Joel Goldsmith(1957-2012)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
One of six children of the legendary composer
Jerry Goldsmith, and the oldest son,
Joel Goldsmith's own career in film scoring began in 1978, when he
collaborated with Richard Band on the score
for Laserblast (1978). Joel Goldsmith
next worked as sound mixer for another Band project,
The Day Time Ended (1979)
before receiving his first solo scoring assignment,
Olivia (1983), for cult German director
Ulli Lommel. The stylish synthesizer score
Goldsmith provided was succeeded by dozens more for film and TV,
including
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
and Man's Best Friend (1993).
His electronic expertise came in handy when he co-produced father
Jerry's first all-electronic score,
Runaway (1984), and helped in the same
capacity for Jerry's theme from
Hoosiers (1986). Joel also scored
episodes of the TV series
H.E.L.P. (1990), for which Jerry
wrote the original theme; and Joel composed some 20 minutes of
additional music (with credit) for his father's 1996 assignment
Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Joel Goldsmith composed his first symphonic score, for
Roland Emmerich's
Moon 44 (1990), in 1990. Surprisingly,
this sweeping score did not lead to more similar assignments; but, in
recent years, Joel Goldsmith's profile has been boosted in recent years
with assignments such as TV's
Vampirella (1996) and the 1997
cult hit
Kull the Conqueror (1997),
another big, bold symphonic score which helped nab him the assignment
Shadow of Doubt (1998). Most
recently, he has been the chief composer for the TV shows
Stargate SG-1 (1997) and
Stargate: Atlantis (2004).
While Joel's style is recognizably similar to his father's (he seems to
have a particular love for Jerry's
The Wind and the Lion (1975)),
it is recognizably distinct, which observers of the film music scene
believe can only continue to ripen.
Jerry Goldsmith, and the oldest son,
Joel Goldsmith's own career in film scoring began in 1978, when he
collaborated with Richard Band on the score
for Laserblast (1978). Joel Goldsmith
next worked as sound mixer for another Band project,
The Day Time Ended (1979)
before receiving his first solo scoring assignment,
Olivia (1983), for cult German director
Ulli Lommel. The stylish synthesizer score
Goldsmith provided was succeeded by dozens more for film and TV,
including
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
and Man's Best Friend (1993).
His electronic expertise came in handy when he co-produced father
Jerry's first all-electronic score,
Runaway (1984), and helped in the same
capacity for Jerry's theme from
Hoosiers (1986). Joel also scored
episodes of the TV series
H.E.L.P. (1990), for which Jerry
wrote the original theme; and Joel composed some 20 minutes of
additional music (with credit) for his father's 1996 assignment
Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Joel Goldsmith composed his first symphonic score, for
Roland Emmerich's
Moon 44 (1990), in 1990. Surprisingly,
this sweeping score did not lead to more similar assignments; but, in
recent years, Joel Goldsmith's profile has been boosted in recent years
with assignments such as TV's
Vampirella (1996) and the 1997
cult hit
Kull the Conqueror (1997),
another big, bold symphonic score which helped nab him the assignment
Shadow of Doubt (1998). Most
recently, he has been the chief composer for the TV shows
Stargate SG-1 (1997) and
Stargate: Atlantis (2004).
While Joel's style is recognizably similar to his father's (he seems to
have a particular love for Jerry's
The Wind and the Lion (1975)),
it is recognizably distinct, which observers of the film music scene
believe can only continue to ripen.