Spoiler : Goldsmith, Jerry (birth name was Jerrald Goldsmith) Born in Los Angeles, California 2/10/1929; died 7/21/2004 while asleep after a long battle with cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Married and divorced to Sharon Hennagin (?-?); Carol Heather Goldsmith (?-2004 his death).

Spoiler : Goldmsith studied piano under Jacob Gimpel, composition, theory and counterpoint under Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and film composition under Miklos Rozsa' at the University of Southern California.

Spoiler : By 1950, he was a clerk typist in the music department of CBS Radio. Goldsmith provided music for Romance on CBS-Radio (1954-1957). With the Wilbur Hatch Orchestra, Goldsmith provided the trumpet theme introducing the Frontier Gentleman on CBS-Radio (1958).

Spoiler : Composer for movies beginning with Black Patch (1957). Last movie was The Game of Their Lives (2004). Academy Award for The Omen (1976).

Spoiler : Television credits include providing music for episodes of CBS series including Climax (1954-1958); The Lineup (1954-1960); Gunsmoke (1955-?); Playhouse 90 (1956-1960); Have Gun Will Travel (1957-?); Wanted: Dead Or Alive (1958-1960); Peck's Bad Girl (1959); Black Saddle (1959); For Better Or Worse (1959-1960); The Twilight Zone (1959-1964); The Loner (1965-1966); Jericho (1966-1967); Anna And The King (1972); theme music for some of The Waltons (1972-1981); Barnaby Jones (1973-?); Hawkins (1973-1974).

Spoiler : NBC-TV series including Thriller (1960); Cain's Hundred (1961-1962); Dr. Kildare (1961-1966); The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1964-1968); The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (1966-1967); Police Story (1973-?); Archer (1975); Medical Story (1975-1976); Amazing Stories (1986), ABC series including The Legend Of Jesse James (1965-1966); Room 222 (1969-1974); H.E.L.P (1990) and the syndicated series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-?) and Legend on UPN (1995).

Spoiler : Five Emmy Awards Nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, but never won one.