"The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as good as the composer is gifted."
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Jerry Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American film score composer and conductor from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning only one, for The Omen), and also won five Emmy Awards.
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