25.8M 1986
72% 66% Explorers Original Music - 1985
12% 38% Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend Original Music - 1985
8% 32% King Solomon's Mines Original Music $13.4M 1985
33% 60% Rambo: First Blood Part II Original Music $150.2M 1985
46% 33% Runaway Music - 1984
86% 78% Gremlins Original Music - 1984
60% 55% Twilight Zone: The Movie Original Music - 1983
62% 62% Psycho II Original Music - 1983
88% 79% Poltergeist Original Music $121.8M 1982
86% 86% First Blood Music - 1982
93% 85% The Secret of NIMH Original Music - 1982
No Score Yet 40% The Salamander Original Music - 1981
54% 54% Outland Original Music - 1981
83% 57% Raggedy Man Original Music - 1981
52% 42% Star Trek: The Motion Picture Original Music - 1979
93% 94% Alien Original Music $82.6M 1979
14% 33% Players Original Music - 1979
70% 66% The Boys From Brazil Original Music - 1978
77% 69% The Great Train Robbery Original Music - 1978
50% 48% Damien: Omen II Original Music - 1978
81% 66% Coma Original Music - 1978
65% 58% Capricorn One Original Music - 1978
87% 65% Magic Original Music - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Contract on Cherry Street Original Music - 1977
45% 60% MacArthur Original Music - 1977
45% 35% Damnation Alley Original Music - 1977
36% 52% The Cassandra Crossing Original Music - 1977
58% 67% Logan's Run Music - 1976
85% 81% The Omen Original Music - 1976
No Score Yet 27% Take a Hard Ride Original Music - 1975
63% 69% The Wind and the Lion Original Music - 1975
68% 59% Breakheart Pass Original Music - 1975
57% 42% Breakout Original Music - 1975
50% 17% The Terrorists Original Music - 1974
98% 93% Chinatown Original Music - 1974
25% 38% Shamus Original Music - 1973
73% 90% Papillon Original Music - 1973
No Score Yet 38% One Little Indian Original Music - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Original Music - 1973
60% 45% Wild Rovers Original Music - 1971
76% 53% Escape From the Planet of the Apes Original Music - 1971
94% 81% The Ballad of Cable Hogue Original Music - 1970
70% 70% Rio Lobo Original Music - 1970
91% 93% Patton Original Music - 1970
No Score Yet 41% 100 Rifles Original Music - 1969
40% 39% The Illustrated Man Original Music - 1969
100% 48% The Detective Original Music - 1968
20% 50% Bandolero! Original Music - 1968
86% 88% Planet of the Apes Original Music - 1968
68% 52% In Like Flint Original Music - 1967
No Score Yet 23% Warning Shot Original Music - 1967
88% 51% Hour of the Gun Original Music - 1967
79% 87% Seconds Original Music - 1966
100% 76% The Blue Max Original Music - 1966
85% 88% The Sand Pebbles Original Music - 1966
No Score Yet 40% Stagecoach Original Music - 1966
57% 45% The Satan Bug Original Music - 1965
90% 82% Von Ryan's Express Original Music - 1965
75% 71% Morituri Original Music - 1965
37% 79% In Harm's Way Original Music - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint Music - 1965
43% 49% Rio Conchos Original Music - 1964
92% 89% Seven Days in May Original Music - 1964
40% 69% Fate Is the Hunter Original Music - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shock Treatment Original Music - 1964
No Score Yet 57% A Gathering of Eagles Original Music - 1963
No Score Yet 67% Take Her, She's Mine Original Music - 1963
64% 67% The List of Adrian Messenger Original Music - 1963
92% 86% Lilies of the Field Original Music - 1963
No Score Yet 38% The Stripper Original Music - 1963
93% 85% Lonely Are the Brave Original Music - 1962
60% No Score Yet Studs Lonigan Original Music - 1960
No Score Yet 38% City of Fear Original Music - 1959