Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith dies

[STSF_BluRox 0]

An end to yet another Star Trek era. Jerry Goldsmith, who has written a majority of the Star Trek themes and music for television and films, has passed away. You will also notice his work in many other science fiction television and films.

 

Oscar winning composer Jerry Goldsmith dies

 

Television:

 

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (theme) 1987-94

 

"Star Trek: Voyager" (theme) 1995

 

 

Emmy Awards:

 

"Star Trek: Voyager" 1995

 

 

Films:

 

"Star Trek: Nemesis" 2002

 

"Star Trek: Insurrection" 1998

 

"Star Trek: First Contact" 1996

 

"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" 1989

 

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" 1979

 

A complete list of credits <courtesy of CNN.com>

[Seiben 0]

Ahh, I did like his music. A shame that he died today. :P The sci-fi indistry lost another ledgend, sad thing.

[Dumbass 0]

Wow. By my calculations I would have been downloading some of his music when he died. Truly a sad day.

[Images 0]

Yeah, his music made some of the best movie moments.

[Eli Zhu 0]

Yeah, his music made some of the best movie moments.

Indeed .... indeed .... indeed ..... indeed....

 

Tist is a sad day eh. Rest in peace Mr. Goldsmith.

[Vex Xiang 0]

I think STSF needs an obituaries section all to its own with all these death notices.

 

You're just depressing me! All the Trek legends are dying off :P

[Dumbass 0]

Here are some of his other works (at least these are the ones I recognise):

 

* Looney Tunes: Back in Action

* The Sum of All Fears

* The Last Castle

* Along Came a Spider

* The 13th Warrior

* The Mummy

* Small Soldiers

* Mulan

* U.S. Marshals

* Deep Rising

* L.A. Confidential

* Air Force One

* Executive Decision

* City Hall

* First Knight

* Powder

* Congo

* The Shadow

* I.Q.

* Six Degrees of Separation

* Matinee

* Dennis The Menace

* Medicine Man

* Mom and Dad Save the World

* Basic Instinct

* Not Without my Daughter

* Total Recall

* Gremlins II: The New Batch

* Warlock

* Rambo III

* Alien Nation

* Hoosiers

* Poltergeist II: The Other Side

* Rambo: First Blood Part II

* Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

* King Solomon's Mines

* Gremlins

* Supergirl

* The Lonely Guy

* Psycho II

* Twilight Zone, The Movie

* The Secret of N.I.M.H.

* First Blood

* Poltergeist

* The Final Conflict (Omen III)

* Raggedy Man

* Outland

* Alien

* Damien: Omen II

* Capricorn One

* MacArthur

* Damnation Alley

* The Omen

* Logan's Run

* Chinatown

* Papillon

* Escape From the Planet of The Apes

* Tora! Tora! Tora!

* Patton

* Planet of the Apes

* In Like Flint

* Stagecoach

* The Blue Max

[Captain Huff 0]

So the old composer dies, and as he's being shown around hell by the devil, he sees many familiar faces. Everyone in hell is wading knee deep in [crap], but he decides this isn't so bad, since he sees so many familiar musician faces and everyone is happy and trading stories of the old days. He decides hell will be alright afterall, when the devil claps his hands and shouts, "Okay everyone! Break's over! Back on your heads!"

 

I'm sure I'll meet up with Mr. Goldsmith someday, and we can chat during breaks. ;)

[Tachyon 0]

Another person to add to that growing list of recent deaths . . . :P

 

I loved the themes to TNG and Voyager, and although I didn't like Insurrection as much as First Contact, it had great music.

[Images 0]

reminds me of a quote from road to perdition

 

"May you get to heaven an hour before the devil knows you're dead"

[Dumbass 0]

Everyone in hell is wading knee deep in [crap], but he decides this isn't so bad, since he sees so many familiar musician faces and everyone is happy and trading stories of the old days. He decides hell will be alright afterall, when the devil claps his hands and shouts, "Okay everyone! Break's over! Back on your heads!"

At least it cuts down on office gossip. :P

[Tachyon 0]

At least it cuts down on office gossip. :)

Not necessarily, I'll bet that certain instant messengers have gone to hell. :P

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

That is very sad. We lost yet another great one in the Star Trek community. R.I.P. Jerry Goldsmith.

 

Zaphod,

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

Indeed, very sad. I was a big fan of his musical style and he will be missed. There are very few solid musical composers in Hollywood who can create scores that really bring a movie together. Jerry Goldsmith was one of them. Movies such as "Tora! Tora! Tora!" or "Air Force One" could have been horrible if not for the emotion the music helped to show.

 

Indeed a great loss.