What is the best Jerry Goldsmith film score?

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

The 1974 neo-noir score featuring a mournful solo trumpet capturing LA's dark underbelly.

1000pts

2

Alien

The 1979 sci-fi horror score blending avant-garde textures with creeping orchestral terror.

489pts

3

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The 1979 space exploration score featuring a majestic theme later adopted for The Next Generation.

489pts

4

Papillon

The 1973 prison drama score of stark beauty and quiet defiance on Devil's Island.

473pts

5

Total Recall

The 1990 sci-fi action score driving futuristic tension with pulsing electronic and orchestral elements.

472pts

6

First Blood

The 1982 action score humanizing the Vietnam veteran Rambo with sorrowful, spare themes.

400pts

7

Poltergeist

The 1982 supernatural horror score balancing childlike wonder with terrifying darkness.

400pts

8

Gremlins

The 1984 horror-comedy score mixing mischievous playfulness with genuine menace.

311pts

9

L.A. Confidential

The 1997 neo-noir score evoking 1950s Hollywood glamour with jazz-inflected period authenticity.

311pts

10

The Boys from Brazil

The 1978 thriller score matching Nazi menace with taut, suspenseful orchestral writing.

57pts

11

Rudy

The 1993 inspirational sports drama score whose triumphant main theme became a stadium anthem.

57pts

12

The Omen

The 1976 Academy Award-winning horror score using choral Latin text for demonic dread.

1pts

13

Planet of the Apes

The 1968 avant-garde score pioneering atonal and percussive techniques for science fiction.

1pts