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May 1, 2012

Vale – Joel Goldsmith

Filed under: Obituary — Rodney Twelftree @ 10:32 pm

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Joel Goldsmith - 1957-2012

Stargate composer and son of the late film composer Jerry Goldsmith, Joel, has passed away. Mr Goldsmith was best known for his work on television series, including Sanctuary and the multiple iterations of the Stargate universe (not including the original film), incluing Stargate: SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate Universe, Stargate Continuum, and Stargate: The Ark Of Truth. Mr Goldsmith worked with his father on the score for Star Trek: First Contact (rightly regarded as the best of the Next Generation Star Trek film scores, as well as the Steve Martin comedy The Man With Two Brains, and more recently the Kevin Sorbo starrer Kull The Conqueror.

Joel Goldsmith passed away due to cancer, on April 29th, at his home in Los Angeles.

Rodney Twelftree

Editor In Chief of www.fernbyfilms.com, Rodney has been watching films since he was at least old enough to remember having nightmares after watching King Kong one New Years Eve…. Rodney is married with 2 kids, a substantial DVD and BluRay collection, and lives happily with his wife Lisa in a sleepy suburb of inner-city Adelaide, South Australia.