Jerry Goldsmith

Premiere: Jerry Goldsmith and a strapping young buck at the Mann Village Theater premiere of Columbia's Hollow Man - 8/2/2000 Photo by Steve Granitz/wireimage.com

Biography

Born 02/10/1929

Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith started in radio, progressed to scoring TV shows (notably "Gunsmoke" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E") and finally became arguably the most prolific quality film composer of all time. Despite a rigorous eclecticism established early in his career, ranging from the...
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Filmography

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Awards

  • In 1995, received Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
  • In 1981, received Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition For a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
  • In 1976, received Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition For a Special
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Highlights

  • In 1998, Eighth collaboration with Dante, "Small Soldiers"
  • In 1998, Composed "Fanfare for Oscar", a 45-second theme for the Academy Awards
  • In 1997, Reteamed with Hanson for "L.A. Confidential"
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Family & Companions

  • wife: divorced in 1971; mother of Goldsmith's four older children
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