Jerry Goldsmith

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Jerry Goldsmith was an extremely prolific composer whose work on Planet of the Apes, The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Chinatown, and First Blood among others have earned him legendary status. His striking musical style often involved integrating electronic samples with orchestral parts.

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Composer Credits (147) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2002 Star Trek: Nemesis
2002 The Sum of All Fears
2001 The Last Castle
2001 Along Came a Spider
1999 The 13th Warrior
1999 The Haunting
1999 The Mummy
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 Small Soldiers
1998 Mulan
1998 U.S. Marshals
1998 Deep Rising
1997 The Edge
1997 L.A. Confidential
1997 Air Force One
1997 Fierce Creatures
1996 Star Trek: First Contact
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 Chain Reaction
1996 Executive Decision
1996 City Hall
1995 Powder
1995 First Knight
1995 Congo
1994 I.Q.
1994 The River Wild
1994 The Shadow
1994 Bad Girls
1994 Angie
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
1993 Rudy
1993 Malice
1993 Dennis the Menace
1993 The Vanishing
1993 Matinee
1992 Love Field
1992 Mr. Baseball
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World
1992 Basic Instinct
1992 Medicine Man
1991 Sleeping With the Enemy
1991 Warlock
1991 Not Without My Daughter
1990 The Russia House
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 Total Recall
1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Score
1989 Criminal Law
1989 Leviathan
1989 The 'burbs Composer
1988 Rambo III
1988 Rent-A-Cop
1987 Lionheart
1987 Innerspace
1987 Extreme Prejudice
1986 Hoosiers
1986 Link
1986 Legend Original Music (European version)
1985 King Solomon's Mines
1985 Explorers
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1984 Runaway
1984 Supergirl
1984 Gremlins
1984 The Lonely Guy
1983 Under Fire
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 Psycho II
1983 The Salamander
1983 Dusty
1982 First Blood
1982 Inchon
1982 The Challenge
1982 The Secret of NIMH
1982 Poltergeist
1982 Night Crossing
1981 Raggedy Man
1981 Outland
1981 The Omen III: The Final Conflict
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 Players
1979 Alien Composer
1979 The Great Train Robbery
1978 Magic
1978 The Boys from Brazil
1978 The Swarm
1978 Damien: Omen II
1978 Capricorn One
1978 Coma
1977 Damnation Alley
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 MacArthur
1977 Islands in the Stream
1976 The Omen
1976 Logan's Run
1975 Breakheart Pass
1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975 Take A Hard Ride
1975 The Wind and the Lion
1974 Chinatown
1973 Papillon
1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 Shamus
1972 The Other
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 The Mephisto Waltz
1972 The Last Run
1971 Wild Rovers
1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1970 Rio Lobo
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 Patton
1969 100 Rifles
1969 The Illustrated Man
1969 Justine
1968 Bandolero!
1968 The Detective
1968 Planet of the Apes
1967 The Flim-Flam Man
1967 In Like Flint
1967 Warning Shot
1967 Hour of the Gun
1966 The Sand Pebbles
1966 Seconds
1966 The Blue Max
1966 The Trouble with Angels
1966 Our Man Flint
1965 A Patch of Blue
1965 Von Ryan's Express
1965 In Harm's Way
1965 The Satan Bug
1965 Morituri
1964 Shock Treatment
1964 Seven Days in May
1964 Rio Conchos
1963 The Prize
1963 Lilies of the Field
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
1963 The Stripper
1962 The Spiral Road
1962 Lonely are the Brave
1962 The Crimebusters
1957 Black Patch
Actor Credits (3) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Yogurt Customer
1984 Gremlins Man in Telephone Booth Glancing at Camera
1965 In Harm's Way Piano player
General Information Edit
Credited Name Jerry Goldsmith
Gender Male
Birthday Feb. 10, 1929
Death July 21, 2004
Primary Role Composer
Hometown Pasadena, California
Country USA
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