Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American
composer and
conductor most known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for such noteworthy films as
The Sand Pebbles,
Logan's Run,
Planet of the Apes,
Patton,
Papillon,
Chinatown,
The Wind and the Lion,
The Omen,
The Boys from Brazil,
Alien,
Poltergeist,
The Secret of NIMH,
Gremlins,
Hoosiers,
Total Recall,
Basic Instinct,
Rudy,
Air Force One,
L.A. Confidential,
Mulan,
The Mummy, three
Rambo films, and five
Star Trek films. He collaborated with some of film history's most prolific directors, including
Robert Wise,
Howard Hawks,
Otto Preminger,
Joe Dante,
Roman Polanski,
Ridley Scott,
Steven Spielberg,
Paul Verhoeven, and
Franklin J. Schaffner. Goldsmith was nominated for six
Grammy Awards, five
Primetime Emmy Awards, nine
Golden Globe Awards, four
British Academy Film Awards, and eighteen
Academy Awards. In 1976, he was awarded an Academy Award for
The Omen.