Film Music Reporter

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced today that Jerry Goldsmith is among the class of 2017 honorees and was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The composer who passed away in 2004 has received an Academy Award for The Omen and was Oscar-nominated several more times for such classic films as Planet of the Apes, Patton Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, Basic Instinct and L.A. Confidential. He was also honored with numerous Emmy Awards. Carol Goldsmith, widow of Jerry Goldsmith, said in a statement, “This is simply wonderful news and I have to believe that Jerry can somehow see it all: this honor, the respect and celebration of his prolific and brilliant legacy being permanently embedded in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. My sincere appreciation goes to The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and Jerry’s musical colleagues, actors, directors and producers who worked with Jerry in film and television who graciously wrote letters of high praise of support for Jerry.”