JERRY GOLDSMITH: UN ORFEVRE A HOLYYWOOD (Book)

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Total Trax, the film music podcast founded by Rafik Djoumi, Olivier Desbrosses and David Oghia (Misteur D), is proud to present their first book, dedicated to the great Jerry Goldsmith, unforgettable composer of music for Rambo, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Total Recall, Basic Instinct and many others.

Jerry Goldsmith: un orfevre a Hollywood is written by Yves Desrichard, with the collaboration of Rafik Djoumi. Our book looks in detail at his biography, his influences, his musical masters, his years in television, his special relationships with certain filmmakers and the evolution of his compositional style.

With a career spanning five decades, including countless popular and revered films (Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Chinatown, Star Trek, Rambo, Gremlins, Basic Instinct, Total Recall...) and despite a talent widely recognized by his peers, who continue to cite him as a major reference, no book in French had until now been dedicated to the great Jerry Goldsmith.

Film music is always dependent on the works it serves. Thus, the most sublime of scores can fade into oblivion if the film it serves is not favored by the public. Jerry Goldsmith's career has alternated between acclaimed films, despised films, rediscovered films and forgotten films, while the artist always gave his best. As a result, many of his great scores remain little-known, even among film buffs. Rediscovering the incredible richness of his career is the aim of this book, which will be published in 2024, the 20th anniversary of his death.

The fruit of patient research and information gathering, Jerry Goldsmith: un orfevre a Hollywood retraces the Maestro's career on all his projects, without exception, with a wealth of anecdotes and analysis, over almost 450 pages (in French). This book will enable all fans to appreciate even more the consistency, diversity and modernity of this giant of film music.


Total Trax, le podcast de la musique de film, fonde par Rafik Djoumi, Olivier Desbrosses et David Oghia (Misteur D), est fier de vous presenter leur premier livre, dedie au grand Jerry Goldsmith, inoubliable compositeur des musiques de Rambo, La Planete des singes, Star Trek le film, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Total Recall, Basic Instinct et tant d’autres.

Premier ouvrage en francais sur ce geant de la musique de film, Jerry Goldsmith : un orfevre a Hollywood est ecrit par Yves Desrichard, avec la collaboration de Rafik Djoumi. Notre livre aborde en detail sa biographie, ses influences, ses maitres de musique, ses annees a la television, ses relations privilegiees avec certains cineastes et les evolutions de son style de composition.


Avec une carriere qui couvre cinq decennies, qui cumule un nombre incalculable de films populaires et reveres (La Planete des Singes, Patton, Papillon, Chinatown, Star Trek, Rambo, Gremlins, Basic Instinct, Total Recall…) et malgre un talent largement consacre par ses pairs, qui continuent de le citer comme une reference majeure, aucun livre en francais n’avait jusqu’a present ete consacre au grand Jerry Goldsmith.

La musique de film est toujours tributaire des oeuvres qu’elle sert. Ainsi, la plus sublime des partitions peut s’evanouir dans l’oubli si le film qu’elle sert n’a pas les faveurs du public. Or, la carriere de Jerry Goldsmith a alterne entre des films acclames, des films meprises, des films redecouverts ou oublies, alors que l’artiste y donnait toujours le meilleur de lui-meme. Il en resulte qu’une bonne partie de ses grandes partitions demeure meconnue, y compris chez les amateurs. Faire redecouvrir l’incroyable richesse de cette carriere, c’est aussi le projet de ce livre, qui sortira en 2024, pour le 20eme anniversaire de sa disparition.

Fruit d’un patient travail de recherche et de recoupements d’informations, Jerry Goldsmith : un orfevre a Hollywood retrace le parcours du Maestro sur tous ses projets, sans exception, avec force anecdotes et analyses, sur pres de 450 pages. Ce livre permettra a tout amateur de mieux apprecier encore la constance, la diversite et la modernite de ce geant de la musique de film.

Please note for shipping purposes this counts as 24 discs