Requiem

All great things must come to an end.  Jerry Goldsmith, the mind behind great soundtracks, such as those accompanying Star Trek and the original Planet of the Apes, died on July 21st.  He, with John Williams, founded the Neo Classical movement within the film industry.  It is sad to see the end of a man who I would place in the top five film composers of all time.  He'll live on, though, every time someone takes a journey where no man has gone before. 

An interesting note about Goldsmith: he conducted the original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey(written by Alex North) before Kubrick dumped it in favor of Also Sprach Zarathustar and other classical titles.