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Jerry Goldsmith has been considered one of film music history's most innovative and influential composers. While presenting Goldsmith with a Career Achievement Award from the Society for the Preservation of Film Music in 1993, fellow composer Henry Mancini said of Goldsmith, "he has instilled two things in his colleagues in this town.
Jerry Goldsmith. Music Department: L.A. Confidential. Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
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Learn about the life and work of Jerry Goldsmith, a legendary composer of Radio, TV and Film. Explore his career, awards, discography and legacy on this non-profit fan site.
- 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.
Learn about the life and career of Jerry Goldsmith, a prolific and versatile film composer who won an Oscar for The Omen (1976) and created the Star Trek theme. Explore his awards, trivia, quotes, and family on IMDb.
Jerry Goldsmith was a Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award nominated American composer and conductor known for his work in film and television scoring.
