Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King ( " Jerry " ) Goldsmith was a film and television composer and conductor who wrote the musical scores for five " Star Trek " movies and the main title themes for two " Star Trek " spin - off series . He was nominated for eighteen Academy Award s , winning one , and also won five Emmy Award s . He was also nominated for the 1980 Saturn Award for " Best Music " for . Biography . Jerry Goldsmith originally intended to become a concert hall composer , but soon realized that the infrequency of concert hall commissions would never satisfy his hunger to write music ( much less pay the bills ) . He began studying piano at the age of six , and was studying composition at age fourteen . He became acquainted with the legendary composer , and attended his classes in film composition at the University of Southern California . In 1950 , he was employed as a clerk typist in the music department at CBS . It was there that he was given his first assignments as a composer for radio shows , such as " Romance " and " CBS Radio Workshop " . He would stay with CBS until 1960 , having already scored some episodes of . He was hired by Revue Studios to score their " Thriller " series , which lead to further television commissions . He composed his first film score for the 1957 western " Black Patch " , which featured TOS guest actors Stanley Adams and Peter Brocco . In 1962 , Goldsmith was awarded his first Oscar nomination for his acclaimed score to the poorly - received John Huston picture " Freud " . At the same time , he became acquainted with influential film composer Alfred Newman , who , recognizing Goldsmith ' s talents , influenced Universal into hiring him to score the film " Lonely Are The Brave " in 1963 . From then on , Goldsmith established himself as a leading name in American film music . Jerry Goldsmith died of cancer on in Beverly Hills , California . He was 75 years old . Notable works , awards , and honors . Goldsmith won his only Academy Award for scoring the 1976 horror movie " The Omen " , which featured David Warner . He was also nominated for writing a song from that film called " Ave Satani " . He had previously been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work in the acclaimed films " A Patch of Blue " ( 1965 ) , " The Sand Pebbles " ( 1966 , directed by Robert Wise and featuring Jon Lormer and Gil Perkins ) , ( 1968 , with James Daly , Lou Wagner , Paul Lambert , Billy Curtis , Jane Ross , Felix Silla , and designs by Wah Chang ) , " Patton " ( 1970 , with Carey Loftin and Lawrence Dobkin ) , " Papillon " ( 1973 , with Anthony Zerbe , Bill Mumy , William Smithers , Vic Tayback , Ron Soble , and Peter Brocco ) , ( 1974 , with Perry Lopez , Roy Jenson , Noble Willingham , cinematography by John A . Alonzo , and stunts by Hal Needham ) , and " The Wind and the Lion " ( 1975 , with Brian Keith and Roy Jenson ) . He went on to earn nominations for scoring the films " The Boys from Brazil " ( 1978 , with Walter Gotell , David Hurst , and Michael Gough ) , " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " ( 1979 ) , ( 1982 , photographed by Matthew F . Leonetti ) , " Under Fire " ( 1983 , with Joanna Cassidy and Hamilton Camp ) , " Hoosiers " ( 1986 ) , ( 1992 ) , and the critically acclaimed thriller " L . A . Confidential " ( 1997 , with James Cromwell , Matt McCoy , and Steve Rankin ) . His last nomination came for his work in the animated Disney film " Mulan " ( 1998 , featuring the voices of Miguel Ferrer and George Takei ) . Goldsmith was additionally nominated for four Emmy Awards , winning all of them . Aside from the theme to " Star Trek : Voyager " ( see below ) , he also won Emmys for scoring the 1974 mini - series " QB VIII " ( with Michael Gough , Mark Lenard , and produced by Douglas S . Cramer ) , the 1975 TV movie " Babe " , and the 1981 mini - series " Masada " . His other television scoring credits include episodes of " Gunsmoke " , " Wagon Train " , and " Perry Mason " , multiple episodes of " The Twilight Zone " and " Thriller " , and the opening themes for " Dr . Kildare " , " The Man from U . N . C . L . E . " , " The Waltons " , and " Barnaby Jones " ( starring Lee Meriwether ) . Action epics such as " Alien " ( 1979 ) ( for which he received a Golden Globe nomination ) , the " Rambo " films ( 1982 , 1985 , 1988 , with Bruce Greenwood , Charles Napier , Steven Berkoff , Kurtwood Smith , and the first film photographed by Andrew Laszlo ) , " Total Recall " ( 1990 , with Ronny Cox , Marc Alaimo , Robert Picardo , Mel Johnson , Jr . , Roy Brocksmith , Lycia Naff , Robert Costanzo , Frank Kopyc , and Michael Champion ) , " Air Force One " ( 1997 , with Dean Stockwell and Robert Duncan McNeill ) , and " The Mummy " ( 1999 , with Erick Avari ) were scored by Goldsmith . Other films he scored include " Seven Days in May " ( 1964 , with Whit Bissell and Leonard Nimoy ) ( for which he was also nominated for a Golden Globe ) , " Our Man Flint " ( 1966 , with Peter Brocco , Chuck Hicks , and Roy Jenson ) and its sequel " In Like Flint " ( 1967 , with Steve Ihnat , Yvonne Craig , Dick Dial , and James B . Sikking ) , " Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! " ( 1970 , with Keith Andes and Ken Lynch ) " Logan ' s Run " ( 1976 , with stunts by Bill Couch , Sr . , based on the novel by George Clayton Johnson ) , " The Secret of NIMH " ( 1981 , with Wil Wheaton ) , " The Twilight Zone : The Movie " ( 1983 , with John Larroquette , Bill Quinn , Peter Brocco , William Schallert , Dick Miller , and Bill Mumy ) , " The Russia House " ( 1990 ) , " Six Degrees of Separation " ( 1993 , with J . J . Abrams ) , " Congo " ( 1995 , with Carolyn Seymour ) , " Hollow Man " ( 2000 ) , and " The Sum of All Fears " ( 2002 , with James Cromwell and Bruce McGill ) . Goldsmith composed the soundtrack of numerous films for director : " Gremlins " ( 1984 , with Zach Galligan , Keye Luke , Frank Welker , William Schallert , Kenneth Tobey , and Goldsmith himself having a cameo ) ( for which he won a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films ) , " Explorers " ( 1985 , with James Cromwell and Brooke Bundy ) , " InnerSpace " ( 1987 , with William Schallert , Kenneth Tobey , Andrea Martin , and photographed by Andrew Laszlo ) , " The ' burbs " ( 1989 ) , " Gremlins 2 : The New Batch " ( 1990 , with Zach Galligan , John Glover , Keye Luke , Kenneth Tobey , and again Goldsmith ' s cameo ) , " Matinee " ( 1993 , with William Schallert ) , " Small Soldiers " ( 1998 , with Kirsten Dunst , Frank Langella , Michael McKean , and Gregory Itzin ) , and " Looney Tunes : Back in Action " ( 2003 , with Marc Lawrence , George Murdock , Ron Perlman , and Frank Welker ) . Also , with the exception of the first " Gremlins " , all of these films featured " Star Trek : Voyager " star Robert Picardo , and all of them featured two - time " Trek " guest actor Dick Miller in the cast . In addition to his Oscar and Emmy achievements , Goldsmith received nine Golden Globe nominations , seven Grammy Award nominations , four nominations from the BAFTA ( British Academy of Film and Television Arts ) Awards , and seventeen Saturn Award nominations ( winning one ) . In 1999 , he received a Hollywood Film Award in Outstanding Achievement in Music in Film from the Hollywood Film Festival . He also won an for his work on " Mulan " , received a Golden Palm nomination from the Cannes Film Festival ( for " Basic Instinct " ) , received a Golden Satellite Award nomination ( for " L . A . Confidential " ) , and won fourteen BMI Film Music Awards , among several other honors . In , it was announced that Goldsmith would be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . The star – the 2611th – was dedicated on . Association with " Star Trek " . Goldsmith was " Star Trek " creator Gene Roddenberry ' s original choice to compose the music for , which would have included the show ' s theme music . Goldsmith had to decline , however , as he was committed to other projects and he recommended that Alexander Courage ( who was mostly an arranger , and often worked with Goldsmith in that capacity ) write the score instead . ( " " audio commentary ) In 1979 , Roddenberry offered Goldsmith and the composer leaped at the opportunity . Here , Goldsmith was tasked with re - inventing a franchise and creating a brand new theme . Goldsmith himself remarked it was the toughest he ever wrote , and it remains a remarkable achievement . " The Motion Picture " also marked the second time Goldsmith worked with director Robert Wise ; Goldsmith previously scored " The Sand Pebbles " for Wise in 1966 . Beyond creating a new theme , Goldsmith also created new kinds of soundscapes in " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " , through the inventive use of unusual instruments , such as the " Blaster Beam " . At the behest of Roddenberry , it was later adapted to become the signature theme for . Goldsmith ' s other famous tune from the film , the " Klingon Battle Theme " was also reused in later " Star Trek " productions , most notably in and by Goldsmith himself , and in , and ( via stock footage ) . Some initial music Goldsmith composed for " The Motion Picture " differed from the final product , particularly the fanfare written for the scene in which the refit " Enterprise " is revealed . The original score did not meet with Robert Wise ' s satisfaction and Goldsmith was asked to do the score over again . According to Goldsmith , Wise was displeased with the score because " there ' s no [ " Star Trek " ] theme . " Although Goldsmith was " crushed " , he came up with a revised score which did meet with Wise ' s approval that same night . ( " " special features – " A Bold New Enterprise " ) Goldsmith ' s score for " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " earned him the eleventh of his eighteen Oscar nominations in the category of Best Music , Original Score . The score also earned him nominations from the Golden Globes and the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films . During the 1980s and ' 90s , Goldsmith ' s orchestra often included tuba player Tommy Johnson , best known for the ominous theme music from " Jaws " . Goldsmith and Johnson collaborated on all of Goldsmith ' s " Trek " productions , with the exception of " Nemesis " , as well as such films as " Executive Decision " , " Air Force One " , and " Mulan " . In , Goldsmith scored . In , Goldsmith was approached by Paramount Pictures to write the main title theme for . Goldsmith commented " " Yes , I was supposed to do that and I had a conflict and I couldn ' t " " . ( " The Music of Star Trek " , p97 ) In , he wrote the main title theme for , for which he won an Emmy Award ( ) . He later composed the scores for and . By the early 2000s , Goldsmith ' s health prevented him from working as much as he once did . He did , however , finish his work on the franchise with . This film also marked his third collaboration with British director Stuart Baird after 1996 ' s " Executive Decision " ( with Andreas Katsulas ) and 1998 ' s " U . S . Marshals " . " Nemesis " marked their fifth collaboration in general , as Goldsmith composed two previous films on which Baird served as editor : 1976 ' s " The Omen " and 1981 ' s " Outland " ( with James B . Sikking and Steven Berkoff ) . After his death , a tribute was made to him on the DVD of .