Jerry Goldsmith
Known For
Sound
Born
1929-02-10 in Pasadena, California, USA
Died
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").
Most Known For
The Oscars
as Self
Gremlins
as Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Yogurt Customer
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as (archive footage)
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
as Self
666: The Omen Revealed
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)
Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur
as Himself
Film Tribute Video Vol.2
as Desafio Total
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
as Self