Jerry Goldsmith Biography (1929-)

Full name, Jerrald K. Goldsmith; born February 10, 1929, in Los Angeles, CA;son of Morris (a structural engineer) and Tessa (an artist; maiden name, Rappaport) Goldsmith; first wife, Sharon (divorced, 1971); married Carol HeatherSheinkopf, July 23, 1972; children: (first marriage) Ellen, Carrie, Joel (a composer), Jennifer; (second marriage) Aaron. Addresses: Agent: Blue Focus Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2A, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor
Birth Details: February 10, 1929; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Conductor
Face of a Fugitive, 1959
City of Fear, 1959
The List of Adrian Messenger, 1963
Seven Days in May, 1964
The Blue Max, 1966
Sebastian, 1968
(Uncredited) Wild Rovers, 1971
Supergirl (also known as Supergirl: The Movie), Warner Bros., 1984
Leviathan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
Warlock, Trimark, 1989
Sleeping with the Enemy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Hudson Hawk, 1991
Medicine Man (also known as The Last Days of Eden), Buena Vista, 1992
Forever Young, Warner Bros., 1992
Basic Instinct, 1992
The Vanishing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Malice, Columbia, 1993
Dennis the Menace, Family Entertainment, 1993
The River Wild (also known as White Water Summer), Universal, 1994
The Shadow (also known as The Shadow and the Curse of Khan), Universal, 1994
I.Q., 1994
Powder, 1995
Congo, 1995
(And music producer) Star Trek: First Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), 1996
First Knight, 1995
City Hall, 1996
Fierce Creatures, 1997
Shiloh, Warner Bros. Home Video, 1997
Air Force One (also known as AFO), 1997
(And orchestrator) The Edge, 1997
U.S. Marshals, 1998
Deep Rising, 1998
(And music producer) Mulan, 1998
Small Soldiers, 1998
(And music producer; uncredited) Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek 9), 1998
(And music producer; uncredited) The Mummy, 1999
The 13th Warrior (also known as The Thirteenth Warrior), 1999
The Haunting (also known as La maldicion), DreamWorks, 1999
Diamonds, Miramax, 1999
Hollow Man, Columbia, 2000
Along Came a Spider, Paramount, 2001
The Last Castle, DreamWorks, 2001
Musical Director
Take Her, She's Mine, 1963
The Satan Bug, 1965
The Chairman (also known as The Most Dangerous Man in the World), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
The Challenge, Embassy, 1982
Supergirl (also known as Supergirl: The Movie), Warner Bros., 1984
Musician
(Uncredited) In Harm's Way, 1965
The Chairman (also known as The Most Dangerous Man in the World), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
Runaway, 1984
(Uncredited) Hoosiers (also known as Best Shot), 1986
(Uncredited) Criminal Law, 1988
Alien Nation, 1988
(Uncredited) The Vanishing, 1993
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Piano player, In Harm's Way, 1965
(Uncredited) Man in telephone booth, Gremlins, 1984
Yogurt customer, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Warner Bros., 1990
Imagining Total Recall, 2001
Blonde Poison: The Making of Basic Instinct, 2001
Television Work
Movies
Music director, The Desperate Mission, 1971
Television Appearances
Specials
Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, The Disney Channel, 1992
Interviewee, Der Klang der Bilder, 1995
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies, 2001
RECORDINGS
Albums; Original Soundtrack Recordings
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., RCA, 1965
The Wind and the Lion, Arista, 1975
The Boys from Brazil, A&M, 1978
Alien, RCA, 1979
The Final Conflict, Varese Scarabande, 1981
Inchon, Regency International, 1982
Twilight Zone: The Movie, Warner Bros., 1983
Under Fire, Warner Bros., 1983
Gremlins, Geffen, 1984
Islands in the Stream, Intrada, 1986
Extreme Prejudice, Intrada, 1987
Innerspace, Geffen, 1987
Rambo III, Scotti Brothers, 1988
Star Tracks II: Film Score Excerpts, 1988
Link, 1988
Lionheart, 1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation, GNP Crescendo, 1988 Volume III, 1992
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Epic, 1989
The Russia House, MCA, 1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Varese Sarabande, 1990
Forever Young, Giant, 1992
Dennis the Menace, Giant/Big Screen, 1993
Planet of the Apes, 1993
Legend, 1993
Other original soundtrack albums include Sebastian, Dot; Omen II, Capricorn One; QB VII; Wild Rovers; and The Last Run.
WRITINGS
Film Scores
(Uncredited) Don't Bother to Knock, 1952
Black Patch, 1956
City of Fear, Columbia, 1957
(As Jerrald Goldsmith) Face of a Fugitive, Columbia, 1959
Studs Lonigan, United Artists, 1960
Lonely Are the Brave, Universal, 1961
The General with the Cockeyed Id, 1961
The Crimebusters, 1961
The Spiral Road, Universal, 1962
Freud (also known as Freud: The Secret Passion), Universal,1962
The List of Adrian Messenger, Universal, 1963
Take Her, She's Mine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
A Gathering of Eagles, Universal, 1963
The Stripper (also known as Woman of Summer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
The Prize, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
Lilies of the Field, United Artists, 1963
Shock Treatment, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
Seven Days in May, Paramount, 1964
Fate Is the Hunter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
Rio Conchos, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
To Trap a Spy, 1964
(Theme) The Spy with My Face, 1965
The Satan Bug, United Artists, 1965
In Harm's Way, Paramount, 1965
Von Ryan's Express, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Morituri (also known as The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
(Prologue) The Agony and the Ecstasy (also known as Irving Stone's the Agony and the Ecstasy), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint, 1965
The Blue Max, 1966
One Spy Too Many, 1966
One of Our Spies Is Missing, 1966
(Theme) The Spy in the Green Hat, 1966
Our Man Flint, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
A Patch of Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Seconds, Paramount, 1966
The Trouble with Angels, Columbia, 1966
Stagecoach, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
The Sand Pebbles, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Warning Shot, Paramount, 1967
The Flim-Flam Man (also known as One Born Every Minute), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
In Like Flint, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
(Theme) The Karate Killers (also known as The Five Daughters Affair), 1967
Hour of the Gun, United Artists, 1967
Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
Sebastian (also known as Mr. Sebastian), Paramount, 1968
Bandolero!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
The Detective, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
The Illustrated Man, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1969
Justine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
100 Rifles, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
The Chairman (also known as The Most Dangerous Man in the World), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969

(Including song "Tomorrow Is the Song I Sing") The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Warner Bros., 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Patton (also known as Blood and Guts, Patton: A Salute to a Rebel, and Patton: Lust for Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
The Traveling Executioner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
Rio Lobo (also known as San Timoteo), National General, 1970
Wild Rovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
The Mephisto Waltz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
The Last Run, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
The Other (also known as L'autre), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co. (also known as Dust, Sweat and Gunpowder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
The Man, 1972
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Shamus (also known as Passion for Danger), Columbia, 1973
One Little Indian, Buena Vista, 1973
Take a Hard Ride (also known as La lunga cavalcata and La parola di un fuorilegge ... e legge!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
The Don Is Dead (also known as Beautiful but Deadly and The Deadly Kiss), Universal, 1973
Papillon, Allied Artists, 1973
Chinatown, Paramount, 1974
(U.S. version) S*P*Y*S, 1974
Breakout, 1974
Ransom (also known as The Terrorists), 1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, American International, 1975
The Wind and the Lion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975
(Including song "Ave Satani") The Omen (also known as Omen I, Omen I: The Antichrist, and Omen I: The Birthmark), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Logan's Run, United Artists, 1976
The Last Hard Men, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Breakheart Pass, 1976
High Velocity, 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming (also known as Nuclear Countdown and Das Ultimatum), Allied Artists, 1977
Islands in the Stream, Paramount, 1977
MacArthur (also known as MacArthur the Rebel General), Universal, 1977
Damnation Alley (also known as Survival Run), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
The Cassandra Crossing (also known as Treffpunkt Todesbruecke), Avco Embassy, 1977
Coma, United Artists, 1978
Capricorn One, Warner Bros., 1978
Magic, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Damien: Omen II (also known as Omen II and Omen II: Damien), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
The Swarm, Warner Bros., 1978
The Great Train Robbery (also known as The First Great Train Robbery), United Artists, 1979
(Including song "We're Home Again") The Boys from Brazil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Alien, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Players, Paramount, 1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount, 1979
Caboblanco, 1980
(Uncredited) Alligator, 1980
The Salamander (also known as La salamandra), 1981
The Final Conflict (also known as Omen III: The Final Conflict), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Outland, Warner Bros., 1981
Raggedy Man, Universal, 1981
The Challenge (also known as Equals and Sword of the Ninja), Embassy, 1982
Night Crossing, Buena Vista, 1982
(Including song "Flying Dreams") The Secret of NIMH (also known asMrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Poltergeist, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
(Including song "It's a Long Road") First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood), Orion, 1982
Inchon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Twilight Zone: The Movie, Warner Bros., 1983
Psycho II (also known as Psycose 2), Universal, 1983
Under Fire, Orion, 1983
Gremlins, Warner Bros., 1984
Supergirl (also known as Supergirl: The Movie), Warner Bros., 1984
Runaway, TriStar, 1984
(Including song "Love Comes without Warning") The Lonely Guy, Universal, 1984
Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend (also known as Dinosaur ...Secret of the Lost Legend), Buena Vista, 1985
Explorers, Paramount, 1985
Rambo: First Blood, Part II, Orion, 1985
King Solomon's Mines, Cannon, 1985
Legend, Universal, 1986
Link, Cannon, 1986
(Uncredited) Aliens, 1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (also known as Poltergeist II), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
Hoosiers (also known as Best Shot), Orion, 1986
(Uncredited; theme) Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, Cannon, 1987
Innerspace, Warner Bros., 1987
Extreme Prejudice, TriStar, 1987
Rent-a-Cop, Kings Road, 1988
Rambo III, TriStar, 1988
(Including song "The Moon's a Window to Heaven") Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Paramount, 1989
Leviathan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
Criminal Law, TriStar, 1989
The 'Burbs, Universal, 1989
Warlock, Trimark, 1989
Lionheart (also known as Lionheart: The Children's Crusade), Warner Bros., 1990
Total Recall, TriStar, 1990
The Russia House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Warner Bros., 1990
Sleeping with the Enemy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Not without My Daughter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
Mr. Baseball, Universal, 1992
Mom and Dad Save the World, Warner Bros., 1992
Medicine Man (also known as The Last Days of Eden), Buena Vista, 1992
Love Field, Orion, 1992
Forever Young, Warner Bros., 1992
Basic Instinct, TriStar, 1992
The Vanishing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Six Degrees of Separation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Rudy, TriStar, 1993
Matinee, Universal, 1993
Malice, Columbia, 1993
Dennis the Menace (also known as Dennis), Family Entertainment, 1993
(Song "Barnaby Jones") The Beverly Hillbillies, 1993
The River Wild (also known as White Water Summer), Universal, 1994
The Shadow (also known as The Shadow and the Curse of Khan), Universal, 1994
I.Q., Paramount, 1994
Angie (also known as Angie, I Says), Buena Vista, 1994
Gunmen, 1994
Bad Girls, 1994
Congo, 1995
First Knight, Columbia, 1995
Powder, Buena Vista, 1995
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Southern Style Volume 2, 1995
City Hall, Columbia, 1996
Executive Decision (also known as Critical Decision), Warner Bros., 1996
Chain Reaction, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
Star Trek: First Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), Paramount, 1996
Fierce Creatures, MCA/Universal, 1997
L.A. Confidential, 1997
Air Force One (also known as AFO), Buena Vista Home Video,1997
The Edge, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Alien: Resurrection (also known as Alien 4), 1997
Deep Rising, 1998
U.S. Marshals, Warner Bros., 1998
Mulan, Buena Vista, 1998
Small Soldiers, DreamWorks, 1998
Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek 9), Paramount, 1998
The Mummy, MCA/Universal, 1999
The 13th Warrior (also known as The Thirteenth Warrior), 1999
The Haunting (also known as La maldicion), DreamWorks, 1999
Hollow Man, Columbia, 2000
Fleshing out the Hollow Man, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000
Along Came a Spider, Paramount, 2001
The Last Castle, DreamWorks, 2001
Visions of Mars, Artisan, 2001
Imagining Total Recall, Artisan, 2001
Blonde Poison: The Making of Basic Instinct, Artisan, 2001
We Get to Win This Time, 2002
The Sum of All Fears, Paramount, 2002
Star Trek: Nemesis, Paramount, 2002
Television Music
Series
Studio One (also known as Studio One Summer Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One, and Westinghouse Summer Theatre), 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame (also known as Hallmark Television Playhouse), 1951
Climax!, 1954
General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theatre), 1954
The Lineup (also known as San Francisco Beat), 1954
Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon),1955
Playhouse 90, 1956
Have Gun Will Travel, 1957
Wagon Train (also known as Major Adams, Trail Master), 1957
(As J. Michael Hennagin) Black Saddle, 1959
Peck's Bad Girl, 1959
For Better or Worse, 1959
The Twilight Zone, 1959
Thriller (also known as Boris Karloff's Thriller), NBC, 1960
Pete and Gladys, 1960
Cain's Hundred, 1961
Dr. Kildare, 1961
Ben Casey, 1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (also known as The Chrysler Theater and Universal Star Time), 1963
The Legend of Jesse James, 1965
(And theme) The Loner, 1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1965-1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., 1966
Jericho, 1966
Run Buddy Run, 1966
Room 222, 1969
The Waltons, 1972
The Adventurer, 1972
Anna and the King, 1972
(And theme) Barnaby Jones, 1973
Police Story, 1973
Hawkins, 1973
Police Woman, 1974
Medical Story, 1975
Archer, 1975
Adams of Eagle Lake, 1975
Rambo (animated), syndicated, 1986
Star Trek: The Next Generation, syndicated, 1987
H.E.L.P. (also known as 911), ABC, 1990
Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), syndicated, 1995
Miniseries
(And title song) Masada (also known as The Antagonists), ABC, 1981
Movies
The Expendables, 1962
The Helicopter Spies, 1968
Nick Quarry, 1968
The Brotherhood of the Bell, 1970
A Step Out of Line, 1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, 1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate, 1971
The Cable Car Murder (also known as Crosscurrent), 1971
The Going Up of David Lev, 1971
Lights Out, 1972
Pursuit (also known as Binary), 1972
Crawlspace, 1972
The Police Story, 1973
Hawkins on Murder (also known as Death and the Maiden), 1973
"QB VII," ABC Movie Special, ABC, 1974
Winter Kill, 1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1974
Indict and Convict, 1974
A Girl Named Sooner, 1975
Babe, CBS, 1975
Stakeout on Cherry Street (also known as Contract on Cherry Street), 1977
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (also known as The Fifteen Years Later Affair), 1983
Assassin, 1986
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (also known as Police StoryII), NBC, 1987
Brotherhood of the Gun (also known as Spanish Gulch, Hollister, and Knuckleduster), CBS, 1991
Omen IV: The Awakening (also known as Le malediction IV andOmen IV: Das Erwachen), Fox, 1991
(Uncredited) Machurrucutu II: Haz lo incorrecto ... o como nos la ingeniamos para hacer un documental sobre la escuela de teatro, 1991
(Main title theme) Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things (also known as All Good Things ...), 1994
Pilots
Medical Story, 1975
(Main title theme) Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint (also known as Encounter at Farpoint), 1987
(Main title theme) Star Trek: Voyager - Caretaker (also known as Caretaker), 1995
Episodic
"The Red Pony," The Bell System Family Theatre, NBC, 1973
"Boo!," Amazing Stories, 1986
Also composed music for episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Specials
Dusty, 1983
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie, ABC, 1985
The Fourth Wise Man, ABC, 1985
The Truth about Teachers (also known as Raising Good Kids in Bad Times), syndicated, 1989
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's `Mulan', 1998
Other
Composer of concert pieces, including Music for Orchestra, 1971, and The Slaves, 1981. Dance compositions include the ballets A Patchof Blue, 1970; Othello, 1971; and Capricorn One, 1989.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

Soundtrack!, September, 1987, pp. 12-15

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