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  Jerry Goldsmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goldsmith later worked on several famous movies such as The Omen, Poltergeist I and II, Alien, Chinatown (for which he wrote a particularly apt and haunting theme), Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Supergirl, First Blood, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Hoosiers, The Wind and the Lion, and many others.
Director Scott had commissioned Goldsmith to write and record an orchestral score for the movie, but was initially heard only in European theatres, while deleted for the domestic release due to studio politics (it has since been restored for DVD release).
Goldsmith is often remembered for composing the scores for five Star Trek films — Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact (with son Joel), Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis — and the title theme for the Star Trek: Voyager television series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith   (942 words)

  
 Goldsmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry.
Goldsmiths must be skilled in forming metal, through filing, soldering, forging, casting and polishing metal.
Goldsmith: A metalworker concerned especially with pieces of jewellery and fine decorative utensils of gold, silver, copper, bronze and iron.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goldsmith   (127 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Midwestern Mayor Shapes Bush's Message
Goldsmith, 52, has emerged as the prime architect of Bush's domestic policy agenda, helping to shape and mold the governor's sometimes abstract-sounding notion of "compassionate conservatism" into palatable policies for a presidential campaign.
Goldsmith's influence cannot be underestimated, and his appointment underscores Bush's desire to look beyond the usual inside-the-Beltway sources for advice, campaign aides said.
Goldsmith built upon his reputation among GOP insiders as a lecturer at Harvard and Columbia, a contributor to the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and an author for publications such as the Harvard Business Review.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/goldsmith060599.htm   (1526 words)

  
 U B U W E B :: Kenneth Goldsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Goldsmith was born in Freeport, New York, to a family employed in the garment industry.
Goldsmith's lifelong fascination with music (both popular and avant-garde), facilitated in part by his job as a radio DJ and music critic, is represented in 6799 (2000) and Head Citations (2002).
In the former, Goldsmith simply lists, in alphabetical order, his LP and CD collection, drawing attention to the fact that his obsessive collecting tendencies are not restricted to language, as well to as issues of consumerism (the book is 92 pages long) and the occasional beauty of album titles and of contemporary rock group names.
www.ubu.com /contemp/goldsmith/goldsmith.html   (1479 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Jerry Goldsmith, 75, prolific film composer
Goldsmith was known for both the volume and variety of his works.
Goldsmith's early radio and TV background taught him to be fast as well as prolific.
Goldsmith, including the ''Gremlin" films and ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action," said that there was a joke on his sets that if a scene wasn't working right, ''Well, Jerry will save it." He said the composer's scores improved every film they worked on together.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/07/23/jerry_goldsmith_75_prolific_film_composer   (625 words)

  
 Jerry Goldsmith - film and TV composer
Goldsmith's one Oscar win was for his landmark score for The Omen, a choral score implying the dark powers awakened by the fl mass incantations of devil worshippers.
Other notable instances where Goldsmith's music has truly enhanced a film are his haunting theme for "Basic Instinct" which depicts the sultry femme fatale played by Sharon Stone and the fascination she arouses, and his score for "Alien" which evokes the vast loneliness of space where unknown menaces may lurk just around the corner.
Goldsmith has recounted in interviews that he had argued against a contemporary 30s sound to match the setting of the story, and on the spur of the moment had said he imagined something with 4 pianos, 4 harps, strings and a trumpet.
www.mfiles.co.uk /Composers/Jerry-Goldsmith.htm   (1840 words)

  
 Edward Goldsmith interviews Mudyanse Tennekoon
Goldsmith: That is remarkable; was this sort of knowledge handed down to you from father to son?
Goldsmith: I am sure the reason why modern hybrids do not store well is that their water content is much higher.
For instance, one woman could look after the children of a number of neighbours at the same time which is important when the maximum number of people are required in the fields to harvest the crops or maintain the tanks.
goviya.com /tennekoon.htm   (5336 words)

  
 A biography of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Goldsmith grew up in genteel poverty in rural isolation in a society in which the barriers of class were as firm as the Great Wall of China; in which riches and poverty, benevolence or tyranny, seemed as wayward as the winds of heaven.
Goldsmith himself knew the outrages that the powerless and the poverty-stricken had to endure at the hands of their richer superiors.
Goldsmith wrote as a bird sings; the words flowed from his pen as naturally as he breathed.
www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/goldsmth/about.htm   (2436 words)

  
 08.29.2003 - Professor emeritus and mechanics of collision expert Werner Goldsmith dies at 79
Goldsmith's 1960 monograph, "Impact: The Theory and Physical Behaviour of Colliding Solids," was the first textbook to systematize the mechanics of collision.
Goldsmith's significant role in the genesis of the department very recently was recognized by his appointment as professor emeritus of bioengineering, an appointment that required approval from the chancellor's office.
Goldsmith is survived by his wife, Penelope Goldsmith of Oakland; daughters, Andrea Goldsmith of Menlo Park and Remy Margarethe Goldsmith of Oakland; son, Stephen of Santa Rosa; and four grandchildren.
www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2003/08/29_werner.shtml   (1218 words)

  
 Filmtracks Jerry Goldsmith Tribute
Goldsmith's willingness to take on such projects as Mom and Dad Save the World and Dennis the Menace alienated many of those who were his closest fans in the days of The Wind and the Lion and Chinatown, but enlightened an entirely new generation of film music fans.
The other great Goldsmith compilation CD is a collection of suites and themes released by the Master Film Music series in 1988 and has the live music most often heard on Goldsmith's concert tours.
Goldsmith died at the age of 75 on July 21st, 2004, after a long battle with cancer.
www.filmtracks.com /composers/goldsmith.shtml   (1908 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Academy Award-winning composer dies at 75
Goldsmith died in his sleep Wednesday night at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with cancer, said Lois Carruth, his personal assistant.
Goldsmith was know for his versatility and his experimentation.
Goldsmith is survived by his wife, Carol; children Aaron, Joel, Carrie, Ellen Edson and Jennifer Grossman, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20040722-0324-ca-obit-goldsmith.html   (535 words)

  
 Introductory Note. Goldsmith, Oliver. 1909-14. She Stoops to Conquer. The Harvard Classics
He was born at Pallas, near Ballymahon, Longford, November 10, 1728, the son of Charles Goldsmith, a clergyman with narrow means and a large family.
But Goldsmith’s money was usually spent or given away before it was earned; and he died on April 4, 1774, deeply in debt.
Goldsmith shares with Sheridan the honor of being the only dramatist of his century whose plays are both read and acted to-day.
www.bartleby.com /18/3/1001.html   (284 words)

  
 OMENS AND OBSESSIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Goldsmith has devised a series of simple lyrics and bent them for his own effective musical purposes.
Goldsmith spins this approach off director Richard Donner' s scheme, which is staging these episodes in a seemingly direct way.
The combination of Goldsmith and the movie is a marriage made in heaven.
www.ts-deconstruction.com /goldsmith/omen_avesatani.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Oliver Goldsmith
LIVER GOLDSMITH was born, probably at Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland, in 1728.
Goldsmith was meanwhile busy with a great deal of hack-work -- the Natural History, the histories of England, Rome, and Greece -- which was very remunerative.
In one of his earliest works, the Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning (1759), Goldsmith gave utterance to the thought which was to be his guiding star in the field of drama.
www.theatredatabase.com /18th_century/oliver_goldsmith_001.html   (598 words)

  
 Goldsmith, Oliver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Irish poet and playwright Oliver Goldsmith was a member of the Literary Club in London, England, the group of writers and others who gathered around Dr Johnson.
His comedy She Stoops to Conquer was a break from the formal comedies of the time, as Goldsmith had written it with the purpose of making people laugh.
In 1761 Goldsmith met English writer Samuel Johnson and became a member of his circle.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001540.html   (414 words)

  
 Oliver Goldsmith
AFTER a course at Trinity College, Dublin, made miserable by his personal ungainliness and bad manners, Oliver Goldsmith was on the point of emigrating to America.
But if the keynote of Goldsmith's character was improvidence, there seems, during his youth at any rate, always to have been a helping hand to rescue him from the penalties of improvidence.
The family fell in with the joke and the young Goldsmith with considerable swagger actually did spend the night in the house.
www.theatrehistory.com /british/goldsmith001.html   (497 words)

  
 The Art of the Goldsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ancient goldsmiths used gold in masterly ways to relect the whims and wishes of their royal masters.
And goldsmiths were held in such high esteem that one king, at least, preferred their company to that of his fellow rulers.
The importance of the goldsmith extended beyond his fine art, as circumstances enabled these artisans to become the first bankers in recorded history.
www.pineglen.com /g_smith.htm   (335 words)

  
 Health Futures' Jeff Goldsmith - Healthcare Change Speaker
Jeff Goldsmith was the recipient of the Corning Award for excellence in health planning from the American Hospital Association's Society for Healthcare Planning in 1990, and has received the Dean Conley Award for best healthcare article three times (1985, 1990 and 1995) from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Jeff Goldsmith is also Director of Essent Healthcare, a hospital management firm, and a member of the Board of Advisors of Burrill and Company, a private merchant bank in biotechnology and health sciences.
Jeff Goldsmith is the father of two sons, Jason and Trevor, (aged 31 and 29) and a sixteen year old daughter, Amelia.
www.healthfutures.net /p-a.htm   (429 words)

  
 ME department publishes history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Werner Goldsmith, a professor in the graduate school and member of the ME faculty since 1947, authored the volume, which includes more than 100 historical photos and appendices highlighting faculty activities and curricula.
Goldsmith did the bulk of the research for the book in 1985, spending 10 months delving into departmental archives and interviewing key figures in the development of mechanical engineering at the Berkeley.
Goldsmith updated his original manuscript this spring after funding was secured to print the publication.
www.me.berkeley.edu /History/history.html   (479 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Star Trek: Nemesis (Jerry Goldsmith)
Hailed as one of composer Jerry Goldsmith's most memorable achievements in recent times, the score was said to have inspired a Rudy-like standing ovation from the studio orchestra players when recording was complete.
Musically speaking, Goldsmith has defined the next generation films with the same popularity that James Horner utilized to define the height of the original crew's journeys in the early to mid 1980's.
Goldsmith has been using the same end credit suite format since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and while some superb sound quality for its performances in the last two films revived its appeal, it sounds stale and awkward in Star Trek: Nemesis.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/star_trek10.html   (2855 words)

  
 Joel Goldsmith on SpiritSite.com (Joel Goldsmith book excerpts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many people consider Joel Goldsmith to be one of the most inspired spiritual healers and Christian mystics of the 20th century.
Goldsmith devoted himself to silently praying with people and writing about the insights he received.
Goldsmith focuses on the practice of prayer, the experience of the presence of God, and the fruits of such a practice.
www.spiritsite.com /writing/joegol   (407 words)

  
 about Myron Goldsmith, M.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Goldsmith has an illustrious career both providing medical care and management of health care services.
In addition to practicing medicine and being CEO of his medical group, Dr. Goldsmith has served as a national consultant on oncology managed care issues to many institutions, other medical groups and pharmaceutical companies.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Dr. Goldsmith attended Temple Medical School and did his specialty training at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
www.healthmanagementcoach.com /aboutmickey.htm   (262 words)

  
 goldsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Goldsmith's Animated Nature went through over twenty editions into the Victorian era; though it can be criticized on technical grounds, the work became the source of what countless individuals in the English-speaking world knew about the natural world around them.
Goldsmith wrote with clarity and precision; for example, he admitted one of the most common confusions in natural history of the period in his discussion of the "border" between plants and animals:
Goldsmith weighed in on the side of those who believed that all human varieties derived from a single species, admitting however that great changes seemed able to occur in individual members of a species, including our own.
www.dickinson.edu /~nicholsa/Romnat/goldsmith.htm   (429 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jerry Goldsmith in my mind has some great works to date, this work is another trophy in his trophy case.
Jerry Goldsmith attempts to weave together pieces of Ireland, England, and Africa in a score which does the film justice, according to the liner notes that Jerry Goldsmith himself provided.
Goldsmith's score however is wonderful and perfectly captures the images of the African plains.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000OGI?v=glance   (840 words)

  
 Jerry Goldsmith | MetaFilter
Goldsmith's scores have been the underpinning for a lot of works--his contributions to Star Trek alone will ensure his name will be remembered by future (dare I say next?) generations of geeks.
Goldsmith was one of the few film score composers who actually contributed original, memorable melodies and constructs to the art instead of just the same old recycled Holst, Stravinsky and whatever 19th century composers were near at hand.
It was through Goldsmith's "Klingon theme" that I first grasped the concept of the first and fifth tones of a musical chord.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/34500   (568 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
Goldsmith's compositions have virtually defined the musical personality of Star Trek since the debut of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" in 1979.
Goldsmith also wrote the title music for Star Trek: Voyager, along with several other Trek movies including "Star Trek: First Contact," which many fans believe to be one of the most inspired scores ever written for a genre film (or any film for that matter).
Goldsmith was known for his versatility and his experimentation.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/6199.html   (898 words)

  
 Goldsmith: Papillon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its simple tale of human struggle is hard to resist, however over-egged some of his memories may be, and was ripe for a film adaptation; and nobody could have been a better choice than Franklin J. Schaffner to film it.
Goldsmith frequently says that Schaffner's movies allowed him to grow as an artist every time, and it is not difficult to see what he means.
It is a completely different animal from the arrangement Goldsmith includes in his concerts, which is big and loud; this is a sensitive, brilliant bit of music.
www.moviewave.net /titles/papillon.html   (656 words)

  
 Jerry Goldsmith Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
XM Radio are to broadcast a day long tribute to Jerry Goldsmith on Thursday 21st July, the first anniversary of the composer's passing.
A massive 4 CD set of music by Jerry Goldsmith is due for release at the end of June featuring music highlights of the composer's illustrious career in film and television.
Varese Sarabande have announced a CD re-issue of one of Jerry Goldsmith finest western scores for release on May 17th, to coincide with the DVD release of the film.
www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com /news.html   (1564 words)

  
 Goldsmith, Oliver on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although he earned a great deal of money in his lifetime, Goldsmith's improvidence kept him poor.
Glover, Goldsmith, and Hugh Kelly: A Comment on the "Authentic Anecdotes of the late Dr. Goldsmith" (1774).
Goldsmith Agio Helms Completes Sale of Dynisco, LLC.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/goldsmit.asp   (438 words)

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