Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith is, to me, the consummate craftsman of film music. Over 200 productions across nearly fifty years, an Academy Award, and yes, even a Razzie for worst song, which only makes him more human in my eyes. What strikes me is that film scoring is supposed to serve the picture invisibly, yet his music consistently rises off the screen and announces itself without overwhelming the story. A son of Los Angeles, the movie capital itself, he spent a lifetime holding up other people's narratives with nothing but sound. He makes me want to actually read the composer credit in every end roll.

Name (English)

Jerry Goldsmith

Name (Japanese)

ジェリー・ゴールドスミス

Reading

じぇりー・ごーるどすみす

Born

February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

conductor / composer / film score composer / musician / bandleader

University

University of Southern California

Awards & achievements

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
• 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Score
• 1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Goldsmith
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235077

Tags

• California
• conductor
• composer
• film score composer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.