Biography

Jerry Goldsmith was an American music composer and conductor for film and television productions, best known for his scores of movies like "Planet of the Apes", "Papillon", "Alien", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", and also three "Rambo" films and five "Star Trek" films. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and eighteen Academy Awards (he won only one, in 1976, for the feature film "The Omen").

Known For

Gremlins

Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Yogurt Customer

In Harm's Way

Piano Player (uncredited)

Monty and the Movies

Self (archive footage)

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Self

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story

Self

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

(archive footage)

Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'

Self