Joel Goldsmith

Joel Goldsmith
Joel and Sophia Goldsmith
Biographical information
Birth name	Joel King Goldsmith
Alias	Joel King Goldsmith Joel K. Goldsmith
Date of birth	November 19, 1957
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of death	April 29, 2012 (aged 54)
Place of death	Hidden Hills, California, United States
Gender	Male
Height	5'11"
Hair colour	Grey
Eye colour	Brown
Nationality	American
Other information
Official site	FreeClyde.com
Stargate universe information
Title(s)	Composer
Notable cameo	Poker Player

Joel Goldsmith sitting at his new deluxe home studio.

BTS of SGA: Joel Goldsmith, Neal Acree and Rick Chadock aboard spaceship.

Joel Goldsmith is the brilliant mind behind the music of Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate Universe, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum.

Joel was the main composer on the TV series Stargate SG-1. However, the main titles were written by David Arnold, who composed the score to Stargate film. On Stargate: Atlantis he composed the main titles and the series.

In 2006, Joel also composed the music to the video game, Call of Duty 3, which was his first move into the video game scene.

Joel was actually an avid poker player who went to Las Vegas on a regular basis.

Goldsmith died of cancer on April 29, 2012, aged 54, at his home in Hidden Hills, California. His interment was at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Credits

Music

• Stargate SG-1
  • SG-1 Season 1
    • "Children of the Gods"
    • "The Broca Divide"
    • "The Nox"
    • "Thor's Hammer"
    • "Bloodlines"
    • "Fire and Water"
    • "Hathor"
    • "Cor-ai"
    • "Enigma"
    • "Solitudes"
    • "Tin Man"
    • "There But for the Grace of God"
    • "Politics"
    • "Within the Serpent's Grasp"
  • SG-1 Season 2
    • "The Serpent's Lair"
    • "Prisoners"
    • "The Gamekeeper"
    • "Need"
    • "Thor's Chariot"
    • "Family"
    • "Secrets"
    • "Bane"
    • "The Tok'ra, Part 1"
    • "The Tok'ra, Part 2"
    • "Spirits"
    • "A Matter of Time"
    • "The Fifth Race"
    • "Serpent's Song"
    • "Holiday"
    • "One False Step"
    • "Show and Tell"
    • "1969"
    • "Out of Mind"
  • SG-1 Season 3
    • "Into the Fire"
    • "Seth"
    • "Fair Game"
    • "Learning Curve"
    • "Point of View"
    • "Deadman Switch"
    • "Demons"
    • "Rules of Engagement"
    • "Forever in a Day"
    • "Past and Present"
    • "Jolinar's Memories"
    • "The Devil You Know"
    • "Foothold"
    • "Pretense"
    • "Urgo"
    • "A Hundred Days"
    • "New Ground"
    • "Maternal Instinct"
    • "Crystal Skull"
    • "Nemesis"
  • SG-1 Season 4
    • "Small Victories"
    • "The Other Side"
    • "Upgrades"
    • "Crossroads"
    • "Divide and Conquer"
    • "Window of Opportunity"
    • "Watergate"
    • "The First Ones"
    • "Scorched Earth"
    • "Beneath the Surface"
    • "Point of No Return"
    • "Tangent"
    • "The Curse"
    • "The Serpent's Venom"
    • "Chain Reaction"
    • "2010"
    • "Absolute Power"
    • "The Light"
    • "Prodigy"
    • "Entity"
    • "Double Jeopardy"
    • "Exodus"
  • SG-1 Season 5
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 6
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 7
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 8
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 9
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 10
    • All Episodes

• Stargate: The Ark of Truth
• Stargate: Continuum

• Stargate: Atlantis
  • Atlantis Season 1
    • All Episodes
  • Atlantis Season 2
    • All Episodes
  • Atlantis Season 3
    • All Episodes
  • Atlantis Season 4
    • All Episodes
  • Atlantis Season 5
    • All Episodes

• Stargate Universe
  • Universe Season 1
    • All Episodes
  • Universe Season 2
    • All Episodes

End Title Theme

• Stargate SG-1
  • SG-1 Season 1
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 2
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 3
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 4
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 5
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 6
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 7
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 8
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 9
    • All Episodes
  • SG-1 Season 10
    • All Episodes

Roles

Poker Player
(SGA: "Vegas")

Other works

• Brotherhood of the Gun
• Diamonds
• Helen of Troy (TV miniseries)
• Joshua Tree
• Call of Duty 3
• Kull the Conqueror
• Laserblast
• Man's Best Friend
• Moon 44
• Ricky I
• Star Trek: First Contact (in which he collaborated with his father)
• The Man With Two Brains
• The Rift (Film, also known as La Grieta)
• The Untouchables
• Witchblade

Trivia

• Joel is one of six children of famous and critically acclaimed composer, Jerry Goldsmith.
• Wrote the 2nd season theme for the TV series Martial Law (1998) after scoring several episodes.

• Stepson of Carol Heather Goldsmith.
• During his career, he usually collaborated with two composers; his father Jerry Goldsmith, and Neal Acree.

External links

• FreeClyde - The Official Website of Joel Goldsmith
• Joel Goldsmith's official account on X

• Joel Goldsmith on The Internet Movie Database

• Joel Goldsmith on Wikipedia