Jerry Goldsmith
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 10, 1929
- Died
- July 21, 2004
- Birthplace
- 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", "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
- The Thunder Road: Making 'Explorers'
The Thunder Road: Making 'Explorers' TBA
as Self
- All About Alfred
All About Alfred TBA
as Self
Monty and the Movies TBA
as Self (archive footage)
Arttack 2026
Songs
Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur 2023
as Himself
Mulan 2020
Theme Song Performance
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 2019
Original Music Composer
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures 2014
Music
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins 2014
as (archive footage), Original Music Composer
North and the Music of the South 2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Beast Within: Making Alien 2003
as Self, Music
Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: Nemesis 2002
Original Music Composer
The Sum of All Fears 2002
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later 2002
Original Music Composer
The Last Castle 2001
Original Music Composer
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' 2001
as Self
Along Came a Spider 2001
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Imagining 'Total Recall' 2001
as Self
666: The Omen Revealed 2000
Actor
Hollow Man 2000
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The 13th Warrior 1999
Original Music Composer
The Haunting 1999
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Alien Legacy 1999
Music
The Mummy 1999
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998
Original Music Composer
Small Soldiers 1998
Original Music Composer
Mulan 1998
Original Music Composer
U.S. Marshals 1998
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Deep Rising 1998
Original Music Composer, Conductor
L.A. Confidential 1997
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Edge 1997
Original Music Composer
Air Force One 1997
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner 1997
as Self
Fierce Creatures 1997
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Star Trek: First Contact 1996
Original Music Composer
The Ghost and the Darkness 1996
Original Music Composer
Chain Reaction 1996
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Executive Decision 1996
Original Music Composer
City Hall 1996
Original Music Composer
Powder 1995
Original Music Composer
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith 1995
Actor
First Knight 1995
Original Music Composer
Congo 1995
Original Music Composer, Conductor
- The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story 1995
as Self
I.Q. 1994
Original Music Composer
The River Wild 1994
Original Music Composer
The Shadow 1994
Original Music Composer
Bad Girls 1994
Original Music Composer
Angie 1994
Original Music Composer
Six Degrees of Separation 1993
Original Music Composer
Malice 1993
Original Music Composer
Rudy 1993
Original Music Composer
Dennis the Menace 1993
Original Music Composer
The Vanishing 1993
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Matinee 1993
Original Music Composer
Forever Young 1992
Original Music Composer
Love Field 1992
Original Music Composer
Mr. Baseball 1992
Original Music Composer
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." 1992
as Self
Mom and Dad Save the World 1992
Original Music Composer
Basic Instinct 1992
Original Music Composer
Medicine Man 1992
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Sleeping with the Enemy 1991
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Not Without My Daughter 1991
Original Music Composer
The Russia House 1990
Original Music Composer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990
as Yogurt Customer, Original Music Composer
Total Recall 1990
Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Orchestrator, Conductor
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989
Original Music Composer
Warlock 1989
Original Music Composer
Criminal Law 1989
Original Music Composer
Leviathan 1989
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The 'Burbs 1989
Original Music Composer
Rambo III 1988
Original Music Composer
Rent-a-Cop 1987
Original Music Composer
Lionheart 1987
Original Music Composer
Innerspace 1987
Original Music Composer
Police Story: The Freeway Killings 1987
Theme Song Performance
Extreme Prejudice 1987
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Hoosiers 1986
Original Music Composer
Ninja Terminator 1986
Music
Poltergeist II: The Other Side 1986
Original Music Composer
Link 1986
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Rambo: The Rescue 1986
Music
King Solomon's Mines 1985
Original Music Composer
Legend 1985
Original Music Composer
Explorers 1985
Original Music Composer
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985
Original Music Composer
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 1985
Original Music Composer
Runaway 1984
Original Music Composer
Supergirl 1984
Original Music Composer
Gremlins 1984
as Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited), Original Music Composer
The Lonely Guy 1984
Original Music Composer
Under Fire 1983
Original Music Composer
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
Original Music Composer
Psycho II 1983
Original Music Composer
Cinderella Revolution 1983
Music
The Man Who Saved the World 1982
Music
First Blood 1982
Original Music Composer
The Challenge 1982
Original Music Composer
The Secret of NIMH 1982
Original Music Composer, Songs
Poltergeist 1982
Original Music Composer
Night Crossing 1982
Original Music Composer
Raggedy Man 1981
Original Music Composer
Outland 1981
Original Music Composer
Inchon 1981
Original Music Composer
The Salamander 1981
Original Music Composer
The Final Conflict 1981
Original Music Composer
Caboblanco 1980
Original Music Composer
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979
Original Music Composer
Players 1979
Original Music Composer
Alien 1979
Original Music Composer
The First Great Train Robbery 1978
Original Music Composer
Magic 1978
Original Music Composer
The Boys from Brazil 1978
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Swarm 1978
Original Music Composer
Damien - Omen II 1978
Original Music Composer
Coma 1978
Original Music Composer
Capricorn One 1977
Original Music Composer
Contract on Cherry Street 1977
Original Music Composer
Bloodthirsty Hawk 1977
Music
Damnation Alley 1977
Original Music Composer
MacArthur 1977
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Babe 1977
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
Islands in the Stream 1977
Original Music Composer
Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
Original Music Composer
The Cassandra Crossing 1976
Original Music Composer
High Velocity 1976
Original Music Composer
The Omen 1976
Original Music Composer
Logan's Run 1976
Original Music Composer
The Last Hard Men 1976
Original Music Composer
Breakheart Pass 1975
Original Music Composer
Take a Hard Ride 1975
Original Music Composer
Medical Story 1975
Original Music Composer
A Girl Named Sooner 1975
Original Music Composer
The Wind and the Lion 1975
Original Music Composer
Breakout 1975
Original Music Composer
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud 1975
Original Music Composer
Ransom 1974
Original Music Composer
S*P*Y*S 1974
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Chinatown 1974
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Winter Kill 1974
Original Music Composer
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1974
Original Music Composer
Indict and Convict 1974
Original Music Composer
Papillon 1973
Original Music Composer
The Don Is Dead 1973
Original Music Composer
Big John Morrison 1973
Original Music Composer
One Little Indian 1973
Original Music Composer
- The Going Up of David Lev
The Going Up of David Lev 1973
Original Music Composer
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies 1973
Original Music Composer
The Red Pony 1973
Original Music Composer
Shamus 1973
Original Music Composer
Pursuit 1972
Original Music Composer
The Man 1972
Original Music Composer
The Other 1972
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Culpepper Cattle Co. 1972
Original Music Composer
Crawlspace 1972
Original Music Composer
Lights Out 1972
Original Music Composer
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 1971
Original Music Composer
Crosscurrent 1971
Original Music Composer
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate 1971
Original Music Composer
The Last Run 1971
Original Music Composer
Wild Rovers 1971
Original Music Composer
Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971
Original Music Composer
The Mephisto Waltz 1971
Original Music Composer
A Step Out of Line 1971
Original Music Composer
The Traveling Executioner 1970
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Brotherhood of the Bell 1970
Original Music Composer
Prudence and the Chief 1970
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Rio Lobo 1970
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970
Original Music Composer
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger, Orchestrator
Patton 1970
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Justine 1969
Original Music Composer
The Chairman 1969
Original Music Composer
The Illustrated Man 1969
Original Music Composer
100 Rifles 1969
Original Music Composer
Bandolero! 1968
Original Music Composer
The Detective 1968
Original Music Composer
Planet of the Apes 1968
Original Music Composer, Compositor
Sebastian 1968
Original Music Composer
Nick Quarry 1968
Original Music Composer
Hour of the Gun 1967
Original Music Composer
The Flim-Flam Man 1967
Original Music Composer
In Like Flint 1967
Original Music Composer
The Spy in the Green Hat 1967
Music
Warning Shot 1967
Original Music Composer
The Sand Pebbles 1966
Original Music Composer
Seconds 1966
Original Music Composer
The Blue Max 1966
Original Music Composer
Stagecoach 1966
Original Music Composer
The Trouble with Angels 1966
Original Music Composer
Our Man Flint 1966
Original Music Composer
A Patch of Blue 1965
Original Music Composer
The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint 1965
Music
Morituri 1965
Original Music Composer
Von Ryan's Express 1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
In Harm's Way 1965
as Piano Player (uncredited), Original Music Composer
The Satan Bug 1965
Original Music Composer
To Trap a Spy 1965
Original Music Composer
Rio Conchos 1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Fate Is the Hunter 1964
Original Music Composer
Shock Treatment 1964
Original Music Composer
Seven Days in May 1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Prize 1963
Original Music Composer
Take Her, She's Mine 1963
Original Music Composer
A Gathering of Eagles 1963
Original Music Composer
The Stripper 1963
Original Music Composer
Lilies of the Field 1963
Original Music Composer
The List of Adrian Messenger 1963
Original Music Composer
Freud: The Secret Passion 1962
Original Music Composer
The Spiral Road 1962
Original Music Composer
Lonely are the Brave 1962
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- Man on the Beach
Man on the Beach 1961
Original Music Composer
The Crimebusters 1961
Original Music Composer
Flaming Star 1960
Music
Studs Lonigan 1960
Original Music Composer
Journey to the Day 1960
Music
Face of a Fugitive 1959
Original Music Composer
City of Fear 1959
Original Music Composer
Days of Wine and Roses 1958
Original Music Composer
Black Patch 1957
Original Music Composer
Casino Royale 1954
Original Music Composer
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
Music Consultant
Credits from TMDB.