Jerry Goldsmith

Sound

Jerry Goldsmith

Born 1929-02-10 · Pasadena, California, USA

Jerry Goldsmith was an American music composer and conductor for film and television productions, best known for his scores of movies like "Planet of the Apes", "Papillon", "Alien", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", and also three "Rambo" films and five "Star Trek" films. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and eighteen Academy Awards (he won only one, in 1976, for the feature film "The Omen").

Acting credits

Gremlins poster
7.1

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Gremlins

1984

Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster
6.5

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

In Harm's Way poster
6.6

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

In Harm's Way

1965

Monty and the Movies poster
NR

An in-depth look at embattled filmmaker Alex “Monty” Canawati uncovers the indelible mark he's left on Hollywood.

Monty and the Movies

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins poster
7.3

This new retrospective features new interviews with director Joe Dante, star Zach Galligan, writer Chris Columbus, executive producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall and producer Michael Finnell.

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

2014

The Beast Within: Making Alien poster
8.2

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' poster
6.8

A look behind the scenes at one of the more controversial thillers of the 90's, and the one that made Sharon Stone a top-name star. Includes interviews with Stone and footage of some of the hard work that went into making the movie, as well as some discussion of the problems the makers had to deal with, including protests from groups who wanted the film changed or simply abandoned.

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'

2001

Imagining 'Total Recall' poster
7.0

Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger go to Mars and produce a blockbuster. Produced for the “Total Recall” DVD.

Imagining 'Total Recall'

2001

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NR

Explores the art and history of writing music for motion pictures.

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story

1995

666: The Omen Revealed poster
5.9

Documentary about the making of The Omen, featuring interviews with Richard Donner, Harvey Bernhard, David Seltzer and others.

666: The Omen Revealed

2000

North and the Music of the South poster
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The score of Alex North for A Streetcar Named Desire is analyzed.

North and the Music of the South

2006

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner poster
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Almost everyone who worked with director Franklin J. Schaeffer on the film is interviewed here, including George C. Scott (this piece was done before he died in 1999) and they all seem to unanimously agree that he was a complete and total gentleman to work with. Oliver Stone shows up here to give us his thoughts on the film and accuse it for being in some part responsible for the bombing of Cambodia, which is an interesting theory if perhaps a little misguided (he claims that Nixon was so influenced by Patton that it resulted in his decision to launch that first attack which in turn resulted in the bombing). Other interviewees in this piece include Richard Zanuck, Jerry Goldsmith, Fred Koenekamp, Franklin J. Schaeffer himself, and the film's producer, Frank McCarthy. The interviews are nicely complimented by some behind the scenes clips as well as a small assortment of camera tests.

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner

1997

Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur poster
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Franklin J. Schaffner is the man behind a great many iconic American films: Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970), Papillon (1973), The Boys from Brazil (1978), and others. Though he was an often enigmatically quiet but no less confident and decisive filmmaker, seldom was he discussed as an "auteur" director, despite his Academy Award win for Best Director and many august institutions naming coveted awards for "excellence in directing" after him. Daniel Kremer takes a deep dive into Schaffner's distinguished career, examining visual and thematic tropes that render his work extremely personal and part of a vast picture.

Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur

2023

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith poster
7.0

A limited DVD (1500 copies) of "Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith" was released in June 2005. Bonus features included extended interviews and 60 minutes of scoring session footage of Mr. Goldsmith working on The River Wild.

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

1995

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Follows the life and career of legendary composer Alfred Newman.

All About Alfred

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." poster
8.0

Documentary on the making of the 1933 RKO film King Kong. Contains interviews with George Turner, Linwood Dunn, Rudy Behlmer.

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

1992