Jerry Goldsmith

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Jerry Goldsmith

Sound February 10, 1929

Pasadena, California, USA

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…

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Alien

Alien

8.2 1979 Movie
Mulan

Mulan

7.9 1998 Movie
The Mummy

The Mummy

7.0 1999 Movie
First Blood

First Blood

7.5 1982 Movie
Mulan

Mulan

6.8 2020 Movie
Gremlins

Gremlins

7.1 1984 Movie
Total Recall

Total Recall

7.3 1990 Movie
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

7.8 1997 Movie
Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct

6.9 1992 Movie
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II

6.7 1985 Movie
Chinatown

Chinatown

7.9 1974 Movie
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

7.7 1968 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur

    Movie Himself

  2. 2020
    Mulan

    Movie Theme Song Performance

  3. 2020
    Star Trek: Picard

    TV show Music

  4. 2019
    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2014
    Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

    Movie (archive footage)

  6. 2014
    From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    Movie Music

  7. 2006
    North and the Music of the South

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2003
    The Beast Within: Making Alien

    Movie Self

  9. 2003
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2002
    Star Trek: Nemesis

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2002
    The Sum of All Fears

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2002
    Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2001
    The Last Castle

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2001
    Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'

    Movie Self

  15. 2001
    Along Came a Spider

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2001
    Imagining 'Total Recall'

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2000
    666: The Omen Revealed

    Movie

  2. 2000
    Hollow Man

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1999
    The 13th Warrior

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1999
    The Haunting

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1999
    The Alien Legacy

    Movie Music

  6. 1999
    The Mummy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1998
    Star Trek: Insurrection

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1998
    Small Soldiers

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1998
    Mulan

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1998
    U.S. Marshals

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1998
    Deep Rising

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1997
    L.A. Confidential

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1997
    The Edge

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1997
    Air Force One

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1997
    Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner

    Movie Self

  16. 1997
    Fierce Creatures

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1996
    Star Trek: First Contact

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1996
    The Ghost and the Darkness

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1996
    Chain Reaction

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1996
    Executive Decision

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1996
    City Hall

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1995
    Powder

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1995
    Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

    Movie

  24. 1995
    First Knight

    Movie Original Music Composer