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Jerry Goldsmith
Also Known As: Jerrald King Goldsmith, Jerrald K. Goldsmith, Jerrald Goldsmith
Birth Date
February 10, 1929
Death Date
July 21, 2004
(passed away at 75)
Place of Birth
Pasadena, California, USA
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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").
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TV Show
The Oscars
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1953 • 1 episode
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Movie
Gremlins
Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)
1984
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Yogurt Customer
1990
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In Harm's Way
Piano Player (uncredited)
1965
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The Beast Within: Making Alien
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2003
Movie
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
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1995
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666: The Omen Revealed
2000
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Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
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2001
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Imagining 'Total Recall'
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2001
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King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Self
1992
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Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
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2014
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Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
1995
Movie
Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur
Himself
2023
Movie
North and the Music of the South
Self (archive footage)
2006
Movie
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
Self
1997