Markus Schneider wrote:One of the best composers for film and tv with at least 310 listed projects has passed away on Wednesday evening after a long battle against cancer
Such a shame he has passed away. The Total Recall and Basic Instinct soundtracks are some of his finest work amongst countless other classics.
He will be sorely missed.
Paul
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Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the original Star Trek theme and took a share of Alexander's royalties? Still, Alexander went on to be one of the best soundtrack composers around. R.I.P.
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You know me, massive soundtrack fan. Never forget the blaster beams of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or the sheer, shat-pants terror of The Omen and Alien. God bless the guy for his invention.
Righty, must go off and listen to the ST: Nemesis o.s.t. in tribute. Would try for something better, but its the only Goldsmith score I actually own. Still great though. Apart from the keyboards... Ahem.
Errr... no, he actually didn't do "Judge Dredd" - that was Alan Silvestri. Jerry composed some great music for the "Rambo" flicks with Stallone though: "First Blood" is still one of my favourite action scores of all time! And I always loved the way he used synths and effects (like the aforementioned beam in the "Star Trek" movie) with the orchestra...
As I have both "First Blood" and "Basic Instinct", I'm also very sad about his death. Brilliant soundtracks and huge inspiration for me, especially for remixing...
I didn't know about this until I read the thread. Well, that really sucks. He, Hans Zimmer, James Horner and John Williams are the only soundtrack composers I like, and now one is dead.