Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 10, 1929

Died

July 21, 2004 (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

IMDb Profile

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").