1929 - 2004
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American composer known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the Star Trek franchise and three in the Rambo franchise, as well as for films including Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Patton, Papillon, Chinatown, The Omen, Alien, Poltergeist, The Secret of NIMH, Medicine Man, Gremlins, Hoosiers, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Air Force One, L.A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Goldsmith has received more than 2,201,709 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Jerry Goldsmith is the 208th most popular composer (down from 204th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from United States (up from 927th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Composer.
Jerry Goldsmith is most famous for composing the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Search for Spock, Star Trek: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, and Star Trek: First Contact.
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Among composers, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 208 out of 1,216. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli, Reinhold Glière, William Byrd, Eugène Ysaÿe, Alessandro Marcello, and Francis Lai. After him are Antonio Caldara, Henri Vieuxtemps, Carl Friedrich Abel, Benedetto Marcello, Johann Adolph Hasse, and Ernest Chausson.
1533 - 1585
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 202
1874 - 1956
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 203
1543 - 1623
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 204
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 205
1673 - 1747
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 206
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 207
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 208
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 209
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 210
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 211
1686 - 1739
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 212
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 213
1855 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 214
Among people born in 1929, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 59. Before him are Christa Wolf, Peter L. Berger, George Steiner, Zoltán Czibor, Isamu Akasaki, and Ralf Dahrendorf. After him are Mohamed Al-Fayed, E. O. Wilson, Milorad Pavić, Pierre Brice, Gudrun Burwitz, and Stirling Moss. Among people deceased in 2004, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 29. Before him are Stieg Larsson, Renata Tebaldi, Leônidas, Carlos Kleiber, Estée Lauder, and Laura Branigan. After him are Ingrid Thulin, Sune Bergström, Godfrey Hounsfield, Gérard Debreu, John Vane, and Thomas Klestil.
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 53
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 54
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 55
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 56
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 57
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 58
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 59
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 60
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 61
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 62
1929 - 2015
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 63
1929 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 64
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 65
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 23
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 24
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 25
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 26
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 27
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 28
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 29
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 30
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 32
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 33
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 34
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 926 out of 18,182. Before him are Larry Flynt (1942), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Virginia Satir (1916), George Kennedy (1925), Magic Johnson (1959), and Billy Joel (1949). After him are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), David Lee (1931), Otis Redding (1941), Tony Bennett (1926), Sarah Knauss (1880), and Ray Tomlinson (1941).
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 920
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 921
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 922
1925 - 2016
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 923
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 924
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 925
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 926
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 927
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 928
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 929
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 930
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 931
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 932
Among composers born in United States, Jerry Goldsmith ranks 10. Before him are Leonard Bernstein (1918), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), Scott Joplin (1868), Steve Reich (1936), and Samuel Barber (1910). After him are James Horner (1953), Cole Porter (1891), Aaron Copland (1900), Charles Ives (1874), Alan Silvestri (1950), and Bernard Herrmann (1911).
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 4
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 7
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 8
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 9
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 10
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 11
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 13
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 15
1911 - 1975
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 16