A titan of Hollywood's golden age, Jerry Goldsmith created landmark scores across five decades and every genre. Which of his diverse masterworks stands tallest?
1ChinatownThe 1974 neo-noir score featuring a mournful solo trumpet capturing LA's dark underbelly.1000pts
2AlienThe 1979 sci-fi horror score blending avant-garde textures with creeping orchestral terror.489pts
3Star Trek: The Motion PictureThe 1979 space exploration score featuring a majestic theme later adopted for The Next Generation.489pts
4PapillonThe 1973 prison drama score of stark beauty and quiet defiance on Devil's Island.473pts
5Total RecallThe 1990 sci-fi action score driving futuristic tension with pulsing electronic and orchestral elements.472pts
6First BloodThe 1982 action score humanizing the Vietnam veteran Rambo with sorrowful, spare themes.400pts
7PoltergeistThe 1982 supernatural horror score balancing childlike wonder with terrifying darkness.400pts
8GremlinsThe 1984 horror-comedy score mixing mischievous playfulness with genuine menace.311pts
9L.A. ConfidentialThe 1997 neo-noir score evoking 1950s Hollywood glamour with jazz-inflected period authenticity.311pts
10The Boys from BrazilThe 1978 thriller score matching Nazi menace with taut, suspenseful orchestral writing.57pts
11RudyThe 1993 inspirational sports drama score whose triumphant main theme became a stadium anthem.57pts
12The OmenThe 1976 Academy Award-winning horror score using choral Latin text for demonic dread.1pts
13Planet of the ApesThe 1968 avant-garde score pioneering atonal and percussive techniques for science fiction.1pts
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Filed under Jerry Goldsmith, the franchise is one 1979 score among thirteen credits that include Chinatown, Alien and The Omen: https://youpick.best/articles/star-trek-ranked-many-ways
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