What is the best Jerry Goldsmith film score?

By YPB Team

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?

  1. Chinatown — ranked #11
    Chinatown
    The 1974 neo-noir score featuring a mournful solo trumpet capturing LA's dark underbelly.
    1000pts
  2. Alien — ranked #22
    Alien
    The 1979 sci-fi horror score blending avant-garde textures with creeping orchestral terror.
    489pts
  3. Star Trek: The Motion Picture — ranked #33
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    The 1979 space exploration score featuring a majestic theme later adopted for The Next Generation.
    489pts
  4. Papillon — ranked #44
    Papillon
    The 1973 prison drama score of stark beauty and quiet defiance on Devil's Island.
    473pts
  5. Total Recall — ranked #55
    Total Recall
    The 1990 sci-fi action score driving futuristic tension with pulsing electronic and orchestral elements.
    472pts
  6. First Blood — ranked #66
    First Blood
    The 1982 action score humanizing the Vietnam veteran Rambo with sorrowful, spare themes.
    400pts
  7. Poltergeist — ranked #77
    Poltergeist
    The 1982 supernatural horror score balancing childlike wonder with terrifying darkness.
    400pts
  8. Gremlins — ranked #88
    Gremlins
    The 1984 horror-comedy score mixing mischievous playfulness with genuine menace.
    311pts
  9. L.A. Confidential — ranked #99
    L.A. Confidential
    The 1997 neo-noir score evoking 1950s Hollywood glamour with jazz-inflected period authenticity.
    311pts
  10. The Boys from Brazil — ranked #1010
    The Boys from Brazil
    The 1978 thriller score matching Nazi menace with taut, suspenseful orchestral writing.
    57pts
  11. Rudy — ranked #1111
    Rudy
    The 1993 inspirational sports drama score whose triumphant main theme became a stadium anthem.
    57pts
  12. The Omen — ranked #1212
    The Omen
    The 1976 Academy Award-winning horror score using choral Latin text for demonic dread.
    1pts
  13. Planet of the Apes — ranked #1313
    Planet of the Apes
    The 1968 avant-garde score pioneering atonal and percussive techniques for science fiction.
    1pts

Comments

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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