Jerry Goldsmith's biography
Jerry Goldsmith is 75 years old conductor born at Los Angeles. He was born on Sunday 10th of February 1929. According to year of birth 1929 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 10th of February means he is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.He was married 2 times.
He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be conductor. You can know him also as composer, musician. He is recently known as film score composer.
Jerry Goldsmith's family
Jerry Goldsmith's ex spouses
Carol Heather Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith and Carol Heather Goldsmith have been together.
Sharon Hennagin Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith and Sharon Hennagin Goldsmith have been together.
He has 1 son and 1 daughter
Jerry Goldsmith's son: Joel Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith's son's name is Joel Goldsmith. He is known as composer. His son was born on Tuesday 19th of November 1957 in Los Angeles. His son died on Sunday 29th of April 2012 in Hidden Hills. Joel Goldsmith was 83 years old, when this happened.
Jerry Goldsmith's daughter: Jennifer Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith's daughter's name is Jennifer Goldsmith. She is known as composer. His daughter was born on Wednesday 23rd of November 1960 in Los Angeles.
Jerry Goldsmith's schools
We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music.
Jerry Goldsmith's career
His main focus is to be conductor and film score.
How did Jerry Goldsmith die
He died on on Wednesday 21st of July 2004 when he was 75 years old at Beverly Hills. Jerry Goldsmiths death was caused by lung cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Jerry Goldsmith's Awards
- He received award for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work The Omen in 1976
- He received award for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for work Peace In Our Life in 1986
Jerry Goldsmith's Rankings
- His scores for Chinatown (1974) and Planet of the Apes (1968) are respectively ranked #9 and #18 on AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores.
Jerry Goldsmith's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Patton in 1971
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for work Papillon in 1974
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for work Chinatown in 1975
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for work The Wind and the Lion in 1976
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work The Omen in 1977
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work The Boys from Brazil in 1979
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1980
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Poltergeist in 1983
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Under Fire in 1984
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Hoosiers in 1987
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Basic Instinct in 1993
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for work L.A. Confidential in 1998
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for work Mulan in 1999
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work Freud: The Secret Passion in 1963
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work A Patch of Blue in 1966
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for work The Sand Pebbles in 1967
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical for work Planet of the Apes in 1969
- He was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score for work King Solomon's Mines in 1986
- He was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for work Peace In Our Life in 1986
What Jerry Goldsmith has done for a first time
- First choice to compose The Thing (1982). When he passed, Ennio Morricone was hired.
- Was offered the score for the first Superman (1978) film, which eventually went to John Williams. He later went on to score (and win acclaim for) Supergirl (1984) some six years later.
- First choice to compose Predator (1987), but was unavailable.
- When the first score for Chinatown (1974), composed by Phillip Lambro, was rejected by the studio, Goldsmith was hired to rewrite the film's music. He composed and recorded the new score in only three weeks, a now legendary accomplishment.
- He considered Star Trek: First Contact (1996) the best Star Trek film he ever scored.
Jerry Goldsmith's quotes
- If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will be because it is good.
- (On the Planet of the Apes (1968) commentary track, he explains why he didn't score the final scene) "Charlton Heston was a bit over the top by himself, and didn't need any score to accompany him."
- [lecturing film school students about writing music for a scene] "If you are scoring a scene for a man on a horse galloping away - you don't score the gallop but you score the fear of the rider."
- A good string section and an orchestra are the first things I think of when I start a project. The strings are particularly important to me. With them I can do any kind of picture. After the human voice, they are the most expressive instrument I know.
Jerry Goldsmith's body shape
Lets describe how Jerry Goldsmith looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.