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There are no details yet, but the Yahoo news wire posted a story around 2a this morning announcing the passing of Jerry Goldsmith.
Rest in peace Jerry, thank you for the wonderfull and diverse music you have created. im sure everyone here agrees you were one the best!
For me, he was one of the major composers in filmmusic history along with Herrmann, Rota and Morricone.
We knew he was sick but it’s always hard to accept.
Danny and him were good friends during the 90’s and probably still were.I’m listening to Papillon right now. Hard not to cry…
Nooooo!
ohh man. this is sad news to get on your birthday.
Happy Birthday, Sleepy…
Rest in peace, Jerry.
He was one of the greatest composeres out there.Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled deum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling in the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.I just read the news on IMDb a minute ago. May he rest in peace.
Thank you, Jerry; for all that you contributed to us.
And remember: it’s ok to cry. It’s very theraputic
R.I.P. Jerry Goldsmith
After all these years, still amazing, it’s sad that his work is finished, but even tho he’s gone, his work will live forever, I think everyone should listen to Rudy now.
Goodbye Jerry, thanks for all you’ve doneGreat Composer
Great Music
Great LegacyGreater Man
Nat
‘(Jerry was second only to Danny Elfman for me. I own more of his scores on CD than any other composer for a reason. I will miss his distinct musical voice.
Ryan
Star Trek 1 was one of the coolest scores ever.
Another one of the greats is gone… I’d honestly put ol’ Jerry up there with Herrmann, Rota, and Morricone as one of the all time best ever to play the game.
Man, this sucks… Goldsmith’s music was great, and he was incredible at the technical craft of film scoring as well. His score for the original “Planet of the Apes” was one of the most groundbreaking orchestral-and-other-instruments pieces of the 20th century; go check it out if you can.
Rest in peace, Mr. Goldsmith.
Burt
It was some of his less popular movies (like The Mummy, Gremlins, and Small Soldiers) that I enjoyed. He always had the ability to raise the quality of a film one notch higher, whether it was an “okay” movie to a “pretty good” one, or a “really good” to a “great” film. That, for a score alone, is a worthy compliment, and I’m sad to hear of his passing. r.i.p.
I think he did Poltergeist, didn’t he? And Poltergeist 2. Great stuff. Hollow Man was pretty good and so was the Haunting. Not to mention the Mummy. He was good with the synthy stuff and simplistic themes. It’s a whole thing, i’m sure.
Jerry is one of those where I have to separate HIS talent from MY taste, because, frankly, I liked very little of what he wrote. I love and adore his “Dennis the Menace” main theme, and some of “Congo” is nice. But after that, I really don’t like listening to his work.
This does NOT, however, cancel out the fact that he was indeed innovative, daring, and pushed film music to new heights. We have indeed lost a great composer.
How the hell did I not hear about this until now?!? First Kamen and now Goldsmith…ok, thats it, I can’t take another one passing away, so all you other composers need to stay alive! Man, this sucks so hard…and naturally I haven’t heard a damn thing on the news about it because no one gives a crap about film composers
Knight (Something has got to change…)
It’s because that 9/11 report came out the same day.
They could have taken 5 min to mention it
Knight (Who hates the media)
im not sure, but i think jerry goldsmiths last project was star trek nemesis, wot a great score to finish his career with. the end of an era in the star trek franchise and the end of an era of his great music. sleep well jerry
Goldsmith’s final score was LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION. His two prior to that were STAR TREK: NEMESIS and TIMELINE, which were both done in the fall of 2002.
I thought Brian Tyler had to take the helm for Timeline for some reason…
Knight (Now I gotta rent that Looney Tunes Movie)
Yeah, Goldsmith’s score was rejected…
Holy crap! If I was that studio exec, I would die!!!
Knight
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