Jerry Goldsmith (b. February 10th, 1929)
For over four decades, Jerry Goldsmith ranked among the film and television industry's most highly-regarded and prolific composers; at the peak of his activity during the 1960s, he was estimated to have scored an average of about six films annually. Born in Los Angeles on February 10, 1929, Goldsmith studied music at the University of South Carolina, and after accepting a job as an office clerk at CBS television later graduated to the network's music department in 1950. There he composed themes for series including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Have Gun Will Travel, The Twilight Zone and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. before turning to film in 1957, debuting with the score to Black Patch. Under the tutelage of the great Alfred Newman, Goldsmith rose to prominence with 1962's Lonely Are the Brave, and subsequently emerged as one of Hollywood's most prolific composers. Among his credits were such diverse offerings as Patton, Planet of the Apes, Seconds, Chinatown, Poltergeist and Rambo: First Blood Part II; while nominated for over a dozen Academy Awards, Goldsmith won only one, for 1976's The Omen. Additionally, he regularly toured concert halls, performing his music and conducting the likes of the San Diego Symphony and Britain's Royal Philharmonic. Jason Ankeny
Awards & Nominations
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in L.A. Confidential |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in Chinatown |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in The Sand Pebbles |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in Seven Days in May |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in Under Fire |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Dramatic Score in Papillon |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Dramatic Score in L.A. Confidential |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Musical or Comedy Score in Mulan |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Dramatic Score in Chinatown |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in The Boys from Brazil |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award winner for Best Original Score in The Omen |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in A Patch of Blue |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Patton |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Planet of the Apes |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Poltergeist |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in The Sand Pebbles |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Under Fire |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in The Wind and the Lion |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Original Score in Freud |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Score in Basic Instinct |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Score in Hoosiers |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award nominee for Best Song in The Omen |
| Golden Globe award nominee for Best Original Score in Basic Instinct |
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