Star Trek Tribute to Jerry Goldsmith

An Tribute from the STAR TREK 8 Bonus Material to one of the finest, if not the best Filmcomposer of his age.

[@BillboardPenguin]

It's sad that both Jerry and Joel are no longer with us.

[@jandreidrn]

Jerry Goldsmith. The best ever. No one comes close to his genius. A creative force that left a huge gaping hole in the film industry.

[@conzalez94]

+ChuckRazor Amen brother

[@FLAME4564]

agreed. I mean next to Gene the creator Jerry the composer is one of the all time greats that made trek music great and worth listening to.

[@kthx1138]

Only Williams comes close, and even then, Goldsmith gets the nod because of his experimentation with synthesizer and percussion to create bizarre sounds.

[@grace83ify]

Voyager theme makes me cry every time I hear it. When the ship goes through the asteroid belt and there’s chimes. He was the best. I know he did a lot more and I’m getting into it. Great composer. Up there with Horner and Williams.

[@doogboh]

​@kthx1138 : Only *Herrmann* comes close. Williams wasn't even close to the *scorer* that Jerry is -- and that was what separated him from his "peers" (to the extent that he had any). Unlike Williams, Jerry treated movies as the synergetic, organic whole that they are, developing his whole score from a single thematic nucleus (as opposed to taking some patchwork quilt-like approach). In short: Jerry was the best musical storyteller we've ever known and could take us on a musical journey like no one else.

[@geomodelrailroader]

If there's one man who defines Star Trek it is Jerry Goldsmith he wrote every single song that is the theme to every single Star Trek series from first to last. As we celebrate 50 years of Star Trek we say thank you to Jerry Goldsmith who wrote these wonderful songs that tell the story of Star Trek.

[@Blueduck705]

Well, he didn't write the them for the first series. That was Alexander Courage. Are there songs in Star Trek? I can't think of any.

[@FLAME4564]

Lets not forget James Horner aswell who did most of TWOK themes.

[@jslasher1]

@@Blueduck705 There are NO 'songs' in any of the "Star Trek" episodes. People are latching on to the iTunes platform which incorrectly refers to anything that is music, wether instrumental or not, as a 'song'.

[@Torni-vy9lw]

He was such a great composer. I only wish he won more Oscars for his work. Planet Of The Apes, Sand Pebbles, Alien, Star Trek The Motion Picture, and Basic Instinct were some of his greatest work in composing music for movies.

[@joeyservo]

Jerry Goldsmith was a BEAST

[@AlanCanon2222]

Takes me back to watching the tiny Enterprise dwarfed by the enigmatic V'Ger, with Goldsmith's cosmic dissonances threatening to shake the finest theater in Louisville to rubble.

[@DanK123]

Legend! Sure John Williams is a bigger name who's worked for bigger franchises, but Jerry's contributions are just as giant and he was just as brilliant!

[@kthx1138]

1982 was the year I warmed up to Jerry Goldsmith, when he created two spellbinding scores, Poltergeist and First Blood. Then of course I went back and discovered his whole catalog, including Star Trek-The Motion Picture. The power pouring through the mind-meld of his full composition is staggering!

[@HailAnts]

As a kid at the time, I had the soundtracks to _Star Wars, Jaws_ and _ST:TMP_ all on vinyl!

[@jarrodskufcagaming5203]

I know this is 8 years too late but, Jerry Goldsmith will be missed. He was one hell of a music composer

[@skbroderson]

I knew who John Williams was, because of Star Wars. How could a fairly serious Trekkie not really know who Jerry Goldsmith is/was. I do now. Thanks for posting this great tribute. It was moving.

[@m.mizutani1395]

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[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture has been the most amazing, intense movie music I've ever heard in my life. Nothing else can compare! It really conveys an otherworldly, utterly alien and mysterious setting in every way. With Star Trek First Contact as a close second, very intense and ballsy-sounding.

[@frankterrycayjr.9263]

His embodiment of work represents a multitude of facettes of what is behind his genius. The only sad part is that he never cared for his health much. I'm looking forward to seeing you, Jerry, when I have to leave this world being with my father in heaven.

[@Slovflyer]

Damn this video hit right in the feels. And I hate using that phrase. What an Era we had as kids growing up in the 80s and 90s with so much Star Trek greatness and with behind the scene geniuses we probably take for granted any other time, like Jerry, who are just as critical and I dare say the better half of the total package that we know as "Star Trek" on TV and film.

[@nicholassassatelli1359]

I love Goldsmith's a busy man from five the final frontier.

[@Christian-tw7me]

When i heard the Theme of thirst Contact this is knocking on the Heavens Door,big thank for these outstanding Ideas🖖

[@zerokomma]

Jerry, the greatest ever!

[@kdfw3686]

Capricorn One and Patton. Genius.

[@ChrisGrantMcPhail]

I love this man so much.

[@urmeli0815]

Star Trek, Alien, Poltergeist, Basic Instinct and and and ... such a genius. What a joke it was that he only got one Oscar.

[@matejfele9971]

Oscars are reserved for clowns. Jerry is beyond that.

[@mikeshadez]

they need to put jerry goldsmith theme in the new films

[@broman260]

That wouldn't be right. That's Goldsmith's theme. It should remain where it is. Besides Michael Giacchino has done a fantastic job and I think he's a fitting replacement for Goldsmith.

[@joe9739]

Stephen Barton remixed First Contact main theme for Picard S3, and it's great. A credit to his successor.

[@Cwebbussenterprise]

I think of Jerry Goldsmith as the John Williams of Star Trek music

[@starguy2718]

When Zefram Cochrane met with the Vulcans, in "First Contact", Jerry Goldsmith's score perfectly captured the moment.

[@hleek2003]

wonderful music

[@rivetandbrodie]

Star Trek was at it’s best as space opera

[@redshirtblues3223]

The music of star trek was critical to making it great..this was a good video to watch after a long day of running from cloud creatures !!☺

[@Laissez-faire402]

I love James Horner's Wrath of Khan score, but I've always wondered what Jerry Goldsmith's version would have sounded like...

[@Legoflymaster89]

A legend!

[@LuisSandoval1138]

Jonathan Frakes was right. Jerry Goldsmith is in the TOP 3 of the best composers, next to John Williams and Ennio Morricone.

[@doogboh]

Jerry #1, I'd say easily. John Barry might be my #2.

[@mariohaupt8474]

Einfach nur traumhaft waren das Zeiten die könnte ich immer und immer wieder gucken das waren sie alle noch da na gut fast alle ich würde mich gerne wünschen das es bei Star Trek Picard wieder alle mit dabei wären und auch wieder die USS 1701 Enterprise D mit zum Einsatz kommt aber ob die USS 1701 Enterprise D unter Capitan Jean Luc Picard zum Einsatz kommt wäre es überhaupt möglich ich würde es mir so sehr von ganzen Herzen wünschen und auch mit seiner Nummer 1 William t. Riker mit seinen Schiff neben von Jean Luc Picard der Enterprise 1701 D

[@nicholassassatelli1359]

Nice documentary on Goldsmith and Star Trek

[@gca5694]

Vida longa e próspera!

[@stephenhuntsucker3766]

It’s interesting that when Jay Chataway says, “Planet of the Apes” they play Nemesis. I guess they couldn’t get that music or they had no interest it getting it.

[@TromboneConductor767]

Probably a rights thing since this is a paramount thing, and Apes was Fox. Aside from that I think the relationship in the editor’s mind at least was that they’re both very rhythmic and percussive scores as Chattaway mentions

[@jslasher1]

Jerry was a heavy smoker. Unfortunately, the sad fact is that smoking related cancer will shorten your lifespan, as it did with Jerry.

[@ChrisS-no3ft]

I know this is an old video. But there’s something not genuine about how Rick Berman describes the music, simply because he fired Ron Jones for EXACTLY the same reasons. According to interviews from both, they got along for the most part, but Jones’s scores were too noticeable and melodic. He’s b.s.-ing the audience in this video.

[@kevinfarrell523]

Star Trek the Motion Picture: fine music for a lousy film.

[@doogboh]

TMP is an excellent movie.