Talk:Jerry Goldsmith

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With references, this could be a B.

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 15:14, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal favorites?

The article names two scores as the composer's personal favorites. Which is the real personal favorite? And, it also says that Goldsmith considers Total Recall his best score. So, which one is it?--Surten (talk) 21:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Surten

[edit] Discussion

The article says Jerry Goldsmith wrote the theme for five Star Trek films. What are they?

--Furrykef 06:02, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

well, according to IMDb, the Star Trek films he worked on are:
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
  • Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
  • Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
  • Star Trek: The Experience - Borg Invasion 4D (2004)
but there's no need to add that list to the article
-- Kieff 06:30, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)

Actually, music he had already written was reused for "Borg Invasion," and the fifth Star Trek movie he wrote the music for was Star Trek V, in the late 80s.

OK, let's get this straight. JG wrote the theme for "STTOS", too, & he's best known for that. (OK, he did movie music too...) Trekphiler 02:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
That's wrong, Alexander Courage wrote the TOS theme, not Jerry Goldsmith. Although Goldsmith was active in TV in the 60s he didn't work on the original Star Trek at all.
Also note that he wrote the opening title for the TV series Star Trek: Voyager. -Kasreyn 08:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture request

Can someone please find and apply a picture of Goldsmith to this article? I would, but I don't know how to add a picture or what wikipedia's policies on copyright are. -Kasreyn (lifelong Goldsmith fan :)

Oops! I should have noted a long time ago that I found an image. -Kas

[edit] Liver cancer?

I changed "liver cancer" to "cancer" on the basis of an email saying that the original was wrong. If anyone has a reference for this, perhaps they can add it and replace the "liver"? Thanks -- sannse (talk) 22:02, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Just for fun: Trek Poll

Favorite Star Trek theme by Jerry? Some candidates:

  • The Motion Picture: overture
  • ST V: A Busy Man
  • First Contact: opening title
  • ST Voyager: opening titles

I wasn't that fond of Insurrection and haven't seen Nemesis so I haven't included them. My vote goes to the Voyager title. Any other nominations? -Kasreyn 08:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image: need help

I've been informed that the image I added to the page needs source info, which I no longer have (I can't remember where I got it from). I'm going to embark on a hunt for an appropriately copyright-free image for the article. Anyone who can help me with this, please do. -Kasreyn 03:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favourite score

Hi:

I heard that 'Rudy' was his favourite score from his later period. The article currently says 'Total Recall' has that distinction, can we get sources?

AG —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.157.175.195 (talk) 23:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Neutraliy

While I agree that Goldsmith was a fabulous composer, this article is a little too quick to praise him. Remember, we're going for neutrality here. =D Datameister 03:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed the neutrality.

The article doesn't praise him now, just his work and awards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Radicalfaith360 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)