Jerry Goldsmith ~ Similar Artists

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John Williams - 87% match to Jerry Goldsmith

John Towner Williams, 8 February 1932, Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA. A composer, arranger, and conductor for film background music from the early 60s to the present. As a boy, Williams learned to play several instruments, and studied composition and arranging in Los... Read more

James Newton Howard - 82% match to Jerry Goldsmith

9 June 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA. Although he is regarded as a prolific composer of film music, Howard began his musical career as a musician (keyboards, synthesizer, mellotron) during the 70s, and played on record sessions with rock artists such as Ringo Starr, Neil... Read more

Hans Zimmer - 75% match to Jerry Goldsmith

12 September 1957, Frankfurt, Germany. Apparently, from the age of six, Zimmer wanted to be a composer, although he had no formal musical education. When he was 16 he went to school in England, and during the 70s spent some time at Air-Edel, writing jingles for television... Read more

Michael Kamen - 71% match to Jerry Goldsmith

15 April 1948, New York City, New York, USA, d. 18 November 2003, London, England. A former member of the 60s rock/classical crossover band the New York Rock And Roll Ensemble, this prolific composer, conductor, and arranger worked predominantly in the world of film.Read more

Elmer Bernstein - 66% match to Jerry Goldsmith

4 April 1922, New York City, New York, USA, d. 18 August 2004, Ojai, California, USA. An important and prolific arranger/conductor and composer of over 200 film scores. Bernstein was hailed as a "musical genius" in the classical field at the age of 12. Despite being a talented... Read more

Danny Elfman - 65% match to Jerry Goldsmith

Daniel Robert Elfman, 29 May 1953, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Elfman quit school in his late teens and with his older brother, Richard Elfman, spent time in France, then moved to West Africa. Back in the USA in the late 70s, he joined rock band Oingo Boingo, led by his... Read more

Ennio Morricone - 58% match to Jerry Goldsmith

10 November 1928, Rome, Italy. A distinguished and prolific composer, whose revolutionary scores for "spaghetti westerns" helped make him one of the most influential figures in the film music world, Morricone has scored hundreds of films in a career stretching over 40 years.... Read more

Maurice Jarre - 53% match to Jerry Goldsmith

13 September 1924, Lyons, France. An important composer for films for over 40 years, as a youngster Jarre intended to become an electrical engineer, but changed his mind and studied music at the Paris Conservatoire in 1944. He joined the orchestra of the Jean Louise Barrault... Read more