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Jerry Goldsmith

1929 - 2004

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Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was considered one of film music's most innovative and influential composers. He was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning in 1977 for The Omen), six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and four British Academy Film Awards. He composed scores for five films in the Star Trek franchise and three in the Rambo franchise, as well as for films including Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Tora! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Goldsmith is the 247th most popular composer (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,290th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,036th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Composer.

Jerry Goldsmith is most famous for composing the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Search for Spock, Star Trek: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, and Star Trek: First Contact.

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Among composers, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 247 out of 1,451. Before him are Giacomo Carissimi, Otto Nicolai, Pietro Locatelli, Alessandro Marcello, Jacques Arcadelt, and Gaspare Spontini. After him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Maurizio Pollini, Ambroise Thomas, Cécile Chaminade, and Eugen d'Albert.

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Among people born in 1929, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 72. Before him are Alfred Moisiu, Bernard Haitink, Yevgeny Primakov, E. O. Wilson, Omar Torrijos, and Violeta Chamorro. After him are Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, Mike Hawthorn, Dick Clark, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and George Steiner. Among people deceased in 2004, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 37. Before him are Herbert C. Brown, Leônidas, Gérard Debreu, Renata Tebaldi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and Edward B. Lewis. After him are John Vane, Ingrid Thulin, John Pople, Thomas Klestil, Godfrey Hounsfield, and Masanori Tokita.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 1,290 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond Damadian (1936), Albert Pike (1809), William Luther Pierce (1933), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Anthony Edwards (1962), and A. E. Waite (1857). After him are Mike Shinoda (1977), James M. Buchanan (1919), Howard Martin Temin (1934), William Fichtner (1956), Joshua Lederberg (1925), and Joseph Campbell (1904).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 11. Before him are Alfred Newman (1900), Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), Henry Mancini (1924), Scott Joplin (1868), and Angelo Badalamenti (1937). After him are James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Charles Ives (1874), Alan Silvestri (1950), and Aaron Copland (1900).

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