2004 Movie News Archives

July 22, 2004: Supergirl Composer Jerry Goldsmith Dies in L.A.

Composer Jerry Goldsmith, who won an Oscar for the music to the 1976 Satanic thriller "The Omen" and also composed the scores for "Supergirl", "Alien", "Rambo", "Chinatown", and "Patton", has died at age 75, his family said on Thursday.

Goldsmith was also known for his music for some of television's classic shows including "The Waltons," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "The Twilight Zone," "Dr. Kildare" and the annual Academy Awards, for which he composed a still used fanfare.

He died on Wednesday night at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with cancer.

A five-time Emmy Award winner, Goldsmith also received 17 Academy Award nominations over a career spanning nearly a half century. He won his only Oscar for the chilling film "The Omen," in which Gregory Peck leads a doomed effort to stop the son of Satan from growing up and taking over the world.

Besides his wife, he is survived by five children, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.



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