Jerry Goldsmith

    Known For

    Sound

    Birthday

    February 10, 1929

    Day of Death

    July 21, 2004 (75 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Pasadena, California, USA

    Jerry Goldsmith

    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").

    Known For

    • Alien

      Alien

      1979

    • Mulan

      Mulan

      1998

    • The Mummy

      The Mummy

      1999

    • Gremlins

      Gremlins

      1984

    • First Blood

      First Blood

      1982

    • Total Recall

      Total Recall

      1990

    • L.A. Confidential

      L.A. Confidential

      1997

    • Basic Instinct

      Basic Instinct

      1992

    • Rambo: First Blood Part II

      Rambo: First Blood Part II

      1985

    • Chinatown

      Chinatown

      1974

    • Planet of the Apes

      Planet of the Apes

      1968

    • Rambo III

      Rambo III

      1988

    • Poltergeist

      Poltergeist

      1982

    • Air Force One

      Air Force One

      1997

    • Gremlins 2: The New Batch

      Gremlins 2: The New Batch

      1990