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Jerry Goldsmith dies, and films won't sing as sweetly...

Harry here... Jerry Goldsmith has died and I'm really mourning his loss. Jerry had an astonishing master-touch with that wand of his... From his TV work to his film work he got us all in love with his music. About 12 minutes before I got word of Jerry's passing, I got this link. After seeing that frightening as could be awe-inspiring photo... I said to my good friends, "They should name the monkey/ape CESAR." Moments later, I find that the man that created that awesome "hunt" music from the beginning of THE PLANET OF THE APES had died. A quick look at his filmography produced in me the following list of my personal favorite Jerry Goldsmith scores:

A PATCH OF BLUE

PLANET OF THE APES

100 RIFLES

PATTON

PAPILLON

CHINATOWN

THE WIND AND THE LION

TAKE A HARD RIDE

LOGAN'S RUN

OMEN

THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

ALIEN

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE

POLTERGEIST

THE SECRET OF NIMH

GREMLINS

SUPERGIRL

RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART 2

TOTAL RECALL

BASIC INSTINCT

MATINEE

THE SHADOW

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

SMALL SOLDIERS

I'm sure I've missed a few, I'd love to have everything he ever did for film on CD! Jerry's one of the guys whose music didn't sound like redundant lazy work where only the key and timings seem to change. Well, I'm putting on SECRET OF NIMH right now. There's something magic in the music to that film that'll cheer me up no matter how bad the day. What's your fave Jerry score?

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