Jerry Goldsmith
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| Known for: |
L.A. Confidential, Alien, Kingdom of Heaven |
| Birth name: |
Jerrald Goldsmith |
| Birthday: |
10 February 1929,
Pasadena, California, USA |
Trivia

Wore an ape mask when conducting the score for
Planet of the Apes

Children with Hennagin: Ellen, Carrie, Jennifer and composer
Joel Goldsmith.

Frequently chooses
Alexander Courage as orchestrator for his scores.

Composed the 1976 Paramount TV jingle used from the fall of 1976 to the fall of 1978.

Regularly conducts concerts of his music in London, with the London Symphony Orchestra.

For most of his career, he chose the late
Arthur Morton to orchestrate his scores. Later, as Morton aged, he also added in
Alexander Courage. After Courage retired, he used
Mark McKenzie as his primary orchestrator.

Son, Aaron, with second wife,
Carol Heather Goldsmith.

He considered
Total Recall one of his best scores.

Studied under
Miklós Rózsa.

Buried at the beautiful Hillside Memorial Park - 6001 Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, California.

His opening theme for "The Mummy" (1999) was used in the opening for the trailer of "The Road to El Dorado" (2000).
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