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Jerry Goldsmith was an American composer and conductor who composed music for over 150 films and television series. He was born on February 10, 1929 in Pasadena, California. He studied at the University of Southern California and began his career as a composer in the 1950s.
Goldsmith was known for his unique and innovative style of composition, which often incorporated elements of jazz, classical, and world music. He was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won one for his score for The Omen in 1976. He also won four Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award.
Goldsmith was married to Carol Heather Goldsmith from 1956 until his death in 2004. He had two children, Joel and Jennifer.
Goldsmith's net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be around $20 million. He earned his wealth through his successful career as a composer and conductor.
| Popular As |
Jerrald King Goldsmith |
| Occupation |
music_department,soundtrack,composer |
| Age |
75 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
10 February 1929 |
| Birthday |
10 February |
| Birthplace |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Date of death |
July 21, 2004 |
| Died Place |
Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Who Is Jerry Goldsmith's Wife?
His wife is Sharon Hennagin (m. 1950-1970)
Carol Heather (m. 1972)
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| Wife |
Sharon Hennagin (m. 1950-1970)
Carol Heather (m. 1972) |
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Jerry Goldsmith Net Worth
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Timeline
His opening theme for The Mummy (1999) was used in the opening for the trailer of Road to El Dorado (2000).
Wrote the current Universal Pictures logo theme used since 1997.
He considered Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996) the best Star Trek film he ever scored.
He said during the DVD commentary track for Basic Instinct (1992) that it was the most complex film score he had ever composed.
He considered Total Recall (1990) one of his best scores.
First choice to compose Predator (1987), but was unavailable.
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.
Stated repeatedly that his score for the drama film Islands In The Stream (1977) is his favorite of anything he has done.
He received 17 Oscar nominations but won only once, for The Omen (1976) in 1977 (Goldsmith himself dismissed the thought of even getting a nomination for work on a "horror show"). He enjoyed giving concerts of his music and performed all over the world, notably in London, where he built up a strong relationship with London Symphony Orchestra.
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.
From then onwards, his career and reputation was secure and he scored an astonishing variety of films during the next 30 years or so, from Patton (1970) to Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and from Chinatown (1974) to The Boys from Brazil (1978).
An experimentalist, Goldsmith constantly pushed forward the bounds of film music: Planet of the Apes (1968) included horns blown without mouthpieces and a bass clarinetist fingering the notes but not blowing. He was unafraid to use the wide variety of electronic sounds and instruments which had become available, although he did not use them for their own sake.
It was here that he met the influential film composer Alfred Newman who hired Goldsmith to score the film Lonely Are the Brave (1962), his first major feature film score.
He stayed with CBS until 1960, having already scored The Twilight Zone (1959).
He was hired by Revue Studios to score their series Thriller (1960).
He rose rapidly to the top of his profession in the early to mid-1960s, with scores such as Freud (1962), A Patch of Blue (1965) and The Sand Pebbles (1966).
In fact, he received Oscar nominations for all three and another in the 1960s for Planet of the Apes (1968).
In 1950, he was employed as a clerk typist in the music department at CBS. There, he was given his first embryonic assignments as a composer for radio shows such as "Romance" and "CBS Radio Workshop". He wrote one score a week for these shows, which were performed live on transmission.
Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California.
