Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal
Elliott Goldenthal in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Elliot Goldenthal
Born	(1954-05-02) May 2, 1954 (age 72) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Genres	Classical, Avante Garde, movie score, Opera, Oratorio, Musical, Experimental
Occupation(s)	Composer ,Bookwriter, Lyricist, Musician, Music producer, Theatrical producer
Years active	1979 - present
Labels	Sony Classical Varese Sarabande Atlantic Records
Website	"Goldenthal.filmmusic.com"

Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American composer of modern classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. Goldenthal is best known for his ability to blend different musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways.

Movie works

• 1979 - Cocaine Cowboys
• 1980 - Blank Generation
• 1989 - Drugstore Cowboy score
• 1989 - Pet Sematary score
• 1991 - Grand Isle
• 1992 - Fools Fire (TV) - directed by Julie Taymor
• 1992 - Alien³ score
• 1993 - Demolition Man score
• 1993 - Golden Gate score
• 1994 - Interview with the Vampire score
• 1994 - Roswell (TV)
• 1994 - Cobb score
• 1995 - Batman Forever score
• 1995 - Heat score
• 1996 - Michael Collins score
• 1996 - A Time to Kill score
• 1997 - The Butcher Boy score
• 1997 - Batman & Robin (score not commercially released)
• 1998 - In Dreams score
• 1998 - Sphere score
• 1999 - Titus score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
• 2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within score
• 2002 - Frida score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
• 2002 - The Good Thief score
• 2003 - S.W.A.T. score
• 2007 - Across the Universe soundtracks - movie directed by Julie Taymor

Concert Music Works

• 1980 - Brass Quintet No. 1, Brass Quintet No. 2 (No. 2 has been recorded recently by Extension Ensemble, New York)
• 1988 - Pastime Variations
• 1990 - Shadow Play Scherzo
• 1996 - Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio (recorded in 1995, featuring Yo Yo Ma)

Theatre Works

• Play "The King Stag" (1984 production of Carlo Gozzi's play by Andrei Serban)
• Musical "Liberty's Taken" (an original 1985 musical co-created with David Suehsdorf and Julie Taymor)
• Musical "The Transposed Heads" (adapted in 1986 by Sidney Goldfarb and Julie Taymor from the novel by Thomas Mann)
• Play (Commedia) "The Serpent Woman" (1988 production of Carlo Gozzi's Commedia)
• Musical "Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass" (1988 off-Broadway, reworked and recorded for Broadway in 1996)
  Co-Bookwriter, lyricist, arranger of the Latin text.
• Ballet "Othello" (a 1998 ballet with choreography by Lar Lubovitch)
• Musical "The Green Bird" (1999 on Broadway production of production of Carlo Gozzi's work)
  Stage director: Julie Taymor
• Opera "Grendel" (opened 2006 June at Los Angeles Opera; not released on CD yet as of August 2007)
  Libretto: Julie Taymor and J D. McClatchy, after the novel Grendel by John Gardner, and the poem Beowulf
  Stage director: Julie Taymor

Awards and nominations

Other websites

• Elliot Goldenthal at Variety.com
• Elliot Goldenthal on IMDb
• Elliot Goldenthal at the Internet Broadway Dabatase
• "A Website for the Composer" Archived 2005-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Elliot Goldenthal at SoundtrackNet Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Elliot Goldenthal at Moviemusicuk.us Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Elliot Goldenthal at Theoscarsite.com Archived 2007-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Elliot Goldenthal at the All Music Guide^{[permanent dead link]}
• An Interview with both Taymor and Goldenthal at their apartment in New York with the New York Times
• An interview with Goldenthal about his 'Titus' and 'Heat' scores et al.
• An interview with him on his score for Frida and other scores.