I have compiled many such quotes over the years. I'll try to post them.
Goldsmith surely does seems to be the "composer's composer," as one film composer said when JG received his posthumous WOF star. He's long been my favorite film composer, for various reasons, so I understand the acclaim.
What's a wonder is how he didn't receive Oscar nominations year-in, year-out. (I don't expect the Academy in general to award the actual best scores, but I do expect the music branch to nominate the best ones.)
My all time favorite film composer. Period. Unfortumately, when John Tesh was a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" he never bothered to interview Goldsmith, instead preferring to interview either Henry Mancini or John Williams. Egotist! Goldsmith wasn't featured on the series until '96 when he was interviewed at a recording session for "Chain Reaction".
When asked in a now-defunct British film magazine, Neon, what would be the soundtrack he'd have if stranded on a desert island, Quentin Tarantino replied 'Jerry Goldsmith's Under Fire'.
My all time favorite film composer. Period. Unfortumately, when John Tesh was a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" he never bothered to interview Goldsmith, instead preferring to interview either Henry Mancini or John Williams. Egotist! Goldsmith wasn't featured on the series until '96 when he was interviewed at a recording session for "Chain Reaction".
I remember a segment on one of those shows about the recording of CONGO (which showed Goldsmith recording "Bail Out" with the orchestra). It might not have been Entertainment Tonight, though.
Michael Daugherty, this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Daugherty, apparently included Jerry Goldsmith among his top 5 favorite composers according to a poll from a few years ago.
Ryuichi Sakamoto on Jerry Goldsmith: "He is a wonderful and talented person. He has a great sense of melody and tone" (when Sakamoto spoke about the Chinatown score).
Austin Wintory regularly talks about Goldsmith's brilliance on his "You Gotta Hear This" podcast with voiceover artist Troy Baker. He recently did a three-part episode titled "Goldsmith's Unending Inventiveness" as well as an earlier episode dedicated to the score to Masada.
Ryuichi Sakamoto on Jerry Goldsmith: "....He has a great sense of melody and tone".
That's scant praise isn't it? Sounds like someone commenting on my singing in the bath, rather than talking about a composer at the peak of his powers.
Michael Daugherty, this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Daugherty, apparently included Jerry Goldsmith among his top 5 favorite composers according to a poll from a few years ago.
As an admirer of Daugherty's music along with being, of course, a fan of Goldsmith, I was both surprised and tickled when he rated Goldsmith the *best* composer of all time in a BBC Music magazine article of a year ot two ago where composers submitted their picks.
I just remembered this: I think that Esa-Pekka Salonen once said something along the lines that Jerry Goldsmith probably would have a bigger chance at becoming a successful concert composer than John Williams.
Also, Ennio Morricone mentioned that Bernard Herrmann was his favorite film composer of all time. When asked for more names, Morricone said that he respected Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith.
Btw, I believe Goldsmith called Rosenman a genius.
My all time favorite film composer. Period. Unfortumately, when John Tesh was a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" he never bothered to interview Goldsmith, instead preferring to interview either Henry Mancini or John Williams. Egotist! Goldsmith wasn't featured on the series until '96 when he was interviewed at a recording session for "Chain Reaction".
Actually Goldsmith was featured on ET in 1983, along with James Horner and Girorgio Moroder, in a segment spotlighting film composers. It was short and not very in-depth though.
