Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004) |
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Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk typist in the music department at CBS. There, he was ...
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Born:in Los Angeles, California, USADied:(age 75) in Beverly Hills, California, USA |
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Music department (265 credits)
Music department (265 credits)
2020
Cine Chalom
(TV Mini-Series) (music by - 1 episode)
- EXTRAIT DU FILM "ALIEN" DE RIDLEY SCOTT... 1979
(2020)
... (music by)
2020
Star Trek: Picard
(TV Series) (original "Star Trek - 1 episode)
- Remembrance
(2020)
... (original "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" theme)
Troldspejlet & Co.
(TV Series) (2 episodes, 2019) (composer - 2 episodes, 2019)
- Nytårsshow med Cilius og Bruun
(2019)
... (composer: additional music)
- Skywalker, Twitch - og Simon Talbot
(2019)
... (composer: additional music)
Star Trek: Enterprise E
(TV Series) (music by - 1 episode, 2018) (music composer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Assimilation
(2018)
... (music by)
- Paradise Lost
(2015)
... (music composer)
2018
Innerspace II
(Short) (composer: themes from "Explorers", "Innerspace" and "Gladiator - Unused Score")
2008
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
(composer: "Universal Theme" - uncredited) / (composer: Universal Theme - uncredited)
2007
They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists
(Video documentary short) (composer: original music themes - uncredited)
2006
The Ladiest Damn'd Lady: An Afternoon with Stella Stevens
(Video documentary short) (composer: stock music)
2004
Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II
(TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)
- In Harm's Way
(2004)
... (composer: stock music)
2002
The Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets
(Video documentary short) (composer: stock music)
2001
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
(Video documentary short) (composer: music from "Basic Instinct")
1995-2001
Star Trek: Voyager
(TV Series) (composer - 170 episodes)
- Endgame
(2001)
... (composer: theme music)
- Renaissance Man
(2001)
... (composer: theme music)
- Homestead
(2001)
... (composer: theme music)
- Natural Law
(2001)
... (composer: theme music)
- Friendship One
(2001)
... (composer: theme music)
1989-2000
Troldspejlet
(TV Series) (composer - 8 episodes)
- Episode #23.17
(2000)
... (composer: stock music)
- Episode #23.1
(2000)
... (composer: stock music)
- Episode #22.12
(1999)
... (composer: stock music)
- Episode #22.2
(1999)
... (composer: stock music)
- Troldspejlet Special: Stop Motion
(1999)
... (composer: stock music)
1987-1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(TV Series) (composer - 176 episodes)
- All Good Things...
(1994)
... (composer: main title theme)
- Preemptive Strike
(1994)
... (composer: main title theme)
- Emergence
(1994)
... (composer: main title theme)
- Bloodlines
(1994)
... (composer: main title theme)
- Firstborn
(1994)
... (composer: main title theme)
1993
The Untouchables
(TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode)
- Pilot - Part 1
(1993)
... (conductor - uncredited)
1991
Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition
(TV Special documentary) (composer: stock music)
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(composer: theme from "King Solomon's MInes" - uncredited)
Amazing Stories
(TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode, 1986) (orchestrator - 1 episode, 1986)
- Boo!
(1986)
... (conductor - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited)
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(conductor - uncredited) / (music producer) / (orchestrator - uncredited)
1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
(TV Movie) (composer: theme music)
1982
The Challenge
(conductor - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited) / (score producer - uncredited)
The Waltons
(TV Series) (composer - 212 episodes, 1972 - 1981) (conductor - 1 episode, 1972)
- The Revel
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Hostage
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Lumberjack
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Heartache
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Indiscretion
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
Masada
(TV Mini-Series) (composer - 2 episodes, 1981) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1981)
- Part IV
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- Part III
(1981)
... (composer: theme music)
- Part II
(1981)
... (conductor - uncredited)
- Part I
(1981)
... (conductor - uncredited)
1973-1980
Barnaby Jones
(TV Series) (composer - 178 episodes)
- The Killin' Cousin
(1980)
... (composer: theme music)
- Deadline for Murder
(1980)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Silent Accuser
(1980)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Final Victim
(1980)
... (composer: theme music)
- Death Is the Punchline
(1980)
... (composer: theme music)
Police Story
(TV Series) (composer - 95 episodes, 1973 - 1979) (conductor - 1 episode, 1973)
- A Cry for Justice
(1979)
... (composer: theme music)
- A Chance to Live
(1978)
... (composer: theme music)
- No Margin for Error
(1978)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Broken Badge
(1978)
... (composer: theme music)
- Day of Terror... Night of Fear
(1978)
... (composer: theme music)
1978
The Great Train Robbery
(composer: source music - uncredited) / (conductor - uncredited) / (music supervisor - uncredited)
1976
The Cassandra Crossing
(conductor: the Symphonic Orchestra UNIONE MUSICISTI DI ROMA) / (orchestrator - uncredited)
Medical Story
(TV Series) (title music - 10 episodes, 1975) (composer - 2 episodes, 1975)
- Woman in White
(1975)
... (title music)
- Us Against the World
(1975)
... (composer: theme music) / (title music)
- Wasteland
(1975)
... (title music)
- The Moonlight Heater
(1975)
... (title music)
- Million Dollar Baby
(1975)
... (title music)
Archer
(TV Series) (composer - 5 episodes, 1975) (conductor - 1 episode, 1975)
- Blood Money
(1975)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Vanished Man
(1975)
... (composer: theme music)
- Shades of Blue
(1975)
... (conductor - uncredited)
- The Body Beautiful
(1975)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Arsonist
(1975)
... (composer: theme music)
1969-1974
Room 222
(TV Series) (composer - 113 episodes)
- Jason and Big Mo
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- Cry Uncle
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Soldier
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- MPG
(1973)
... (composer: theme music)
- El Greco to Jason
(1973)
... (composer: theme music)
Hawkins
(TV Series) (composer - 7 episodes, 1973 - 1974) (conductor - 1 episode, 1973)
- Candidate for Murder
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- Murder on the Thirteenth Floor
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- Murder in the Slave Trade
(1974)
... (composer: theme music)
- Blood Feud
(1973)
... (composer: theme music)
- A Life for a Life
(1973)
... (composer: theme music)
1972
Young Dr. Kildare
(TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)
- House Call
(1972)
... (composer: theme music)
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(conductor - uncredited) / (music arranger - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(TV Series) (composer - 100 episodes, 1964 - 1968) (conductor - 3 episodes, 1964) (orchestrator - 3 episodes, 1964)
- The Seven Wonders of the World Affair: Part II
(1968)
... (composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme)
- The Seven Wonders of the World Affair: Part I
(1968)
... (composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme)
- The Deep Six Affair
(1967)
... (composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme)
- The Maze Affair
(1967)
... (composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme)
- The Man from THRUSH Affair
(1967)
... (composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme)
1966-1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(TV Series) (composer - 29 episodes)
- The Kooky Spook Affair
(1967)
... (composer: theme "U.N.C.L.E. theme")
- The High and the Deadly Affair
(1967)
... (composer: U.N.C.L.E. theme)
- The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair
(1967)
... (composer: U.N.C.L.E. theme)
- The Double-O-Nothing Affair
(1967)
... (composer: U.N.C.L.E. theme)
- The Phi Beta Killer Affair
(1967)
... (composer: U.N.C.L.E. theme)
1967
Warning Shot
(conductor - uncredited) / (music producer - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited)
Jericho
(TV Series) (theme music - 13 episodes, 1966 - 1967) (composer - 1 episode, 1966)
- A Switch in Time
(1967)
... (theme music)
- Both Ends Against the Riddle
(1966)
... (theme music)
- Jackal of Diamonds
(1966)
... (theme music)
- Long Journey Across a Short Street
(1966)
... (theme music)
- Four O'Clock Bomb to London
(1966)
... (theme music)
1961-1966
Dr. Kildare
(TV Series) (composer - 191 episodes)
- Reckoning
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- New Doctor in Town
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- Strange Sort of Accident
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- Mercy or Murder
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- Travel a Crooked Road
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
1965-1966
The Loner
(TV Series) (composer - 25 episodes)
- To Hang a Dead Man
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Burden of the Badge
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- Pick Me Another Time to Die
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- Incident in the Middle of Nowhere
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2
(1966)
... (composer: theme music)
The Twilight Zone
(TV Series) (composer - 50 episodes, 1959 - 1964) (conductor - 4 episodes, 1960 - 1961)
- The Bewitchin' Pool
(1964)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Stopover in a Quiet Town
(1964)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Jeopardy Room
(1964)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Masks
(1964)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- What's in the Box
(1964)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Perry Mason
(TV Series) (library music - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1963) (conductor - 1 episode, 1959)
- The Case of the Elusive Element
(1963)
... (library music - uncredited)
- The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma
(1959)
... (conductor)
- The Case of the Jilted Jockey
(1958)
... (library music)
1961-1962
Cain's Hundred
(TV Series) (composer - 30 episodes)
- Quick Brown Fox
(1962)
... (composer: theme music - as Jerrald Goldsmith)
- The Left Side of Canada
(1962)
... (composer: theme music)
- Women of Silure
(1962)
... (composer: theme music - as Jerrald Goldsmith)
- A Creature Lurks in Ambush
(1962)
... (composer: theme music)
- Inside Track
(1962)
... (composer: theme music)
1960-1962
Thriller
(TV Series) (composer - 18 episodes)
- The Specialists
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Closed Cabinet
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Last of the Sommervilles
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- Masquerade
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- God Grante That She Lye Stille
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
1962
Alcoa Premiere
(TV Series) (theme music - 1 episode)
- Of This Time, of This Place
(1962)
... (theme music: pilot)
1961
Rawhide
(TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode)
- Incident in the Middle of Nowhere
(1961)
... (conductor)
1959-1960
Black Saddle
(TV Series) (composer - 37 episodes)
- End of the Line
(1960)
... (composer: theme music - uncredited)
- The Penalty
(1960)
... (composer: theme music - uncredited)
- A Case of Slow
(1960)
... (composer: theme music - uncredited)
- The Return
(1960)
... (composer: theme music - uncredited)
- The Cabin
(1960)
... (composer: theme music - uncredited)
1954-1959
The Lineup
(TV Series) (composer - 41 episodes)
- The Charles Cleveland Case
(1959)
... (composer: theme song)
- The Grady Gremlin Case
(1958)
... (composer: theme song)
- Shopwell Market Robberies
(1955)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Kasino Case
(1955)
... (composer: theme music)
- The Keating Case
(1955)
... (composer: theme music)
Studio One in Hollywood
(TV Series) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1958) (music supervisor - 1 episode, 1958) (composer - 1 episode, 1958)
- The Left-Handed Welcome
(1958)
... (music supervisor)
- Ticket to Tahiti
(1958)
... (composer: additional music)
- The Desperate Age
(1958)
... (conductor)
- Tongues of Angels
(1958)
... (conductor)
Climax!
(TV Series) (conductor - 3 episodes, 1954 - 1957) (musical director - 1 episode, 1957)
- Keep Me in Mind
(1957)
... (musical director)
- Trail of Terror
(1957)
... (conductor)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1955)
... (conductor)
- Casino Royale
(1954)
... (conductor)
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Alternate Names:
Jerrald K. Goldsmith | Jerrald Goldsmith | Jerry 'the Man' Goldsmith
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When I get a fantasy film job, the first thing I look for is the non-fantasy element to build the music upon. The human side of the film is what's important, not the hardware. My work on 'Poltergeist' is a perfect example. Most people saw it as a ghost story and a horror story. I saw it as a love story and wrote the music with that emotion in mind. There is no formula to finding what musically ... See more »Trivia:
He said during the DVD commentary track for Basic Instinct (1992) that it was the most complex film score he had ever composed. See more »Trademark:
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