Jerrald King (Jerry) Goldsmith composer / arranger

Jerrald Goldsmith was born on February 10th 1929 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Jerry's second wife Carol Heather Goldsmith, who is a songwriter, have worked together with Jerry,
on the music for CaboBlanco. She also did some vocals on The Omen from 1976.
Jerry also got his fifth child with Carol, called Aaron.

Jerry has 4 children from his first marriage with singer Sharon Hennigan Goldsmith.
The oldest daughter, Ellen, did the vocals on Wild Rovers from 1971.
His next daughter, Carrie, briefly dated the composer James Horner,
whose work is claimed to be very much inspired by Jerry's musical talents.
Both Ellen and Carrie work as teachers today, and Jerry's youngest daughter, Jennifer, is in the entertainment industry.

Jerry's son, Joel, is also in the business. He has assisted his father many times in the 1980's;
first credited for Runaway (1984), and the latest father & son project is Star Trek: First Contact.
In 1993 Joel wrote the score to the thriller Man's best friend single-handedly.
(Joel had done scores to minor B-productions before, i.e. Moon 44.)

Jerry Goldsmith died on July 21st 2004 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.