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Jerry Goldsmith

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Composer

The Resume

    (February 10, 1929-July 21, 2004)
    Scored 'Planet of the Apes (1968),' 'Patton (1970),' 'Chinatown (1974),' 'Logan's Run (1976),' 'The Omen (1976),' 'Alien (1979),' 'Poltergeist (1982),' 'First Blood (1982),' 'Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983),' 'Gremlins (1984),' 'Hoosiers (1986),' 'Innerspace (1987),' 'The 'burbs (1989),' 'Total Recall (1990),' 'Sleeping with the Enemy (1991),' 'Basic Instinct (1992),' 'Dennis the Menace (1993),' 'Rudy (1993),' 'Six Degrees of Separation (1993),' 'L.A. Confidential (1997),' 'The Mummy (1999)' and many other films
    Wrote the theme for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and scored several 'Star Trek' films
    Contributed music to 'Gunsmoke,' 'Have Gun - Will Travel,' 'Wagon Train,' 'Perry Mason,' 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Dr. Kildare,' 'Ben Casey,' 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' and 'The Waltons'

Why he might be annoying:

    His musical style was not as recognizable as those of other movie composers like Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Danny Elfman.
    For laughs, he conducted the score of 'Planet of the Apes' wearing a monkey mask.
    He outlived many of his collaborators and assistants.
    Bernard Herrmann once called him a sellout for using orchestrators to help arrange his scores.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was incredibly prolific, writing up to 12 scores a year.
    His music is often challenging and experimental.
    He thought music was most effective in a movie when it's used subtly and sparingly.
    He never bad-mouthed his fellow film composers.
    He suffered from cancer for several years.
    His music was used in some of the most notable films of the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 753 Votes: 56.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 174 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 51.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 114 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 382 Votes: 43.72% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 232 Votes: 44.40% Annoying