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Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous jewish-American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning only one, for The Omen), and also won five Emmy Awards.
Biography
Goldsmith learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Goldsmith attended the University of Southern California, with teacher Miklós Rózsa, who had written the score for the Ingrid Bergman movie Spellbound. Goldsmith developed an interest in writing scores for movies after being inspired by Rózsa.
Musical scores
In 1950, Goldsmith found work at CBS as a clerk in the network's music department. He soon began writing scores for live radio shows. Goldsmith went on to compose the music for several CBS radio and television shows including The Twilight Zone. He remained at CBS until 1960, after which he moved on to Revue Studios, where he would compose music for television shows such as Dr. Kildare and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. More on [ Jerry Goldsmith ]
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RT @JhonenV: Jerry Goldsmith is nowhere in this hell. He floats crabbily above it all, even his bodily function sweet sweet music for t ...
aafuss (A.A. Fussy) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:24:21 -0000
RT @JhonenV: Jerry Goldsmith is nowhere in this hell. He floats crabbily above it all, even his bodily function sweet sweet music for t ...
Working like a viking today... so I'm listening to The 13th Warrior by Jerry Goldsmith.
dwfrydendall (dwfrydendall) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:41:30 -0000
Working like a viking today... so I'm listening to The 13th Warrior by Jerry Goldsmith.
@JhonenV I was addicted to Jerry goldsmith for awhile.
scottlava (Scott C.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:03:58 -0000
@JhonenV I was addicted to Jerry goldsmith for awhile.
@JhonenV Vangelis and Jerry Goldsmith are good... Nick Cave/Warren Ellis and John Murphy too.
strangeasangels (Christopher Simmons) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:52:34 -0000
@JhonenV Vangelis and Jerry Goldsmith are good... Nick Cave/Warren Ellis and John Murphy too.
Jerry Goldsmith is nowhere in this hell. He floats crabbily above it all, even his bodily function sweet sweet music for the masses.
jhonenv (Jhonen Vasquez) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:49:26 -0000
Jerry Goldsmith is nowhere in this hell. He floats crabbily above it all, even his bodily function sweet sweet music for the masses.
Si Michael Guiacchino es el nuevo Jerry Goldsmith, entonces James Horner es el nuevo Michael Kamen. Ahà no más el ST de Avatar.
hermeselsabio (Hermes Antonio) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:36 -0000
Si Michael Guiacchino es el nuevo Jerry Goldsmith, entonces James Horner es el nuevo Michael Kamen. Ahí no más el ST de Avatar.
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