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Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith

Composer · Died July 21, 2004, aged 75 · Pasadena, California, USA

Oscar winner · 5 Primetime Emmys · Golden Globe nominee · 2 other major award bodies

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").

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 10, 1929
Died
July 21, 2004 (aged 75)
From
Pasadena, California, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
181 on MovieCove · 224 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 40% in 30 days

What are Jerry Goldsmith's films like?

Across their 166 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action51 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
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Drama44 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Comedy17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
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Adventure15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
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Crime12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
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Horror9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
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Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Mystery3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Sci-Fi3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Fantasy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
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Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
26%
Bonds
17%
Self
16%
Survival
14%
Power
13%
Society
8%
Ideas
6%
Justice36 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival40 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds23 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity23 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty23 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom18 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose14 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception17 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 166 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 41 · Serious 45 · Dark 80

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 80 · Stylized 67 · Heightened 19

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 16 · Charged 71 · Intense 79

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 51 · Shifting 103 · Whiplash 12

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 114 · Some laughs 30 · Funny 22

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 50 · Even-paced 97 · Relentless 19

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 53 · Engaged 84 · Full focus 29

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 54 · Affecting 65 · Heavy 47

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 124 · Open-ended 34 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
128
Dread
48
Thrilling
55
Melancholic
49
Contemplative
33
Other
131

How their films linger

Bittersweet53 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking42 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful42 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun34 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good34 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling33 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 37 with a twist

  • Happy50
  • Bittersweet88
  • Tragic17
  • Ambiguous11

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jerry Goldsmith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 97 of their 181 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (40).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jerry Goldsmith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

224 credits, 181 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mulan(2020)

    Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Picard(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer · as (archive footage)

  • From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'(2003)

    Composer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Looney Tunes: Back in Action(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Nemesis(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Sum of All Fears(2002)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • The Last Castle(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Along Came a Spider(2001)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • 666: The Omen Revealed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Hollow Man(2000)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The 13th Warrior(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Haunting(1999)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Alien Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • The Mummy(1999)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Insurrection(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Small Soldiers(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Mulan(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • U.S. Marshals(1998)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Deep Rising(1998)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • L.A. Confidential(1997)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Edge(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Air Force One(1997)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Fierce Creatures(1997)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: First Contact(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Ghost and the Darkness(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Chain Reaction(1996)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Executive Decision(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • City Hall(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Powder(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • First Knight(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Congo(1995)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Voyager(1995)

    Show 169 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • I.Q.(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The River Wild(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Shadow(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Bad Girls(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Angie(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Six Degrees of Separation(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Malice(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Rudy(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Dennis the Menace(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Vanishing(1993)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Matinee(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Forever Young(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love Field(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Baseball(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Mom and Dad Save the World(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Basic Instinct(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Medicine Man(1992)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Sleeping with the Enemy(1991)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Not Without My Daughter(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Russia House(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990)

    Composer · as Yogurt Customer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Total Recall(1990)

    Composer · Conductor · Music Producer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Warlock(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Criminal Law(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Leviathan(1989)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The 'Burbs(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Rambo III(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Rent-a-Cop(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Lionheart(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Innerspace(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Police Story: The Freeway Killings(1987)

    Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Extreme Prejudice(1987)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Hoosiers(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Link(1986)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Ninja Terminator(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Rambo: The Rescue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • King Solomon's Mines(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Amazing Stories(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Legend(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Explorers(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Supergirl: The Making of the Movie(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Runaway(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Supergirl(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Gremlins(1984)

    Composer · as Pay-Phone Patron (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Lonely Guy(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Under Fire(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Psycho II(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Cinderella Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • The Man Who Saved the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • First Blood(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Challenge(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Secret of NIMH(1982)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Poltergeist(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Night Crossing(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Raggedy Man(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Outland(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Inchon(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Salamander(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Masada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • The Final Conflict(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Cabo Blanco(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Players (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Alien(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Great Train Robbery(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Magic(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Boys from Brazil(1978)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Swarm(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Damien: Omen II(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Coma(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Capricorn One(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Contract on Cherry Street(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Bloodthirsty Hawk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Damnation Alley(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • MacArthur(1977)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Babe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

  • Islands in the Stream(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Twilight's Last Gleaming(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Cassandra Crossing(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • High Velocity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The Omen(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Logan's Run(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Last Hard Men(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Breakheart Pass(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Take a Hard Ride(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Medical Story(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Medical Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

  • A Girl Named Sooner(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Wind and the Lion(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Breakout(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Reincarnation of Peter Proud(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Terrorists(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • S*P*Y*S(1974)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Chinatown(1974)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Winter Kill(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Indict and Convict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Papillon(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Don Is Dead(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Big John Morrison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • One Little Indian(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Going Up of David Lev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Red Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Hawkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Composer · Conductor

  • Shamus(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • The Waltons(1972)

    Show 210 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Anna and the King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

  • The Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • The Other(1972)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Culpepper Cattle Co.(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Crawlspace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • The Homecoming: A Christmas Story(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Crosscurrent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Last Run(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Wild Rovers(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Mephisto Waltz(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • A Step Out of Line(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Traveling Executioner(1970)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Brotherhood of the Bell(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Prudence and the Chief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer · Conductor

  • Rio Lobo(1970)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)

    Composer · Conductor · Music Arranger · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Patton(1970)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Justine(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Chairman(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • 100 Rifles(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Illustrated Man(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Bandolero!(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Detective(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Planet of the Apes(1968)

    Composer · Compositor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Nick Quarry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Hour of the Gun(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Flim-Flam Man(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • In Like Flint(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Spy in the Green Hat(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Warning Shot(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Sand Pebbles(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Seconds(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Blue Max(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Stagecoach(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Trouble with Angels(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Our Man Flint(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • A Patch of Blue(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Loner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Morituri(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Von Ryan's Express(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • In Harm's Way(1965)

    Composer · as Piano Player (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Satan Bug(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • To Trap a Spy(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Rio Conchos(1964)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Fate Is the Hunter(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Shock Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Seven Days in May(1964)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Prize(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Take Her, She's Mine(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • A Gathering of Eagles(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Stripper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Lilies of the Field(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The List of Adrian Messenger(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Freud(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Spiral Road(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Lonely Are the Brave(1962)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Grim Reaper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Man on the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • The Crimebusters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Flaming Star(1960)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Studs Lonigan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Journey to the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Face of a Fugitive(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • City of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Days of Wine and Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • Black Patch(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Casino Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Composer

  • Don't Bother to Knock(1952)

    Music Consultant

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 223 titles from 1952 to 2020.

Biggest box office

The Mummy (1999)

$418M worldwide

Highest rated

Alien (1979)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Air Force One (1997)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 223: 2 only acting, 4 with another roleMusic218 of 223: 178 only music, 40 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew39 of 223: 3 only other crew, 36 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

223 titles, 40 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 36 of them.

By decade

1950s6 · crew1960s47 · 1 acting · 47 crew1970s68 · crew1980s43 · 1 acting · 43 crew1990s45 · 2 acting · 44 crew2000s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2010s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

an Oscar and 5 Primetime Emmys from 45 major nominations, 1961–1999.

WinNomination
  1. 1999
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
  2. 1998
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  3. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music
  4. 1993
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
  5. 1987
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
  6. 1984
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
  7. 1983
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
  8. 1982
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Composition
Show 15 earlier years
  1. 1981
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
  2. 1980
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated ×2 · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
  3. 1979
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
  4. 1977
    • Oscar, won · Best Music, Original Score
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Song
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
  5. 1976
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  6. 1975
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
  7. 1974
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
  8. 1973
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program
  9. 1971
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
  10. 1969
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)
  11. 1967
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Music Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score
  12. 1966
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Score - Substantially Original
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Individual Achievements in Music - Composition
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
  13. 1965
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score
  14. 1963
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Score - Substantially Original
  15. 1961
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jerry Goldsmith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 177; across their 166 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 166

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 166

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 166

Midcredits score across 181 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up53
  • 50th to 74th64
  • 25th to 49th46
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

96 of their 181 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved26
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser96
  • Broadly Agreed27
  • Mixed30

Most divisive · composer

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985)

92nd percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Alien (1979)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 70/100 in their films, across 151 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jerry Goldsmith's work okay for kids?

Across up to 99 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore81 titles33–85 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity99 titles8–55 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity82 titles22–69 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs78 titles12–42 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense73 titles36–80 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jerry Goldsmith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jerry Goldsmith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Dante shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles