COMPOSER

Joel Goldsmith

1957 - 2012

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Joel King Goldsmith (November 19, 1957 – April 29, 2012) was an American composer of film, television, and video game music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Goldsmith has received more than 235,262 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Goldsmith is the 1,316th most popular composer (down from 1,271st in 2019), the 9,405th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,262nd in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joel Goldsmith ranks 1,316 out of 1,451. Before him are Peter Warlock, Javier Navarrete, Brian Tyler, John Wilbye, Thomas Campion, and Ned Rorem. After him are Thomas Adès, Kurt Thomas, Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Udo Zimmermann, and Hauschka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Joel Goldsmith ranks 421. Before him are Masako Yoshida, Doug Sampson, Tomoko Ohara, Othmar Karas, Jacques Gamblin, and Haruhisa Hasegawa. After him are Harald Schmidt, Daína Chaviano, Vladimir Kiselyov, Mira Nair, Jean-François Domergue, and Hirokazu Tanaka. Among people deceased in 2012, Joel Goldsmith ranks 396. Before him are Bill Moggridge, Ralph McQuarrie, Slater Martin, István Csurka, Jorge Manicera, and Rodolfo Quezada Toruño. After him are Dolphy, Ruy de Freitas, Margaret Osborne duPont, Boris Razinsky, Murray Rose, and Mike Sparken.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Goldsmith ranks 9,405 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessi (1988), John Green (1977), Brooke Smith (1967), Lois Wilson (1894), Kurt Warner (1971), and Rickie Lee Jones (1954). After him are Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Sonny Terry (1911), Rob Kardashian (1987), Regina King (1971), Alfred E. Green (1889), and Ann Savage (1921).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Joel Goldsmith ranks 105. Before him are Steve Jablonsky (1970), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), James Scott (1885), Harry Warren (1893), Brian Tyler (1972), and Ned Rorem (1923). After him are Horatio Parker (1863), Vincent Persichetti (1915), Christopher Young (1958), John Debney (1956), Earl Scruggs (1924), and Bruce Broughton (1945).

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