Jerry Goldsmith

Composer

Born: February 10, 1929 (75 years old)

Died: July 21, 2004

Place of birth: Pasadena, California, USA

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").

Filmography (189)

• The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003, ★ 8.2)
• Alien (1979, ★ 8.2)
• First Blood (1982, ★ 7.5)
• Chinatown (1974, ★ 7.9)
• Planet of the Apes (1968, ★ 7.7)
• L.A. Confidential (1997, ★ 7.8)
• Patton (1970, ★ 7.5)
• Mulan (1998, ★ 7.9)
• The Secret of NIMH (1982, ★ 7.5)
• Papillon (1973, ★ 7.8)
• A Patch of Blue (1965, ★ 7.6)
• Amazing Stories (1985, ★ 7.5)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995, ★ 7.8)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, ★ 6.5)
• Gremlins (1984, ★ 7.1)
• In Harm's Way (1965, ★ 6.6)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, ★ 6.5)
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996, ★ 7.3)
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998, ★ 6.4)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002, ★ 6.3)
• Basic Instinct (1992, ★ 6.9)
• Poltergeist (1982, ★ 7.2)
• The Omen (1976, ★ 7.4)
• Rambo III (1988, ★ 6.2)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, ★ 6.7)
• The Mummy (1999, ★ 7)
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971, ★ 6.4)
• Forever Young (1992, ★ 6.5)
• Innerspace (1987, ★ 6.8)
• Total Recall (1990, ★ 7.3)