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

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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