Jerry Goldsmith RIP

Sad news that composer Jerry Goldsmith has passed away today, aged 75. Apparently he lost a long-fought battle with cancer.

For me, I'll always think of his cracking Star Trek march from 'The Motion Picture' and, of course, The Next Generation but it's all to easy to forget the highlights of his amazing career. There's the oscar winning 'The Omen', the original 'Planet of the Apes' and the theme to 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E'. Then there's 'Logan's Run', 'Alien', 'Poltergeist'... the list is (almost endless)

I've heard loads of people claim he's was a poor man's John Williams but that's really unfair. Granted this man was the soul who penned the sugary-sweet 'Walton's' theme, but we shouldn't hold that against him!