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Jerry Goldsmith

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Born: 1929-02-10
Died: 2004-07-21
From: Pasadena, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Jerrald King GoldsmithJerrald K. GoldsmithJerrald GoldsmithMichael HennaginJerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith

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").

Awards & Nominations4 won · 20 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Mulan

1999
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

L.A. Confidential

1998
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Basic Instinct

1993
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Hoosiers

1987
🏆 Won

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song

Peace In Our Life

1986
Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score

King Solomon's Mines

1986
Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song

Peace In Our Life

1986
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Under Fire

1984
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Poltergeist

1983
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1980
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Boys from Brazil

1979
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Omen

1977
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Ave Satani

1977
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Omen

1977
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

The Wind and the Lion

1976
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Chinatown

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Papillon

1974
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Patton

1971
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical

Planet of the Apes

1969
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Sand Pebbles

1967
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

A Patch of Blue

1966
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Freud: The Secret Passion

1963
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Acting14 titles

The Beast Within: Making Alien
8.2
Movie

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003Documentary
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
8.0
Movie

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

1992Documentary
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
7.3
Movie

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

2014Documentary
Gremlins
7.1
Movie

Gremlins

1984Sci-Fi
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
7.0
Movie

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

1995Drama
Imagining 'Total Recall'
7.0
Movie

Imagining 'Total Recall'

2001Documentary
The Oscars
7.0
Series

The Oscars

1953 - ...Drama
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
6.8
Movie

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'

2001Documentary
In Harm's Way
6.6
Movie

In Harm's Way

1965Action
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
6.5
Movie

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990Comedy
666: The Omen Revealed
5.3
Movie

666: The Omen Revealed

2000Documentary
North and the Music of the South
0
Movie

North and the Music of the South

2006Documentary
Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur
0
Movie

Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur

2023Documentary
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
0
Movie

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner

1997Documentary

Sound221 titles

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
10.0
Movie

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019Documentary
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
10.0
Movie

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974Drama
The Red Pony
10.0
Movie

The Red Pony

1973Drama
Soarin' Over California
10.0
Movie

Soarin' Over California

2001Action
Nick Quarry
9.0
Movie

Nick Quarry

1968Drama
High Velocity
9.0
Movie

High Velocity

1976Action
Bloodthirsty Hawk
9.0
Movie

Bloodthirsty Hawk

1977Sci-Fi
Alien
8.2
Movie

Alien

1979Horror
The Beast Within: Making Alien
8.2
Movie

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003Documentary
A Step Out of Line
8.0
Movie

A Step Out of Line

1971Action
Indict and Convict
8.0
Movie

Indict and Convict

1974Thriller
Chinatown
7.9
Movie

Chinatown

1974Thriller
Mulan
7.9
Cartoon

Mulan

1998Animation
L.A. Confidential
7.8
Movie

L.A. Confidential

1997Thriller
Papillon
7.8
Movie

Papillon

1973Thriller
Hawkins
7.8
Series

Hawkins

1973-1974Thriller
Star Trek: Voyager
7.8
Series

Star Trek: Voyager

1995-2001Sci-Fi
Planet of the Apes
7.7
Movie

Planet of the Apes

1968Sci-Fi
A Patch of Blue
7.6
Movie

A Patch of Blue

1965Drama
First Blood
7.5
Movie

First Blood

1982Action
Patton
7.5
Movie

Patton

1970Action
The Secret of NIMH
7.5
Cartoon

The Secret of NIMH

1982Action
Lights Out
7.5
Movie

Lights Out

1972Horror
Amazing Stories
7.5
Series

Amazing Stories

1985-1987Sci-Fi
The Omen
7.4
Movie

The Omen

1976Horror
Lonely are the Brave
7.4
Movie

Lonely are the Brave

1962Action
Anna and the King
7.4
Series

Anna and the King

1972Comedy
Star Trek: First Contact
7.3
Movie

Star Trek: First Contact

1996Sci-Fi
Total Recall
7.3
Movie

Total Recall

1990Action
Seven Days in May
7.3
Movie

Seven Days in May

1964Drama
Days of Wine and Roses
7.3
Movie

Days of Wine and Roses

1958Drama
Rudy
7.3
Movie

Rudy

1993Drama
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
7.3
Movie

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971Drama
Seconds
7.3
Movie

Seconds

1966Sci-Fi
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
7.3
Movie

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

2014Documentary
Poltergeist
7.2
Movie

Poltergeist

1982Horror
The Last Castle
7.2
Movie

The Last Castle

2001Action
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2
Movie

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970Action
The Sand Pebbles
7.2
Movie

The Sand Pebbles

1966Drama
Lilies of the Field
7.2
Movie

Lilies of the Field

1963Comedy
Winter Kill
7.2
Movie

Winter Kill

1974Thriller
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
7.2
Movie

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

1980Thriller
The Waltons
7.2
Series

The Waltons

1972-1981Drama
Star Trek: Picard
7.2
Series

Star Trek: Picard

2020-2023Sci-Fi
Gremlins
7.1
Movie

Gremlins

1984Sci-Fi
Von Ryan's Express
7.1
Movie

Von Ryan's Express

1965Action
The Flim-Flam Man
7.1
Movie

The Flim-Flam Man

1967Comedy
The Mummy
7.0
Movie

The Mummy

1999Action
Hoosiers
7.0
Movie

Hoosiers

1986Drama
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
7.0
Movie

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970Comedy
Powder
7.0
Movie

Powder

1995Drama
Crosscurrent
7.0
Movie

Crosscurrent

1971Drama
Prudence and the Chief
7.0
Movie

Prudence and the Chief

1970Comedy
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
7.0
Movie

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

2014Documentary
Medical Story
7.0
Movie

Medical Story

1975Drama
Masada
7.0
Series

Masada

1981Drama
Basic Instinct
6.9
Movie

Basic Instinct

1992Thriller
The Alien Legacy
6.9
Movie

The Alien Legacy

1999Documentary
The Edge
6.9
Movie

The Edge

1997Action
Innerspace
6.8
Movie

Innerspace

1987Action
The Ghost and the Darkness
6.8
Movie

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996Action
Coma
6.8
Movie

Coma

1978Thriller
Capricorn One
6.8
Movie

Capricorn One

1977Drama
The 'Burbs
6.8
Movie

The 'Burbs

1989Comedy
Magic
6.8
Movie

Magic

1978Drama
The Blue Max
6.8
Movie

The Blue Max

1966Action
Morituri
6.8
Movie

Morituri

1965Action
Contract on Cherry Street
6.8
Movie

Contract on Cherry Street

1977Drama
Shock Treatment
6.8
Movie

Shock Treatment

1964Drama
The Crimebusters
6.8
Movie

The Crimebusters

1961Thriller
Mulan
6.8
Movie

Mulan

2020Action
Rambo: First Blood Part II
6.7
Movie

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985Action
The Prize
6.7
Movie

The Prize

1963Thriller
The First Great Train Robbery
6.7
Movie

The First Great Train Robbery

1978Thriller
Under Fire
6.7
Movie

Under Fire

1983Drama
Not Without My Daughter
6.7
Movie

Not Without My Daughter

1991Drama
The 13th Warrior
6.7
Movie

The 13th Warrior

1999Action
The Boys from Brazil
6.7
Movie

The Boys from Brazil

1978Drama
The List of Adrian Messenger
6.7
Movie

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963Thriller
The Trouble with Angels
6.7
Movie

The Trouble with Angels

1966Comedy
Matinee
6.7
Movie

Matinee

1993Comedy
Logan's Run
6.6
Movie

Logan's Run

1976Action
Breakheart Pass
6.6
Movie

Breakheart Pass

1975Thriller
Freud: The Secret Passion
6.6
Movie

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962Drama
In Harm's Way
6.6
Movie

In Harm's Way

1965Action
Bandolero!
6.6
Movie

Bandolero!

1968Action
The Spy in the Green Hat
6.6
Movie

The Spy in the Green Hat

1967Action
Small Soldiers
6.6
Movie

Small Soldiers

1998Comedy
The Last Run
6.6
Movie

The Last Run

1971Thriller
Don't Bother to Knock
6.6
Movie

Don't Bother to Knock

1952Drama
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.5
Movie

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979Sci-Fi
Forever Young
6.5
Movie

Forever Young

1992Action
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
6.5
Movie

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990Comedy
Psycho II
6.5
Movie

Psycho II

1983Horror
Sleeping with the Enemy
6.5
Movie

Sleeping with the Enemy

1991Drama
Air Force One
6.5
Movie

Air Force One

1997Action
The River Wild
6.5
Movie

The River Wild

1994Action
Rio Lobo
6.5
Movie

Rio Lobo

1970Action
The Wind and the Lion
6.5
Movie

The Wind and the Lion

1975Action
The Man
6.5
Movie

The Man

1972Drama
Flaming Star
6.5
Movie

Flaming Star

1960Action
Hour of the Gun
6.5
Movie

Hour of the Gun

1967Action
The Other
6.5
Movie

The Other

1972Drama
Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.5
Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983Horror
U.S. Marshals
6.5
Movie

U.S. Marshals

1998Thriller
Islands in the Stream
6.5
Movie

Islands in the Stream

1977Drama
Fate Is the Hunter
6.5
Movie

Fate Is the Hunter

1964Drama
Star Trek: Insurrection
6.4
Movie

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998Sci-Fi
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
6.4
Movie

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971Action
Damien - Omen II
6.4
Movie

Damien - Omen II

1978Horror
Along Came a Spider
6.4
Movie

Along Came a Spider

2001Thriller
Outland
6.4
Movie

Outland

1981Sci-Fi
The Sum of All Fears
6.4
Movie

The Sum of All Fears

2002Thriller
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
6.4
Cartoon

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003Animation
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
6.4
Movie

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

2002Documentary
Warning Shot
6.4
Movie

Warning Shot

1967Thriller
Babe
6.4
Movie

Babe

1977Drama
Sebastian
6.4
Movie

Sebastian

1968Drama
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
6.4
Movie

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972Action
Our Man Flint
6.4
Movie

Our Man Flint

1966Action
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.4
Movie

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977Thriller
Six Degrees of Separation
6.4
Movie

Six Degrees of Separation

1993Thriller
Star Trek: Nemesis
6.3
Movie

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002Sci-Fi
Executive Decision
6.3
Movie

Executive Decision

1996Action
Malice
6.3
Movie

Malice

1993Thriller
Warlock
6.3
Movie

Warlock

1989Horror
Explorers
6.3
Movie

Explorers

1985Sci-Fi
City of Fear
6.3
Movie

City of Fear

1959Thriller
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
6.3
Movie

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987Thriller
Breakout
6.3
Movie

Breakout

1975Action
The Cassandra Crossing
6.3
Movie

The Cassandra Crossing

1976Action
Rio Conchos
6.3
Movie

Rio Conchos

1964Action
One Little Indian
6.3
Movie

One Little Indian

1973Drama
MacArthur
6.3
Movie

MacArthur

1977Drama
The Loner
6.3
Series

The Loner

1965-1966Action
Rambo III
6.2
Movie

Rambo III

1988Action
Shamus
6.2
Movie

Shamus

1973Thriller
Link
6.2
Movie

Link

1986Horror
Extreme Prejudice
6.2
Movie

Extreme Prejudice

1987Action
Night Crossing
6.2
Movie

Night Crossing

1982Action
Deep Rising
6.2
Movie

Deep Rising

1998Action
Fierce Creatures
6.2
Movie

Fierce Creatures

1997Comedy
The Lonely Guy
6.2
Movie

The Lonely Guy

1984Comedy
Legend
6.2
Movie

Legend

1985Action
The Last Hard Men
6.2
Movie

The Last Hard Men

1976Action
The Russia House
6.1
Movie

The Russia House

1990Drama
First Knight
6.1
Movie

First Knight

1995Action
Love Field
6.1
Movie

Love Field

1992Drama
The Satan Bug
6.1
Movie

The Satan Bug

1965Sci-Fi
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
6.1
Movie

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

1971Comedy
The Vanishing
6.1
Movie

The Vanishing

1993Thriller
In Like Flint
6.1
Movie

In Like Flint

1967Action
Stagecoach
6.1
Movie

Stagecoach

1966Action
Wild Rovers
6.1
Movie

Wild Rovers

1971Action
The Shadow
6.1
Movie

The Shadow

1994Sci-Fi
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
6.0
Movie

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986Horror
Medicine Man
6.0
Movie

Medicine Man

1992Action
Hollow Man
6.0
Movie

Hollow Man

2000Action
Leviathan
6.0
Movie

Leviathan

1989Action
City Hall
6.0
Movie

City Hall

1996Drama
I.Q.
6.0
Movie

I.Q.

1994Comedy
The Mephisto Waltz
6.0
Movie

The Mephisto Waltz

1971Horror
The Brotherhood of the Bell
6.0
Movie

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970Drama
Ninja Terminator
6.0
Movie

Ninja Terminator

1986Action
The Detective
5.9
Movie

The Detective

1968Thriller
100 Rifles
5.9
Movie

100 Rifles

1969Action
The Challenge
5.9
Movie

The Challenge

1982Action
The Traveling Executioner
5.9
Movie

The Traveling Executioner

1970Comedy
Dennis the Menace
5.9
Movie

Dennis the Menace

1993Drama
Black Patch
5.9
Movie

Black Patch

1957Action
To Trap a Spy
5.9
Movie

To Trap a Spy

1965Action
The Don Is Dead
5.9
Movie

The Don Is Dead

1973Thriller
A Gathering of Eagles
5.9
Movie

A Gathering of Eagles

1963Drama
Mr. Baseball
5.8
Movie

Mr. Baseball

1992Comedy
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
5.8
Movie

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

1975Horror
Crawlspace
5.8
Movie

Crawlspace

1972Horror
Chain Reaction
5.8
Movie

Chain Reaction

1996Thriller
Angie
5.8
Movie

Angie

1994Comedy
The Final Conflict
5.8
Movie

The Final Conflict

1981Horror
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
5.7
Movie

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1989Sci-Fi
Face of a Fugitive
5.7
Movie

Face of a Fugitive

1959Drama
Congo
5.6
Movie

Congo

1995Action
Runaway
5.6
Movie

Runaway

1984Sci-Fi
Take Her, She's Mine
5.6
Movie

Take Her, She's Mine

1963Comedy
Lionheart
5.6
Movie

Lionheart

1987Action
The Illustrated Man
5.6
Movie

The Illustrated Man

1969Sci-Fi
Criminal Law
5.6
Movie

Criminal Law

1989Drama
The Haunting
5.5
Movie

The Haunting

1999Horror
The Salamander
5.5
Movie

The Salamander

1981Thriller
Raggedy Man
5.5
Movie

Raggedy Man

1981Drama
The Chairman
5.5
Movie

The Chairman

1969Action
Ransom
5.5
Movie

Ransom

1974Action
The Spiral Road
5.5
Movie

The Spiral Road

1962Action
Bad Girls
5.4
Movie

Bad Girls

1994Romance
King Solomon's Mines
5.4
Movie

King Solomon's Mines

1985Action
Pursuit
5.4
Movie

Pursuit

1972Action
Supergirl
5.4
Movie

Supergirl

1984Action
S*P*Y*S
5.4
Movie

S*P*Y*S

1974Action
Caboblanco
5.3
Movie

Caboblanco

1980Action
Take a Hard Ride
5.3
Movie

Take a Hard Ride

1975Action
A Girl Named Sooner
5.3
Movie

A Girl Named Sooner

1975Drama
Casino Royale
5.2
Movie

Casino Royale

1954Drama
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
5.2
Movie

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

1985Action
Damnation Alley
5.1
Movie

Damnation Alley

1977Action
The Swarm
5.1
Movie

The Swarm

1978Sci-Fi
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
5.1
Movie

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

1973Romance
Medical Story
5.0
Series

Medical Story

1975-1976Drama
Mom and Dad Save the World
4.9
Movie

Mom and Dad Save the World

1992Action
Players
4.9
Movie

Players

1979Drama
Rent-a-Cop
4.8
Movie

Rent-a-Cop

1987Comedy
The Man Who Saved the World
4.8
Movie

The Man Who Saved the World

1982Sci-Fi
The Stripper
4.6
Movie

The Stripper

1963Romance
Studs Lonigan
4.5
Movie

Studs Lonigan

1960Drama
Justine
4.4
Movie

Justine

1969Drama
Rambo: The Rescue
4.0
Cartoon

Rambo: The Rescue

1986Animation
Inchon
3.9
Movie

Inchon

1981Drama
The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint
0
Movie

The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint

1965Documentary
Big John Morrison
0
Movie

Big John Morrison

1973Drama
Cinderella Revolution
0
Movie

Cinderella Revolution

1983Sci-Fi
Journey to the Day
0
Movie

Journey to the Day

1960Drama
The Grim Reaper
0
Movie

The Grim Reaper

1961Horror

Crew1 title

Planet of the Apes
7.7
Movie

Planet of the Apes

1968Sci-Fi