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").
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Filmography
all 222
Movies 215
TV Shows 7
self 7
Music
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
TV
6.43
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
Movie
Composer
Gremlins: A Christmas Nightmare (2018)
Movie
(archive footage) / Original Music Composer
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (2014)
Movie
Music
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (2014)
Movie
Self
North and the Music of the South (2006)
Movie
Self / Music
The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003)
Movie
Composer
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Movie
7.33
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Movie
5.46
Composer
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Movie
5.64
Original Music Composer
Drawing Blood (2002)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Last Castle (2001)
Movie
Self - Composer
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001)
Movie
Composer
Along Came a Spider (2001)
Movie
4.79
Self - Composer
666: The Omen Revealed (2000)
Movie
Composer
Hollow Man (2000)
Movie
5.43
Composer
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Movie
4.29
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Haunting (1999)
Movie
4.5
Music
The Alien Legacy (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Mummy (1999)
Movie
6.11
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Movie
5.47
Original Music Composer
Small Soldiers (1998)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Mulan (1998)
Movie
6.89
Original Music Composer / Conductor
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Movie
6.76
Composer
Deep Rising (1998)
Movie
5.09
Original Music Composer / Conductor
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Movie
5.1
Composer
The Edge (1997)
Movie
Composer
Air Force One (1997)
Movie
6.15
Self
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Movie
5.9
Composer
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Chain Reaction (1996)
Movie
5.33
Composer
Executive Decision (1996)
Movie
5.9
Original Music Composer
City Hall (1996)
Movie
6
Composer
Powder (1995)
Movie
Self
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995)
Movie
Original Music Composer
First Knight (1995)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Congo (1995)
Movie
5.65
Main Title Theme Composer
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
TV
6.25
Composer
I.Q. (1994)
Movie
5.78
Original Music Composer
The River Wild (1994)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
The Shadow (1994)
Movie
4.88
Main Title Theme Composer
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Bad Girls (1994)
Movie
6.38
Composer
Angie (1994)
Movie
6
Composer
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Malice (1993)
Movie
Composer
Rudy (1993)
Movie
6
Composer
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Vanishing (1993)
Movie
8
Composer
Matinee (1993)
Movie
Composer
Forever Young (1992)
Movie
6
Composer
Love Field (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Mr. Baseball (1992)
Movie
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." (1992)
Movie
Composer
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Movie
6
Composer
Basic Instinct (1992)
Movie
5.83
Composer
Medicine Man (1992)
Movie
Composer
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Movie
4.75
Original Music Composer
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Movie
Composer
The Russia House (1990)
Movie
2
Yogurt Customer / Original Music Composer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Total Recall (1990)
Movie
6.26
Original Music Composer
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Movie
5.52
Composer
Warlock (1989)
Movie
4.45
Composer
Criminal Law (1989)
Movie
Composer
Leviathan (1989)
Movie
6.67
Composer
The 'Burbs (1989)
Movie
5.96
Original Music Composer
Rambo III (1988)
Movie
5.74
Composer
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Movie
Composer
Lionheart (1987)
Movie
Composer
Innerspace (1987)
Movie
6.75
Theme Song Performance
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Movie
Composer
Hoosiers (1986)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Movie
5.83
Composer
Link (1986)
Movie
Music
Rambo: The Rescue (1986)
Movie
Original Music Composer
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Movie
Music
Amazing Stories (1985)
TV
5.33
Composer
Legend (1985)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer
Explorers (1985)
Movie
Composer
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Movie
5.54
Composer
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Movie
Composer
Runaway (1984)
Movie
Composer
Supergirl (1984)
Movie
6.61
Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited) / Original Music Composer
Gremlins (1984)
Movie
5.92
Composer
The Lonely Guy (1984)
Movie
6
Composer
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1984)
Movie
Composer
Under Fire (1983)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Movie
Composer
Psycho II (1983)
Movie
5.25
Composer
First Blood (1982)
Movie
5.84
Original Music Composer
The Challenge (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Movie
3.5
Composer
Poltergeist (1982)
Movie
5.76
Composer
Night Crossing (1982)
Movie
Composer
Raggedy Man (1981)
Movie
Composer
Outland (1981)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer
Inchon (1981)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Salamander (1981)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Masada (1981)
TV
Composer
The Final Conflict (1981)
Movie
5.59
Original Music Composer
Cabo Blanco (1980)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Movie
5.82
Composer
Players (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Alien (1979)
Movie
5.96
Composer
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Movie
1
Composer
Magic (1978)
Movie
Composer
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Movie
5.61
Composer
The Swarm (1978)
Movie
6
Composer
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Movie
5.25
Composer
Coma (1978)
Movie
Composer
Capricorn One (1977)
Movie
4.72
Composer
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Damnation Alley (1977)
Movie
10
Composer
MacArthur (1977)
Movie
Composer
Islands in the Stream (1977)
Movie
Composer
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Movie
Composer
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Movie
6
Composer
High Velocity (1976)
Movie
Composer
The Omen (1976)
Movie
5.34
Original Music Composer
Logan's Run (1976)
Movie
5.41
Composer
The Last Hard Men (1976)
Movie
Composer
The Hemingway Play (1976)
Movie
Composer
Breakheart Pass (1975)
Movie
Composer
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Babe (1975)
Movie
Composer
Medical Story (1975)
Movie
Composer
A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Breakout (1975)
Movie
Composer
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
Movie
Composer
Ransom (1974)
Movie
Original Music Composer
S*P*Y*S (1974)
Movie
Composer
Chinatown (1974)
Movie
6.14
Composer
Winter Kill (1974)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
Movie
Composer
Indict and Convict (1974)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Papillon (1973)
Movie
3.67
Original Music Composer
The Don Is Dead (1973)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Big John Morrison (1973)
Movie
Composer
One Little Indian (1973)
Movie
Composer
The Going Up of David Lev (1973)
Movie
Composer
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
Movie
Composer
The Red Pony (1973)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Hawkins (1973)
TV
Composer
Shamus (1973)
Movie
Composer
Pursuit (1972)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer / Music / Main Title Theme Composer
The Waltons (1972)
TV
6
Composer
The Man (1972)
Movie
Composer
The Other (1972)
Movie
6
Composer
The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
Movie
Composer
Crawlspace (1972)
Movie
Composer
Lights Out (1972)
Movie
Composer
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
Movie
Composer
Crosscurrent (1971)
Movie
Composer
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
Movie
Composer
The Last Run (1971)
Movie
Composer
Wild Rovers (1971)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Movie
5.42
Composer
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
Movie
Composer
A Step Out of Line (1971)
Movie
Composer
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Movie
Composer
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Movie
Composer
Prudence and the Chief (1970)
Movie
Composer
Rio Lobo (1970)
Movie
4.33
Composer
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Patton (1970)
Movie
4.33
Original Music Composer
Justine (1969)
Movie
Composer
The Chairman (1969)
Movie
Composer
The Illustrated Man (1969)
Movie
Composer
100 Rifles (1969)
Movie
Composer
Bandolero! (1968)
Movie
Composer
The Detective (1968)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Movie
6.43
Original Music Composer
Sebastian (1968)
Movie
Composer
Nick Quarry (1968)
Movie
Composer
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Movie
Composer
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Movie
Composer
In Like Flint (1967)
Movie
4
Music
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
Movie
4
Composer
Warning Shot (1967)
Movie
6
Composer
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Movie
Composer
Seconds (1966)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Blue Max (1966)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Stagecoach (1966)
Movie
Composer
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Movie
Composer
Our Man Flint (1966)
Movie
3.88
Composer
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Movie
Music
The Artist Who did Not Want to Paint (1965)
Movie
Composer
Morituri (1965)
Movie
Composer
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Movie
Composer
In Harm's Way (1965)
Movie
4
Composer
The Satan Bug (1965)
Movie
Composer
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Movie
Composer
Rio Conchos (1964)
Movie
Composer
Shock Treatment (1964)
Movie
Composer
Seven Days in May (1964)
Movie
6.62
Composer
To Trap a Spy (1964)
Movie
Composer
The Prize (1963)
Movie
Composer
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
Movie
Composer
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Stripper (1963)
Movie
Composer
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Movie
6
Composer
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Movie
Composer
Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
Movie
Composer
The Spiral Road (1962)
Movie
Composer
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Movie
Composer
The Crimebusters (1961)
Movie
Music
Flaming Star (1960)
Movie
Composer
Studs Lonigan (1960)
Movie
Composer
A Marriage of Strangers (1959)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Movie
Composer
City of Fear (1959)
Movie
Composer
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
Movie
Composer
Black Patch (1957)
Movie
Composer
Casino Royale (1954)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Music Consultant
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.08
Based on 9.18 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1952
1970
1978
1971
2020
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1929-02-10
Deathday2004-07-21 (75 years old)
Birth NameJerrald King Goldsmith
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenJennifer Goldsmith, Carrie Goldsmith, Aaron Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith, Ellen Goldsmith Edson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJerrald King Goldsmith, Jerrald K. Goldsmith, Jerrald Goldsmith, Michael Hennagin, Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Emmy Award
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