
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
252
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-02-10
Day of Death
2004-07-21 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Pasadena, California, USA
Also Known As
Jerrald King Goldsmith
Jerrald K. Goldsmith
Jerrald Goldsmith
Michael Hennagin
Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith
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").