Movie score legend Jerry Goldsmith has died (1 Viewer)

[Sean Laughter]

Just put on my Star Trek: First Contact CD in tribute. He will be sorely missed. :frowning:

 

[MarcusUdeh]

My favorite Jerry Goldsmith music:
Total Recall(1990)
Basic Instinct(1992)
Star Trek (Films)
Gremlins (Films)

RIP Jerry

 

[David Coleman]

Yes Jerry is definitely going to be missed! One of the greatest film composers of all time!!

May he rest in peace!

 

[Josh Simpson]

We'll miss you Mr. Goldsmith... :frowning:

 

[Rob Gardiner]

This comes as quite a shock. I didn't even know the gentleman was ill. :frowning:

From IMDB:


I especially appreciate the innovative new instrument, the "blaster beam", that is used to represent V'Ger in the Star Trek score. It's an 18-foot long piece of metal with piano wires stretched across it, played by striking it with a mallet.

 

[David Coleman]

Favorite Jerry Goldsmith's:

BASIC INSTINCT
A PATCH OF BLUE
RUDY
FIRST BLOOD
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
THE OMEN
HOOSIERS
POLTERGEIST
TOTAL RECALL

 

[Ryan Belfast]

Jerry was one of fav film composers. Gremlins bein my most fav. From all us film fans in Northern Ireland. May he rest in peace.

 

[Jeremy Allin]

I completely forgot that he scored The 'burbs - it's one of my favorites.

 

[Chris Stainton]

He composed my all time favorite score: Logan's Run

R.I.P. Mr. Goldsmith

 

[Bill Huelbig]

I've been trying to decide which Jerry Goldsmith DVD to watch tonight - there are so many great ones. I think I'll go with A PATCH OF BLUE - a sad but lovely score, and a fine memorial to him.

 

[Scott David]

So many great scores...His most underrated, IMHO, was his score for "Papillon". His "Gift from the Sea" piece, from the scene where Steve McQueen is swimming with the native girl, is a particular favorite.

R.I.P.

 

[David Coleman]

I think A PATCH OF BLUE perfectly symbolizes Jerry's genius! I think Jerry is mostly known for his big scores however some of his greatest works are the small scores he had for movies like A PATCH OF BLUE, RUDY and HOOSIERS.

 

[JeremySt]

POLTERGEIST is probably my all time favorite score for a film... and Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer. Im sorry his contributions to the wonderful world of movies has come to an end.

:frowning:

 

[Kenny Foor]

I just can't believe this has happened. I had to get my Goldsmith collection out. Right now I'm listening to The Construction from the Explorers soundtrack. Next up is the Baku Village from Star Trek Insurrection. What a shame.:frowning:

 

[Lynda-Marie]

Great idea, I think, to pay tribute to a talented, talented musician by grabbing a favorite soundtrack CD or DVD of a movie his music is so involved in.

Only ONE lousy Oscar for all of the wonderful scores he's written? Considering some of the crap he's lost the nominations to, you would hope that there would be some way to make it up to him. Perhaps he had the last laugh in that respect, since people seem to remember his music so well, even the ones that didn't win the Oscars. And how many of the scores he lost to are in anyone's collections or even memories?

My personal favorite is Patton, not only for the echoing trumpet, [hauntingly, achingly wonderful] but also the march that opens the picture. General Patton himself would have loved it.

 

[Ernest Rister]

"Only ONE lousy Oscar for all of the wonderful scores he's written?"

Hey, it's the Academy. At least Goldsmith was thrown a bone by the AMPAS -- Kubrick, Hitchcock and Scorsese don't even have that distinction.

 

[Kevin M]

One of the greats is gone, he'll not be replaced.
Gone but never forgotten as long as film lives.
I'll not bother to mention my favorites as there are too many to name.

 

[Alphonse Brown]

I find "RUDY" to be the score I always go to when I need to be inspired.

Goodbye, Mr. Goldsmith, your music will live on.

-Alphonse

 

[Mike Graham]

I'm shocked... Goldsmith always came off so vibrant and enthusiastic in DVD extra interviews, I had no idea he'd pass away so soon. Definitely one of the American score masters. From Star Trek to LA Confidential, he understood how music could speak to an audience. He'll be dearly missed.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

For something a little different, check out the Our Man Flint / In Like Flint two-fer CD released a few years ago (now playing in my office).