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Jerry Goldsmith
Life Time
10 February 1929 - 21 July 2004
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He was born on February 10, 1929 in Los Angeles. Jerry Goldsmith first studied composition and piano class, intending to become a pianist. Then, at the University of Southern California, under the guidance of Hollywood veteran Miklos Rogie, he undertook to study “kinoscience.” The teacher's style can still be captured in Jerry's radio and television work, especially in his love of using bass drums and strings in scenes of action or tension. The film debut was the music for the western Black Strip
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He was born on February 10, 1929 in Los Angeles. Jerry Goldsmith first studied composition and piano class, intending to become a pianist. Then, at the University of Southern California, under the guidance of Hollywood veteran Miklos Rogie, he undertook to study “kinoscience.” The teacher's style can still be captured in Jerry's radio and television work, especially in his love of using bass drums and strings in scenes of action or tension. The film debut was the music for the western Black Strip in 1957. Since then, he has been nominated countless times for an Oscar for various films, until finally in 1976 he received the coveted gold statuette for the music for the thriller Omen. Among his best works are Gremlinov, Rambo: First Blood-2, Remember Everything and Basic Instinct. One of Goldsmith’s most famous projects is working on Rod Sterling’s classic TV series The Twilight Zone. In addition to his film work, Goldsmith toured frequently, performing regularly with symphony orchestras in concert halls in the United States and Europe, and worked closely with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Among the last films he worked on were the fantastic Star Trek: Retribution and the adaptation of Tom Clancy’s All the Fears of the World. He died on June 21, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California.