Joel Goldsmith obit

Composer Joel Goldsmith dies at 54

Son of Jerry Goldsmith specialized in sci-fi scores for film, TV

 

He was not on the list.

Joel Goldsmith, Emmy-nominated composer for TV's "Stargate" series, died Sunday at his home in Hidden Hills, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 54.

The son of Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith, he programmed synthesizers on some of his father's 1970s and 1980s scores including "Runaway." But the younger Goldsmith established his own musical career in the late 1970s and early 1980s, scoring sci-fi and horror films including "Laserblast," "The Man With Two Brains" and "Moon 44."

It was in television, however, that Goldsmith found his niche, composing the music for more than 350 episodes in the "Stargate" franchise alone, including most of "Stargate SG-1" and all of "Stargate Atlantis" and "Stargate Universe." He also scored the "Stargate" videos "The Ark of Truth" and "Continuum."

He received three Emmy nominations: for an episode of "Stargate SG-1," for the theme for "Stargate Atlantis" and for an episode of "Stargate Atlantis."

Goldsmith's other TV projects included the themes and episode scores for "Super Force," the 1990s remake of "The Untouchables," "Hawkeye" and "Witchblade." He also scored episodes of the 1990s remake of "The Outer Limits," "H.E.L.P." and "Diagnosis Murder." His telepic scores included "Helen of Troy," "Haunting Sarah" and "Fatal Desire."

His other feature film scores included "Kull the Conqueror," "Army of One," "Shiloh" and "Diamonds." He scored the videogame "Call of Duty 3," and he contributed about 20 minutes of music (mostly for the Borg characters) to his father's "Star Trek: First Contact" score in 1996.

Born in Los Angeles, Goldsmith started in film sound, first as a boom man on low-budget features, then as a sound mixer, sound effects creator (on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," also scored by his father) and eventually as composer.

Survivors include his wife Martha; a daughter and two stepdaughters; his mother and stepmother; three sisters and a brother.

Services will be held at 12 noon Friday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

 

Actor

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

Poker Player #4

2008

1 episode

 

Composer

Echoes

TV Short

Composer

2012

 

War of the Dead (2011)

War of the Dead

4.1

Composer

2011

 

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

Composer

2009–2011

40 episodes

 

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009)

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut

8.0

Video

Composer

2009

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

Composer

2004–2009

99 episodes

 

Stargate: Continuum (2008)

Stargate: Continuum

7.4

Video

Composer (music by)

2008

 

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

7.2

Video

Composer (music by)

2008

 

Sanctuary (2007)

Sanctuary

7.6

TV Mini Series

Composer (theme music)

2007

8 episodes

 

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1 (2007)

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1

8.1

TV Movie

Composer

2007

 

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Stargate SG-1

8.4

TV Series

Composer

1997–2007

205 episodes

 

Call of Duty 3 (2006)

Call of Duty 3

7.1

Video Game

Composer

2006

 

Anne Heche and Eric Roberts in Fatal Desire (2006)

Fatal Desire

6.0

TV Movie

Composer (music by)

2006

 

Haunting Sarah (2005)

Haunting Sarah

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

2005

 

Rufus Sewell, Sienna Guillory, and Matthew Marsden in Helen of Troy (2003)

Helen of Troy

6.2

TV Mini Series

Composer

2003

2 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

Composer

2001–2002

18 episodes

 

Thank Heaven (2001)

Thank Heaven

4.7

Composer

2001

 

Witchblade (2000)

Witchblade

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

At Any Cost (2000)

At Any Cost

5.4

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel (2000)

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel

4.9

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)

Martial Law

6.9

TV Series

Composer

1999–2000

8 episodes

 

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.9

TV Series

Composer

1998–1999

7 episodes

 

Monster! (1999)

Monster!

5.1

TV Movie

Composer

1999

 

Diamonds (1999)

Diamonds

5.4

Composer

1999

 

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

6.0

Composer (music by)

1999

 

Inferno (1998)

Inferno

4.3

TV Movie

Composer

1998

 

Michael Biehn, Park Joong-hoon, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in American Dragons (1998)

American Dragons

4.9

Composer

1998

 

Blade Squad (1998)

Blade Squad

3.7

TV Movie

Composer

1998

 

The Outer Limits (1995)

The Outer Limits

7.7

TV Series

Composer

1997–1998

9 episodes

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

Composer

1998

 

Kevin Sorbo in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kull: The Conqueror

4.9

Composer

1997

 

ssn

7.7

Video Game

Composer

1996

 

Ein tödliches Vergehen

TV Movie

Composer

1996

 

Shiloh (1996)

Shiloh

6.3

Composer (music by)

1996

 

Talisa Soto in Vampirella (1996)

Vampirella

3.4

Video

Composer

1996

 

One Good Turn (1996)

One Good Turn

5.2

Composer

1996

 

Rattled (1996)

Rattled

4.3

TV Movie

Composer

1996

 

Hawkeye (1994)

Hawkeye

7.8

TV Series

Composer

1994–1995

22 episodes

 

Lorenzo Lamas in Midnight Man (1995)

Midnight Man

4.7

Composer

1995

 

The Watcher (1995)

The Watcher

7.9

TV Series

Composer

1995

2 episodes

 

Jack Noseworthy and Lisa Dean Ryan in Dead at 21 (1994)

Dead at 21

7.3

TV Series

Composer (original music by)

1994

2 episodes

 

Tom Amandes in The Untouchables (1993)

The Untouchables

7.6

TV Series

Composer

1993–1994

42 episodes

 

Bad Blood (1994)

Bad Blood

4.6

Composer

1994

 

Ally Sheedy and Cameron Arnett in Man's Best Friend (1993)

Man's Best Friend

5.3

Composer

1993

 

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Howard Hesseman in Little Miss Millions (1993)

Little Miss Millions

5.2

Composer

1993

 

Bolo Yeung, Michael Bernardo, and William Zabka in Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

5.5

Composer

1993

 

Dolph Lundgren in Joshua Tree (1993)

Joshua Tree

5.7

Composer

1993

 

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

5.0

Composer

1992

 

Jennifer Rubin in A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)

A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon

4.5

Composer

1992

 

Super Force (1990)

Super Force

6.8

TV Series

Composer

1990–1992

8 episodes

 

Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)

Brotherhood of the Gun

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

1991

 

Ramona! (1990)

Ramona!

5.8

Composer

1990

 

Blue Desert (1990)

Blue Desert

5.2

Composer (music by)

1990

 

Brad Pitt and Ricky Schroder in Across the Tracks (1990)

Across the Tracks

5.7

Composer

1990

 

Instant Karma (1990)

Instant Karma

4.2

Composer

1990

 

H.E.L.P. (1990)

H.E.L.P.

6.4

TV Series

Composer (music by)

1990

6 episodes

 

The Rift (1990)

The Rift

4.7

Composer

1990

 

Michael Paré in Moon 44 (1990)

Moon 44

5.1

Composer

1990

 

Jobman

5.8

Composer

1989

 

Corey Haim in Watchers (1988)

Watchers

5.4

Composer (music by)

1988

 

Catherine Keener, Pat Morita, Kevin Conroy, Jack Wallace, and Richard Yniguez in Ohara (1987)

Ohara

6.9

TV Series

Composer (music by)

1988

6 episodes

 

George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Isaac Hayes, and Jorge Rivero in Counterforce (1988)

Counterforce

4.3

Composer

1988

 

No Safe Haven (1987)

No Safe Haven

4.8

Composer

1987

 

Banzai Runner (1987)

Banzai Runner

4.7

Composer

1987

 

Ricky 1 (1986)

Ricky 1

1.4

Composer

1986

 

Murieron a la mitad del rio (1986)

Murieron a la mitad del rio

Composer

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

Composer (music by)

1986

 

Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)

Hollywood Hot Tubs

3.9

Composer

1984

 

Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)

The Man with Two Brains

6.4

Composer

1983

 

Olivia (1983)

Olivia

5.3

Composer

1983

 

Island of Blood (1982)

Island of Blood

4.4

Composer

1982

 

Doomsday Chronicles (1979)

Doomsday Chronicles

4.4

Composer

1979

 

Kim Milford in Laserblast (1978)

Laserblast

2.9

Composer

1978

 

Sound Department

Money to Burn (1983)

Money to Burn

6.0

sound mixer

1983

 

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

6.4

sound effects creator

1979

 

The Day Time Ended (1979)

The Day Time Ended

3.6

sound mixer

1979

 

Scott Glenn, Dean Stockwell, Ronee Blakley, and Freddy Fender in She Came to the Valley (1979)

She Came to the Valley

4.4

sound mixer

1979

 

Fairy Tales (1978)

Fairy Tales

5.0

sound mixer

1978

 

Piranha (1978)

Piranha

5.9

location sound mixer

1978

 

End of the World (1977)

End of the World

3.2

sound

1977

 

Cinderella (1977)

Cinderella

5.6

boom operator

1977

 

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1974)

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef

3.2

unit sound (uncredited)

1974

 

Music Department

Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition (2019)

Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition

6.7

Video Game

additional music

2019

 

Why Planes Crash (2009)

Why Planes Crash

8.2

TV Series

composer: stock music (uncredited)

2014

1 episode

 

Stargate Universe: Distant Hope (2012)

Stargate Universe: Distant Hope

4.8

Short

music by

2012

 

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

composer: title theme (uncredited)

2009

7 episodes

 

Michael Madsen, Maggie Wagner, Hayley Sanchez, and Lindsay Dennis in Lost in the Woods (2009)

Lost in the Woods

2.0

composer: additional music (uncredited)

2009

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

composer: main title thememain title theme by

2007–2009

41 episodes

 

Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping, and Emilie Ullerup in Sanctuary (2008)

Sanctuary

7.3

TV Series

composer: theme music

2008–2009

7 episodes

 

Rufus Sewell, Sienna Guillory, and Matthew Marsden in Helen of Troy (2003)

Helen of Troy

6.2

TV Mini Series

music producer

2003

2 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

theme music

2002

12 episodes

 

Militia (2000)

Militia

3.4

composer: title theme

2000

 

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)

Martial Law

6.9

TV Series

composer: theme music

1999–2000

22 episodes

 

Monster! (1999)

Monster!

5.1

TV Movie

orchestrator

1999

 

Ice-T and Costas Mandylor in Stealth Fighter (1999)

Stealth Fighter

3.5

composer: main title theme

1999

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

score poduced by

1998

 

The Outer Limits (1995)

The Outer Limits

7.7

TV Series

composer: additional music

1997

1 episode

 

Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact

7.6

composer: additional music

1996

 

Corpse Killer (1994)

Corpse Killer

5.7

Video Game

composer: additional music

1994

 

Tom Amandes in The Untouchables (1993)

The Untouchables

7.6

TV Series

composer: theme music (uncredited)

1993–1994

19 episodes

 

Michael Paré in Moon 44 (1990)

Moon 44

5.1

music programmingmusician: synthesizers

1990

 

Catherine Keener, Pat Morita, Kevin Conroy, Jack Wallace, and Richard Yniguez in Ohara (1987)

Ohara

6.9

TV Series

composer: theme music

1988

6 episodes

 

Jon Lovitz, Timothy E. Day, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Timothy Stack in The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

The Brave Little Toaster

7.2

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1987

 

Sakura Killers (1987)

Sakura Killers

4.3

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1987

 

Robot Holocaust (1987)

Robot Holocaust

2.4

composer: stock music (uncredited)

1987

 

Ricky 1 (1986)

Ricky 1

1.4

conductor

1986

 

Hoosiers (1986)

Hoosiers

7.4

music producer (uncredited)

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

music mixerscore performer

1986

 

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

5.1

composer: source music (uncredited)

1985

 

Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)

Runaway

5.9

music programmer: drumssynthesizer programming (uncredited)

1984

 

Victoria Abril in On the Line (1984)

On the Line

5.2

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1984

 

Olivia (1983)

Olivia

5.3

music producer

1983

 

Island of Blood (1982)

Island of Blood

4.4

score performer

1982

 

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

The House on Sorority Row

5.9

composer: source music

1982

 

Oliver Reed in Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

4.0

electronic orchestrator

1980

 

Nocturna (1979)

Nocturna

4.3

sound recordist

1979

 

End of the World (1977)

End of the World

3.2

electronic music programmer

1977

 

Thanks

Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Juan Pérez, David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, FJ García, Iñaki Reyna, Alvar Gordejuela, and Jon Koldo Etxebarria in Special Collector's Edition (2010)

Special Collector's Edition

6.8

TV Series

in memory of

2012

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

writer: "Stargate Universe End Theme"

2010

1 episode

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

writer: "Main Title"writer: "Beyond the Night", "Main Title"writer: "Main Title" (uncredited), "Main Title"

2004–2009

99 episodes

 

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

7.2

Video

writer: "Stargate The Ark of Truth" (uncredited)

2008

 

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1 (2007)

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1

8.1

TV Movie

writer: "End Title"

2007

 

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Stargate SG-1

8.4

TV Series

writer: "Main Title", "End Title"writer: "Main Title", "End Credits"

1997–2007

213 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

writer: "Cathain Legend"

2001

1 episode

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

writer: "S.T.B.", "Release the Beast", "Run Son", "Holdin ON"

1998

 

Shiloh (1996)

Shiloh

6.3

producer: "Are There Angels?"

1996

 

Jennifer Rubin in A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)

A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon

4.5

lyrics: "Chemical Dependency"music: "Chemical Dependency"

1992

 

Brad Pitt and Ricky Schroder in Across the Tracks (1990)

Across the Tracks

5.7

producer: "Lunch Money", "Won't Let Me Go", "This is the Time"writer: "Lunch Money"

1990

 

Banzai Runner (1987)

Banzai Runner

4.7

writer: "Hammer Down", "It's Everything"

1987

 

Body Count (1986)

Body Count

4.8

writer: "Push And Shove", "Make Me Crazy"

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

performer: "Crystal Heart Theme", "Breaking Free Theme"producer: "Crossing Over", "Crystal Heart Theme", "Castles In The Sand", "Desire", "Hearts Beat On", "Breaking Free Theme", "Don't Touch The Heart", "Give It Up" ("Let Me Believe In You", "Crystal Heart Theme", "Desire", "Breaking Free Theme", "Give It Up")

1986

 

Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)

Hollywood Hot Tubs

3.9

music: "Good Radio", "Hearin' Your Heart", "If This Is Love"producer: "Good Radio", "Drifting Under", "Hearin' Your Heart", "If This Is Love", "In Your Eyes"writer: "Drifting Under" ("Good Radio", "Drifting Under", "If This Is Love")

1984

 

Auditions (1978)

Auditions

4.5

writer: "Music Selections"

1978

 

Self

Stargate: The Lowdown

8.0

TV Movie

Self

2003

 

Jerry Goldsmith in Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995)

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

8.2

Video

Self

1995