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Los Angeles, United States (1929 – 2004)
Jerrald King “Jerry” Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous and prolific American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won five Emmy Awards.
Goldsmith learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Goldsmith attended the University of Southern California, where he attended courses taught by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa. Goldsmith developed an interest in writing scores for movies after being inspired by Rózsa.
In 1950, Goldsmith found work at CBS as a clerk in the network’s music department. He soon began writing scores for radio (including CBS Radio Workshop, Frontier Gentleman, for which he wrote the title music, and Romance) and CBS television shows (including The Twilight Zone). He remained at CBS until 1960, after which he moved on to Revue Studios, where he would compose music for television shows such as Dr. Kildare and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
In 1963, Goldsmith was first nominated for an Oscar for John Huston’s film Freud. Shortly after, he met Alfred Newman, who was instrumental in Goldsmith’s hiring by 20th Century-Fox. Goldsmith went on to collaborate with many great filmmakers throughout his career, including Robert Wise (The Sand Pebbles, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Howard Hawks (Rio Lobo), Otto Preminger (In Harm’s Way), Roman Polanski (Chinatown), Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist), and Ridley Scott (Alien). But his most fruitful collaboration was arguably that with Franklin Schaffner (for whom Goldsmith scored Planet of the Apes, Patton and Papillon).
Goldsmith learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Goldsmith attended the University of Southern California, where he attended courses taught by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa. Goldsmith developed an interest in writing scores for movies after being inspired by Rózsa.
In 1950, Goldsmith found work at CBS as a clerk in the network’s music department. He soon began writing scores for radio (including CBS Radio Workshop, Frontier Gentleman, for which he wrote the title music, and Romance) and CBS television shows (including The Twilight Zone). He remained at CBS until 1960, after which he moved on to Revue Studios, where he would compose music for television shows such as Dr. Kildare and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
In 1963, Goldsmith was first nominated for an Oscar for John Huston’s film Freud. Shortly after, he met Alfred Newman, who was instrumental in Goldsmith’s hiring by 20th Century-Fox. Goldsmith went on to collaborate with many great filmmakers throughout his career, including Robert Wise (The Sand Pebbles, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Howard Hawks (Rio Lobo), Otto Preminger (In Harm’s Way), Roman Polanski (Chinatown), Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist), and Ridley Scott (Alien). But his most fruitful collaboration was arguably that with Franklin Schaffner (for whom Goldsmith scored Planet of the Apes, Patton and Papillon).
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Biscuit1978 wrote:
Come along and join the group Orchestral Composer of the Week. Nominate your 5 favourite composers each week and see who gets into the Hall of Fame.
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creepcrawlflash wrote:
@Mulgorea yeah The Edge is one of my favorites by Jerry. lovely horn arrangements, and one of his best themes.
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oscar_metal wrote:
Its true that he is into Satanism?
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PrincessOvelia wrote:
I just got "The Final Conflict" and it's a brilliant and thought-provoking Black vs. Light Mass! (not talking about the film though)
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"the Legend" is awesome
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Clackers wrote:
I urge people to listen to King Solomon's Mines!
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The 'burbs <3
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First Blood, man. FIRST FUCKING BLOOD!
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st_et1998 wrote:
Theme From Papillon (Short Version)***** unbelievable********
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Mulgorea wrote:
'The Mummy' is awesome! Also the forgotten 'The Edge' is worth a listen, it's acually a very good score. I just love the jazzy piece from there.
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KangarooBoxer wrote:
Patton :-)
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ReaL_UnrealT wrote:
Omen <3 The best OST!
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ReaL_UnrealT wrote:
Sanguis Bibimus! Corpus Edimus! Tolle Corpus Satani! Ave! Ave, Ave! Versus Christus! Ave Satani!
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
First Blood is a legendary OST. Kudos.
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HE1NZ wrote:
Best Hollywood composer ever
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ParasiticANGEL wrote:
A truly great composer. [2]
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clavis_aurea wrote:
A truly great composer.
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MXB2001 wrote:
Not as good as Alexander Courage.
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gremlins 2
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