VARIETY: Composer Joel Goldsmith dies at 54
Son of Jerry Goldsmith specialized in sci-fi scores for film, TV
Mon., Apr. 30, 2012
By Jon Burlingame
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..."
Jerry Goldsmith's website, Free Clyde.
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