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Jerry Goldsmith has passed away ...

Posted: 22/07/2004 - 22:03
by Markus Schneider
One of the best composers for film and tv with at least 310 listed projects has passed away on Wednesday evening after a long battle against cancer :cry:

http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/news.html

Re: Jerry Goldsmith has passed away ...

Posted: 22/07/2004 - 22:06
by Chappers
Markus Schneider wrote:One of the best composers for film and tv with at least 310 listed projects has passed away on Wednesday evening after a long battle against cancer :cry:

http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/news.html
Such a shame he has passed away. The Total Recall and Basic Instinct soundtracks are some of his finest work amongst countless other classics.

He will be sorely missed. :(

Paul

Posted: 22/07/2004 - 22:09
by ifadeo
sniff !! sad to hear that, i love his work for the different star trek projects...

:cry:

Posted: 22/07/2004 - 22:23
by Romeo Knight
Not to forget the one and only ALIEN!
Goldsmith was and is a major part of movie history.

Goodbye... :(

Posted: 23/07/2004 - 0:11
by Vosla
Jerry is in heaven with all the other great passed away composers... he will never be forgotten! :(

Posted: 23/07/2004 - 8:28
by merman
Did you know...

Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the original Star Trek theme and took a share of Alexander's royalties? Still, Alexander went on to be one of the best soundtrack composers around. R.I.P.

Posted: 23/07/2004 - 9:19
by Makke
He was a living legend. I guess now he's "just a legend". R.I.P. :cry:

Posted: 23/07/2004 - 23:12
by Maindrian
Aw crap. :cry:

You know me, massive soundtrack fan. Never forget the blaster beams of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or the sheer, shat-pants terror of The Omen and Alien. God bless the guy for his invention.

Righty, must go off and listen to the ST: Nemesis o.s.t. in tribute. Would try for something better, but its the only Goldsmith score I actually own. Still great though. Apart from the keyboards... Ahem.

Posted: 24/07/2004 - 6:32
by Subzero
He was a great composer....

Posted: 24/07/2004 - 18:50
by Jim Power
Errr... no, he actually didn't do "Judge Dredd" - that was Alan Silvestri. Jerry composed some great music for the "Rambo" flicks with Stallone though: "First Blood" is still one of my favourite action scores of all time! And I always loved the way he used synths and effects (like the aforementioned beam in the "Star Trek" movie) with the orchestra...

Posted: 25/07/2004 - 14:22
by Subzero
It was? God im thick.....ahh well....

Posted: 25/07/2004 - 20:25
by Dr.Future
As I have both "First Blood" and "Basic Instinct", I'm also very sad about his death. Brilliant soundtracks and huge inspiration for me, especially for remixing...

Posted: 26/07/2004 - 17:33
by ProgZmax
I didn't know about this until I read the thread. Well, that really sucks. He, Hans Zimmer, James Horner and John Williams are the only soundtrack composers I like, and now one is dead. :|

Posted: 27/07/2004 - 8:49
by Jan Lund Thomsen
Jan Zottmann wrote:Errr... no, he actually didn't do "Judge Dredd" - that was Alan Silvestri.
Movie composer confusion clarified: http://naps.ter.dk/

Posted: 27/07/2004 - 16:35
by xo