By Arthur Spiegelman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Composer Jerry Goldsmith, who won an Oscar for the music to the 1976 Satanic thriller "The Omen" and also composed the scores for "Alien," "Rambo," "Chinatown," and "Patton," has died at age 75, his family said on Thursday.

Goldsmith was also known for his music for some of television's classic shows including "The Waltons," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "The Twilight Zone," "Dr. Kildare" and the annual Academy Awards, for which he composed a still used fanfare.

He died on Wednesday night at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with cancer.

A five-time Emmy Award winner, Goldsmith also received 17 Academy Award nominations over a career spanning nearly a half century. He won his only Oscar for the chilling film "The Omen," in which Gregory Peck leads a doomed effort to stop the son of Satan from growing up and taking over the world.

Goldsmith's widow, Carol, told Reuters, "He was proud that for that film he reversed 'Ave Maria' and made it into an 'Ave Satani."'

Mrs Goldsmith said her husband always refused to choose a favorite among his works saying, "My favorite score is the one I haven't written yet."

She added, "He also used to lecture his film school students that if they were scoring a scene for a man on a horse galloping away, you don't score the gallop but you score the fear of the rider."

Among Goldsmith's film scores were the music for the "Star Trek" film series, "Chinatown," "Patton," "Basic Instinct," "L.A. Confidential," "The Blue Max," "Poltergeist," "Rambo," "The Mummy," "Lonely Are the Brave," "Total Recall," "Mulan," "Hoosiers" and "Planet of the Apes."

He won fame in the industry for the speed with which he wrote and recorded the score for "Chinatown," a feat Mrs Goldsmith said was accomplished in nine or 10 days and which involved a full orchestra with four grand pianos.

Besides his wife, he is survived by five children, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

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he was my favorite film composer (he and angelo badalamenti)...

here is a list of his work:

Game of Their Lives, The (2004) (in production)
Picasso at the Lapin Agile (2004) (in production)


Star Trek: The Experience - Borg Invasion 4D (2004)
76th Annual Academy Awards, The (2004) (TV) (theme)
Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien', The (2003) (V)
Timeline (2003) (score withdrawn) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (from "The Gremlin Rag")
... aka Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie (2003) (USA: DVD box title)
Shock & Awe: The Return of 'Alien' (2003) (TV)
75th Annual Academy Awards, The (2003) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)
Afghanistan: Land in Crisis (2002) (V)
Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets, The (2002) (V)
Guts & Glory (2002) (V)
Real Nam: Voices From Within, The (2002) (V)
Selling a Hero (2002) (V)
Suiting Up: Rambo's Survival Hardware (2002) (V)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Sum of All Fears, The (2002) (also song "If We Could Remember")
... aka Anschlag, Der (2002) (Germany)
Drawing First Blood (2002) (V)
We Get to Win This Time (2002) (V)
74th Annual Academy Awards, The (2002) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)
Kid Stays In the Picture, The (2002) (cues "Love Theme from Chinatown" and "The Captive")
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001) (V)
Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001) (V)
Soarin' Over California (2001)
Visions of Mars (2001) (V)
Last Castle, The (2001)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
... aka Im Netz der Spinne (2001) (Germany)
73rd Annual Academy Awards, The (2001) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)
Fleshing Out the 'Hollow Man' (2000) (V)
Hollow Man: Anatomy of a Thriller (2000) (V)
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000) (from 'Planet of the Apes (1968)')
Hollow Man (2000)
... aka Hollow Man - Unsichtbare Gefahr (2000) (Germany)
72nd Annual Academy Awards, The (2000) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)


Alien Legacy, The (1999) (V)
... aka Eighth Passenger: The Alien Legacy, The (1999) (V) (USA: director's cut)
Early 70's Horror Trailer, The (1999) (from 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes')
Haunting, The (1999)
... aka Maldición, La (1999) (USA: Spanish title)
13th Warrior, The (1999)
... aka Thirteenth Warrior, The (1999)
Mummy, The (1999)
71st Annual Academy Awards, The (1999) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
... aka Star Trek 9 (1998) (USA: informal alternative title)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' (1998) (TV) (from "Mulan (1998)")
Mulan (1998)
70th Annual Academy Awards, The (1998) (TV) (Oscar fanfare)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Deep Rising (1998)
Alien: Resurrection (1997) (from "Alien (1979)")
... aka Alien 4 (1997)
Edge, The (1997)
Air Force One (1997)
... aka AFO (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
... aka Star Trek 8 (1996) (USA: informal alternative title)
Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)
2 Days in the Valley (1996) (score withdrawn) (uncredited)
Chain Reaction (1996)
Executive Decision (1996)
... aka Critical Decision (1996)
City Hall (1996)
Congo: Journey Into the Unknown (1995) (V) (uncredited)
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-rama Show Southern Style Volume 2 (1995) (V) (from "Planet of the Apes (1968)")
Powder (1995)
First Knight (1995)
Congo (1995)
"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) TV Series (main title theme)
... aka "Voyager" (1995) (USA: short title)
Star Trek: Voyager - Caretaker (1995) (TV) (main title theme)
... aka Caretaker (1995) (TV) (USA)
I.Q. (1994)
River Wild, The (1994)
Shadow, The (1994)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994) (TV) (main title theme)
... aka All Good Things... (1994) (TV)
Bad Girls (1994)
Angie (1994)
Gunmen (1994) (from "Under Fire (1983)")
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Malice (1993)
Rudy (1993)
"Celeste, siempre Celeste" (1993) TV Series (from "Basic Instinct") (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
... aka Dennis (1993) (UK)
Vanishing, The (1993)
Matinee (1993)
Forever Young (1992)
Love Field (1992)
Mr. Baseball (1992)
Public Eye, The (1992) (score withdrawn) (uncredited)
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
... aka Basic Instinct (1992) (France)
... aka Ice Cold Desire (1992) (Singapore: English title: censored version)
Gladiator (1992) (score withdrawn) (uncredited)
Medicine Man (1992)
... aka Last Days of Eden, The (1992)
Machurrucutu II: Haz lo incorrecto... o Cómo nos la ingeniamos para hacer un documental sobre la Escuela de Teatro (1991) (uncredited)
Brotherhood of the Gun (1991) (TV) (theme)
... aka Hollister (1991) (TV) (USA)
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) (TV) (from "Omen, The (1976)" and "Final Conflict, The (1981)")
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Russia House, The (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
"H.E.L.P." (1990) TV Series


"Troldspejlet" (1989) TV Series (from 'Gremlins (1984)')
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Warlock (1989)
Leviathan (1989)
'burbs, The (1989)
Alien Nation (1988) (uncredited)
Criminal Law (1988)
Rambo III (1988)
Rent-a-Cop (1988)
Lionheart (1987)
... aka Lionheart: The Children's Crusade (1987) (USA)
Yinghung bunsik II (1987) (from "Extreme Prejudice")
... aka Better Tomorrow II, A (1987) (USA)
... aka Color of a Hero II, The (1987)
... aka Ying xiong ben se xu ji (1987) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint (1987) (TV) (main title theme)
... aka Encounter at Farpoint (1987) (TV)
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) TV Series (from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)") (main title theme)
... aka "Star Trek: TNG" (1987) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Innerspace (1987)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987) (theme) (uncredited)
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987) (TV) (theme)
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Hoosiers (1986)
... aka Best Shot (1986)
Aliens (1986) (from "Alien (1979)") (uncredited)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
... aka Poltergeist II (1986) (USA: short title)
"Rambo" (1986) TV Series (from "First Blood" (1982) and "Rambo: First Blood Part II")
Link (1986)
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
"Amazing Stories" (1985) TV Series (episode "Boo!")
... aka "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" (1985) (USA: complete title)
Legend (1985) (European version)
... aka Legend: Ultimate Edition (2002) (USA: reissue title (video title))
Explorers (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
... aka Dinosaur... Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) (TV title)
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1984) (TV) (from "Supergirl")
Runaway (1984)
Supergirl (1984)
... aka Supergirl: The Movie (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Lonely Guy, The (1984)
Under Fire (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Psycho II (1983)
... aka Psicosis 2 (1983) (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Psycose 2 (1983) (USA: Spanish title)
Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (1983) (TV) (theme)
... aka Fifteen Years Later Affair, The (1983) (TV) (USA: subtitle)
Dusty (1983/I)
First Blood (1982)
... aka Rambo: First Blood (1982)
Challenge, The (1982)
... aka Equals (1982)
... aka Sword of the Ninja (1982)
Secret of NIMH, The (1982)
... aka Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Night Crossing (1981)
Salamander, The (1981)
... aka Salamandra, La (1981) (Italy)
Raggedy Man (1981)
Outland (1981)
Inchon (1981)
"Masada" (1981) (mini) TV Series (parts one and two) (also theme)
... aka "Antagonists, The" (1981) (mini) (UK)
Si wang ta (1981) (from "Alien") (uncredited)
... aka Game of Death II (1981) (USA)
... aka New Game of Death, The (1981) (USA)
... aka Tower of Death (1981)
Final Conflict, The (1981)
... aka Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
Alligator (1980) (uncredited) (from "The Invaders")
Caboblanco (1980)


Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
... aka Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition (2001) (USA: DVD title)
Players (1979)
Alien (1979)
... aka Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) (USA: director's cut)
Dark, The (1979) (from "Back There") (uncredited)
... aka Mutilator, The (1979)
Long quan (1979) (from "The Sand Pebbles (1966)") (uncredited)
... aka Dragon Fist (1979)
... aka In Eagle Dragon Fist (1979)
First Great Train Robbery, The (1979)
... aka Great Train Robbery, The (1979) (USA)
Magic (1978)
Boys from Brazil, The (1978)
Swarm, The (1978)
Capricorn One (1978)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
... aka Omen II (1978)
... aka Omen II: Damien (1978) (reissue title)
Coma (1978)
Hemingway Play, The (1977) (TV)
MacArthur (1977)
... aka MacArthur, the Rebel General (1977)
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) (from "The Invaders" and "Back There") (uncredited)
Contract on Cherry Street (1977) (TV)
... aka Stakeout on Cherry Street (1977) (TV)
Damnation Alley (1977)
... aka Survival Run (1977/II)
"Logan's Run" (1977) TV Series (from "Logan's Run")
Islands in the Stream (1977)
High Velocity (1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
... aka Nuclear Countdown (1977)
... aka Ultimatum, Das (1977) (West Germany)
Cassandra Crossing, The (1976)
... aka Cassandra Crossing (1976) (Italy) (West Germany)
... aka Treffpunkt Todesbrücke (1977) (West Germany)
Omen, The (1976)
... aka Omen I (1976) (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Antichrist (1976) (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Birthmark (1976) (reissue title)
Logan's Run (1976)
Last Hard Men, The (1976) (from "Stagecoach (1966)" and "100 Rifles (1969)")
Breakheart Pass (1975)
Reincarnation of Peter Proud, The (1975)
Babe (1975) (TV)
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
... aka Lunga cavalcata, La (1975)
... aka Parola di un fuorilegge... è legge!, La (1975) (Italy)
"Medical Story" (1975) TV Series
Medical Story (1975) (TV)
"Adams of Eagle Lake" (1975) TV Series
Girl Named Sooner, A (1975) (TV)
Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
Breakout (1975)
Ransom (1975)
... aka Terrorists, The (1975) (USA)
"Archer" (1975) TV Series
S*P*Y*S (1974) (US version)
Chinatown (1974)
"QB VII" (1974) (mini) TV Series
Winter Kill (1974) (TV)
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1974) (TV)
Indict and Convict (1974) (TV)
Don Is Dead, The (1973)
... aka Beautiful But Deadly (1973) (USA: TV title)
... aka Deadly Kiss, The (1973)
One Little Indian (1973)
Papillon (1973)
"Police Story" (1973) TV Series
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
Police Story, The (1973) (TV)
Red Pony, The (1973) (TV)
Hawkins on Murder (1973) (TV)
... aka Death and the Maiden (1973) (TV)
Shamus (1973)
... aka Passion for Danger (1973)
"Barnaby Jones" (1973) TV Series (theme)
Lights Out (1972) (TV)
Pursuit (1972/I) (TV)
... aka Binary (1972) (TV)
"Adventurer, The" (1972) TV Series
"Anna and the King" (1972) TV Series
"Waltons, The" (1972) TV Series (theme) (some episodes)
Man, The (1972)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) (from 'Planet of the Apes (1968)' (uncredited)
Other, The (1972)
Culpepper Cattle Company, The (1972)
... aka Dust, Sweat and Gunpowder (1972) (Australia)
Crawlspace (1972) (TV)
Going Up of David Lev, The (1971) (TV)
Homecoming: A Christmas Story, The (1971) (TV)
Crosscurrent (1971/I) (TV)
... aka Cable Car Murder, The (1971) (TV)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971) (TV)
Last Run, The (1971)
Wild Rovers (1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Mephisto Waltz, The (1971)
Step Out of Line, A (1971) (TV)
Rio Lobo (1970)
... aka San Timoteo (1970)
Traveling Executioner, The (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Brotherhood of the Bell, The (1970) (TV)
Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970)
Patton (1970)
... aka Blood and Guts (1970) (UK)
... aka Patton: A Salute to a Rebel (1970)
... aka Patton: Lust for Glory (1970) (UK)


"Room 222" (1969) TV Series
Justine (1969/I)
Chairman, The (1969)
... aka Most Dangerous Man in the World, The (1969) (UK)
100 Rifles (1969)
Illustrated Man, The (1969)
Nick Quarry (1968) (TV)
Helicopter Spies, The (1968) (TV) (from '"Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964)')
Bandolero! (1968)
Detective, The (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
... aka Monkey Planet (1968)
Sebastian (1968)
... aka Mr. Sebastian (1968)
Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R., The (1967) (theme) (uncredited)
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Flim-Flam Man, The (1967)
... aka One Born Every Minute (1967) (UK)
Karate Killers, The (1967) (theme)
... aka Five Daughters Affair, The (1967)
In Like Flint (1967)
Warning Shot (1967)
Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966) (theme)
Sand Pebbles, The (1966)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
Seconds (1966)
"Jericho" (1966) TV Series
"Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1966) TV Series
One Spy Too Many (1966) (from '"Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964)')
Blue Max, The (1966)
Stagecoach (1966)
Trouble with Angels, The (1966)
Our Man Flint (1966)
Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (1965)
Patch of Blue, A (1965)
Spy with My Face, The (1965) (theme only)
Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965) (prologue)
... aka Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
"Loner, The" (1965) TV Series (episode "An Echo of Bugles") (episode "One of the Wounded") (theme)
"Legend of Jesse James, The" (1965) TV Series
Morituri (1965)
... aka Saboteur, Code Name Morituri, The (1965) (UK)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
Satan Bug, The (1965)
Rio Conchos (1964)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
"Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) TV Series
To Trap a Spy (1964)
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964) TV Series
Shock Treatment (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Prize, The (1963)
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) TV Series
... aka "Chrysler Theater, The" (1963)
... aka "Universal Star Time" (1963) (syndication title)
"Fugitive, The" (1963) TV Series (stock music cues) (uncredited)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Gathering of Eagles, A (1963)
Stripper, The (1963)
... aka Woman of Summer (1963) (UK)
List of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)
Expendables, The (1962) (TV)
Freud (1962)
... aka Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
Spiral Road, The (1962)
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Crimebusters, The (1961)
General with the Cockeyed Id, The (1961)
"Ben Casey" (1961) TV Series
"Dr. Kildare" (1961) TV Series (main theme)
"Cain's Hundred" (1961) TV Series
"Pete and Gladys" (1960) TV Series
Studs Lonigan (1960)
"Thriller" (1960) TV Series
... aka "Boris Karloff's Thriller" (1960)
"Full Circle" (1960) TV Series


"Twilight Zone, The" (1959) TV Series
"For Better or Worse" (1959/I) TV Series
Face of a Fugitive (1959) (as Jerrald Goldsmith)
"Peck's Bad Girl" (1959) TV Series
City of Fear (1959)
"Black Saddle" (1959) TV Series (theme) (as Jerrald K. Goldsmith)
... aka "Westerners, The" (1966/I) (USA: syndication title)
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958) TV Series (some episodes)
"Perry Mason" (1957) TV Series
"Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series
... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master" (1957)
Black Patch (1957)
"Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) TV Series
"Playhouse 90" (1956) TV Series
"Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series
... aka "Gun Law" (1955) (UK)
... aka "Marshal Dillon" (1961) (USA: rerun title)
"Lineup, The" (1954) TV Series
... aka "San Francisco Beat" (1954)
"Climax!" (1954) TV Series
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (1954) (USA)
"General Electric Theater" (1953) TV Series
... aka "G.E. Theatre" (1953) (USA)
Don't Bother to Knock (1952) (uncredited)
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) TV Series
... aka "Hallmark Television Playhouse" (1951)

I had no idea he had done so much work. Rest in peace, Jerry.

One of the greatest. He will be missed.

This is very sad. He was a wonderful talent. Just the other
day I was humming the Gremlins theme

His music will live forever in the movies anyway