Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith was an American composer and conductor, best known for his numerous film scores. Goldsmith is considered as one of... the prominent film composers in the 20th century. He won an Oscar, as well as five Emmy Awards. He was nominated for a total of 17 Academy Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards, four BAFTA's, and nine Golden Globes, although he never won any of the latter three awards. He worked in various film and television genres, but is noticeably associated with action, science fiction, fantasy, and horror films. Goldsmith was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Tessa , an artist, and Morris Goldsmith, a structural engineer. He learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied piano, composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jakob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Goldsmith attended the University of Southern California, where he attended courses taught by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa. Goldsmith developed an interest in writing scores for movies after being inspired by Rózsa. In 1950, Goldsmith found work at CBS as a clerk in the network's music department.
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.... The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and of the United States. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 1999, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay. Ferry service began as early as 1820, with regularly scheduled service beginning in the 1840s for purposes of transporting water to San Francisco.
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