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Goldsmith learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Goldsmith attended the University of Southern California, with teacher Miklós Rózsa, who had written the score for the Ingrid Bergman movie Spellbound. Goldsmith developed an interest in writing scores for movies after being inspired by Rózsa.
In 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with, Goldsmith found work at CBSCBS Columbia Broadcasting System is a major radio and television network in the United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the days of rad as a clerk in the network's music department. He soon began writing scores for live radio shows. Goldsmith went on to compose the music for several CBS radio and televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p shows including The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone was a television series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. Each episode was an individual fantasy or science fiction story, often concluding with an eerie or unexpected twist. A popular success, it introduc. He remained at CBS until 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23, after which he moved on to Revue Studios , where he would compose music for television shows such as Dr. KildareJames Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. The character was invented by the western fiction author, Fred and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.The Man from U. was a popular American television series that ran on NBC from September 22 1964 to January 15 1968. The show revolved around a fictional Secret International Law-Enforcement Agency, the U nited N etwork C ommand for L aw E nforcement; it w. He also worked on the score for PattonPatton is a 1970 biographical film which tells the story of General George Patton's commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden and Michael Bates. There were several attempts to make the movie, starting in 1953. The Patton family w.
In 1962, Goldsmith was nominated for an Oscar for his job in Freud . Shortly after, he met Alfred Newman, who was instrumental in Goldsmith's hiring by Universal Studios. At Universal, Goldsmith worked on several famous movies such as The Omen, Poltergeist, Alien, Chinatown (for which he wrote a particularly apt and haunting theme), Gremlins, Supergirl, First Blood, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Hoosiers, The Wind and the Lion , and many others. He was awarded his first and only Oscar for The Omen. He also was awarded an Emmy for his work on QB VII.
Goldsmith also composed for The Waltons, a fanfare for the Academy Awards presentation show and the score for one of the Disneyland Resort's most popular attractions, Soarin' Over California.
But one of Goldsmith's least-heard (and what some movie fans call his greatest) score was for the 1985 Ridley Scott film Legend. Director Scott had commissioned Goldsmith to write and record an orchestral score for the movie, but was initially heard only in European theatres, while deleted for the domestic release due to studio politics (it has since been restored for DVD release).
Goldsmith's final theatrical score was for the 2003 live action/animated film .
Goldsmith lived with his wife, singer Carol Heather Goldsmith , in Beverly Hills. He died after a long struggle with liver cancer, ending a long and memorable career in film scoring.
His son, Joel Goldsmith, is also a composer who collaborated with his father on the soundtrack for .
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