History AwesomeMusic / JerryGoldsmith

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmOHzeTsBUM Suite]]" from ''Film/TheOmen1976''. OminousLatinChanting as ominous as it gets. Sadly, the only AcademyAward win the maestro received.

JerryGoldsmith was a very prolific composer so awesome he even scared the hell out of his peers. He was known for his thunderous, percussive orchestrations, his love for strange musical instruments, and his inventive integration of synthesizers as the "fifth element" of the orchestra. His varied and impressive works are so many that they are categorized into different genres:

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i139Ew6mMFM "A Lot Better"]] from ''Film/{{Leviathan}}''. Goldsmith captured the mystery and excitement of the deep underwater magnificently.

* And if you like your chanting a little more operatic, try the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgBGtIBVVg Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLDHWPFjl0 End Title]] of ''[[Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict Omen III: The Final Conflict]]''.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmOHzeTsBUM Suite]]" from ''Film/TheOmen''. OminousLatinChanting as ominous as it gets. Sadly, the only AcademyAward win the maestro received.
* ''Film/DamienOmenII'' -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZmixJmXSyc Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5vHPb9yafg End Title.]] Terrifying musical follow up to ''Film/TheOmen''.
* And if you like your chanting a little more operatic, try the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgBGtIBVVg Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLDHWPFjl0 End Title]] of ''[[Film/TheFinalConflict Omen III: The Final Conflict]]''.

* ''[[Film/TheOmen Damien: Omen II]]'' -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZmixJmXSyc Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5vHPb9yafg End Title.]] Terrifying musical follow up to ''Film/TheOmen''.
* And if you like your chanting a little more operatic, try the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgBGtIBVVg Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLDHWPFjl0 End Title]] of ''[[Film/TheOmen Omen III: The Final Conflict]]''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2wzcJOun0 Theme]] from ''{{Papillon}}''; a lush, memorable theme made up of strings, piano and woodwinds dominate this heartfelt score from one of the composer's most personal works.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiNHJ5TANs Main Title]] from ''CapricornOne''. Pure, high octane, bad ass.

** The powerful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31iNXfgWwWk Main Title]] is Goldsmith's homage to cinema's [[GoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]] of grand, sweeping epic music in the style of ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC5X7kSbgPQ The Tunnel]]" and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiSvI6WRi8 It's A Long Road]] from ''First Blood''. Goldsmith perfectly captured the tragedy of ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' 's loneliness with the precision of his stalking and evasion techniques.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mfcA9E0vcA End Credits]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-6QKkMDPY Valhalla / Viking Victory]] from ''The13thWarrior''. Has some of the heaviest Goldsmith orchestration you could ever wish for.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZ8ydiHPz0 End Credits]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-IWe-VcB4 Valhalla / Viking Victory]] from ''The13thWarrior''. Has some of the heaviest Goldsmith orchestration you could ever wish for.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mG6zrG_1U Theme music]] from ''Barnaby Jones''.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHM9zVa8vs4 score for ''Film/TheChallenge'']] starring ToshiroMifune as a modern samurai is both beautiful and exciting.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHM9zVa8vs4 score for ''Film/TheChallenge'']] starring ToshiroMifune as a modern samurai.

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOajzx-W1rI Star Trek: The First Contact]]''. Just the noble and uplifting horn theme bristling with awe emphasising thoughtful woodwinds and strings must surely rank as the most moving musical moment in any of the ''Star Trek'' films. Acknowledged by the maestro himself as his best ''Star Trek'' score.

* The score to ''FirstKnight'' is chock full of epicness from the maestro.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4eB5aBuIQ Assembly Line]] from ''Film/SmallSoldiers''; another brilliant score in the Goldsmith- JoeDante collaboration.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BloCctQKpQI Nicaragua]]", the stunning finale piece, unquestionably one of the highlights of Goldsmith's career, a magnificent concert arrangement of the main march theme. (Creator/QuentinTarantino loved this score so much he used it for a key scene in ''DjangoUnchained''.)

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BloCctQKpQI Nicaragua]]", the stunning finale piece, unquestionably one of the highlights of Goldsmith's career, a magnificent concert arrangement of the main march theme. (QuentinTarantino loved this score so much he used it for a key scene in ''DjangoUnchained''.)

* In ''Film/{{Hoosiers}}'', a major achievement for Goldsmith as not only had he proved that by employing electronics in period dramas and balancing it with a fully symphonic score resulting in one of the greatest hybrid scores ever composed, but it remains (along with ''Rudy'') to be one of the best sports genre scores of all time.

* ''{{Rudy}}'' -- the best sports music soundtrack ever:

* ''Film/{{Hoosiers}}'', along with ''{{Rudy}}'', is considered one of the greatest sports scores of all time.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKWgepGEZU8 Main Title]]" as well as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xk2Q1SuKA End Title]]" from ''Film/{{Alien}}''. If the terror of the unknown has a theme music, this should be it. Unfortunately Goldsmith's music fell victim to ExecutiveMeddling (the latter, among other cues, isn't heard in the film and tracks from his score to ''Freud'' and works by Howard Hanson were put in instead), and sadly it wouldn't be the last time that happened when he worked with RidleyScott (''Film/{{Legend}}'').

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-HvZPx-68 Rebirth]]" is a particular highlight, showcasing the most vigorous music of the score and also the most beautiful transformation of the religious theme into a tumultuous rhythmic motif for low strings and brass accompanied by whimsical female choir .

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmOHzeTsBUM Suite]]" from ''TheOmen''. OminousLatinChanting as ominous as it gets. Sadly, the only AcademyAward win the maestro received.
* ''[[TheOmen Damien: Omen II]]'' -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZmixJmXSyc Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5vHPb9yafg End Title.]] Terrifying musical follow up to ''TheOmen''.
* And if you like your chanting a little more operatic, try the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgBGtIBVVg Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLDHWPFjl0 End Title]] of ''[[TheOmen Omen III: The Final Conflict]]''.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3NvtydBWAE Morning on the Beach]]" from ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''; opens with what is essentially ''Literature/{{Laura}}'s Theme'' for lush gentle strings, flute and piano, as consistently charming as any the composer had ever written.

* And if you like your chanting a little more operatic, try the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgBGtIBVVg Main Title]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLDHWPFjl0 End Title]] of ''[[TheOmen The Final Conflict]]''.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC5X7kSbgPQ The Tunnel]]" and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiSvI6WRi8 It's A Long Road]] from ''First Blood''. Goldsmith perfectly captured the tragedy of ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' 's loneliness with the precision of his stalking and evasion techniques.
* From ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' comes "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2Mtz-ByHY Escape from Torture]]" and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-S0txxy0t0 Village Raid / Helicopter Flight]]. Goldsmithian action music at its best.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czCTngevsqo Preparations]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_FzVbRXiY Night Fight]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXsakuXDKIE Afghanistan]] from ''Rambo III''. Goldsmith's last big screen adventure with John Rambo. What a sendoff!

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AT6o62iy20 Take A Hard Ride]]''. Arguably the most attractive Western theme of Goldsmith's career; a symphonic representation of Americana as close to ''ElmerBernstein's'' styles as he would get and mixed with ''Music/EnnioMorricone's'' experimental new sounds.

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AT6o62iy20 Take A Hard Ride]]''. Arguably the most attractive Western theme of Goldsmith's career; a symphonic representation of Americana as close to ''ElmerBernstein's'' styles as he would get and mixed with ''EnnioMorricone's'' experimental new sounds.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKRnmbRxJ_w End Credits]] from ''Film/TheBurbs''; Goldsmith at his wackiest, most ridiculous. He even makes fun of himself and homages/parodies EnnioMorricone's spaghetti westerns in this score: