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GoodThings2Life
GoodThings2Life
11 years ago

RIP, Joel. You will live on through your music, and all of us fans will miss you. Say hello to Don when you see him!

bluewater1
bluewater1
11 years ago

Sad loss. Music has a tremendous impact on our memories of movies and television. The music often stays in our minds long after other details fade away. Creative geniuses like the Goldsmiths and Elmer Bernstein are irreplaceable.

DancerChick1982
11 years ago

Wow, this is sad. In his honor, I will listen to the themes for Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis tomorrow when I am at work.

Alan
Alan
11 years ago

Incredibly sad news. My thoughts are with his family and friends at this very difficult time. Joel’s passing away is also a tragic loss to the music, film, and movie industries. He will be missed by many. Whenever his music is heard he will be remembered by fans all across the world.

RIP
Joel Goldsmith
1957 – 2012

grif
grif
11 years ago

talent definitely ran in the family.

rsanchez1
rsanchez1
11 years ago

Oh man, this is sad news. Was just watching the Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas on Universal HD and saw him as one of the poker players. SG would’ve been completely different if not for his masterful work. He will be missed.

jimv1983
jimv1983
11 years ago

I loved the music from both SG-1 and Atlantis. He will be missed.

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac
Jedi_Master_Bra'tac
11 years ago

RIP

I may not be a “musical person”, but I always thought he was a great composer, and was sad to see that he was fairly unknown – at least among the general public.

He really made a big difference to Stargate. Without the music he created Stargate would not be the same.

Listening to “The Nox” music now, really encapsulates the feel and magic of SG-1

grif
grif
11 years ago

this reminds me of the music in the last episode of season 5. at the end when they come back to abidos to find out anubis killed them all. amazing. they need to release more stargate scores.

Ugly Pig
Ugly Pig
11 years ago

Oh no… Did not see this coming. Rest in peace, Joel. You will be missed.

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[…] GateWorld Filed Under: News Tagged With: Stargate, TV, Vancouver var Scribol; if(typeof […]

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[…] utterly heartbroken at the loss of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith,” said friend and fellow composer Neal Acree. “He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the opportunities […]

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[…] of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith,” said fellow Stargate composer Neal Acree via Gateworld. “He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the […]

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[…] of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith,” said fellow Stargate composer Neal Acree via Gateworld. “He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the […]

nut_ty
nut_ty
11 years ago

All my hopes and prayers go out to Joel’s family and friends. His death is a great loss to the Stargate community. I didn’t give much thought to the “background” music in movies or television shows– but that was “pre-Stargate”. As I began to watch, and re-watch, Stargate episodes, I realized that Joel’s music was more than notes to fill the empty spaces between words with sound. His music was the unseen performer, which went beyond words to express the core emotions behind each scene. Part of his genius was the way these themes were reused as a subtle method… Read more »

Nebulan
Nebulan
11 years ago

Oh no! I loved his music for SG1 and Atlantis! He will be missed. <3

Homer_120
Homer_120
11 years ago

RIP, Jole! Your composed music on SGU (yes, there was composed music!) was some of. If not your BEST works.

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[…] of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith,” said fellow Stargate composer Neal Acree via Gateworld. “He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the opportunities […]

Kranski985
Kranski985
11 years ago

It truly is a loss and I feel grief for everyone touched by him. His imprint left behind is iconic with the unmistakable theme music that is Stargate.

He will be remembered, RIP…

spiritquint
spiritquint
11 years ago

May those in spirit/heaven gain as much and more pleasure from you and your music as we have had the privelage of having here. It will be wonderful that you will see you father again and others that you cared for. God bless. Quintin

DJ Jarak
11 years ago

Oh my! How did I not hear this? Joel was a friend of mine. We never got to meet in person but we spent hours online talking about music, movies and other things. This makes me feel really bad.

Tekla
11 years ago

Great Composer, loved Stargates music!